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April 1, 2004
| Full April 1, 2004 issue in PDF format |
| Community College Program Starts Students Off Right The First-Year Experience program at Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois has helped new students boost their GPAs, reduce their times-to-completion, and increase their persistence. In addition, it has received national notice, including several 2003 best practice awards. |
| Fan Cheers Not Protected Speech, University Contends Can a state attorney general help cut down on vulgar cheering and T-shirts at college basketball games? The University of Maryland-College Park hopes so. It is working with the state’s top legal officer to find a way to deal with cheering and clothing that has become an embarrassment to the school. |
| Student Voting and Residency Issues The upcoming presidential election and the recent settlement of a controversy at a Texas campus has put student voting and residency status – an issue since the 26th Amendment became part of the constitution in 1971 — back into the spotlight this spring. |
| Good Ideas Campus-YMCA Fitness Partnership; Student Discount Program |
| Resources Rethinking Student Affairs; Student Trends Video; Social Norms Handbook |
| On-Campus Reports Inconclusive Drink Special Study; National Student Government Association; Low-Income Students at Flagship Campuses; Student Insurance Premium Jump; Students Bypass File-Sharing Firewall; Study Abroad Cancellation Lawsuit; Clothing Contracts; Continued Fallout from Football Recruitment Allegations |
| Our Credit Education Efforts Could Fall Short, Research Suggests Knowledge about how credit cards work is only one factor among several that affect college students’ spending, say three Pennsylvania State University-Erie researchers. Their work suggests that offering a just-the-facts session about debt and credit cards at freshman orientation isn’t as helpful as we hope. |
