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High school? Business school!
Mathias Koller had a wealth of options open to him from universities in Philadelphia, Utah and Wisconsin. He settled on an online Drexel University business course that includes one classroom session per week. The work is hard, the 16-year-old junior at Cherry Hill High School East said, but he is excited to be getting a leg up on college work more than a year before he graduates from high school.
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Minority scholarship program
The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News are seeking help from area teachers in finding top minority high school students for scholarships that total $40,000 each.
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Sex-video scandal rocks 2 tony Chestnut Hill schools
Two of the most prestigious private schools in the area are reeling from a sexual scandal that has divided students, faculty and parents.
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By Martha Woodall,
Inquirer Staff Writer,
11/06/2002 03:01 AM EST)
New teachers struggle to connect, gain respect
Twenty-two-year-old Mimi Doherty grew up in a big Irish Catholic family in Scranton. In May, she graduated from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., ready to change the world.
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By Susan Snyder,
Inquirer Staff Writer,
11/04/2002 03:01 AM EST)
Michael Vitez | When these students get toasted, it's messy
Elizabeth Lutz, drum major in the Penn Band, began burning toast at 8:15 p.m. Friday. Seven loaves of white bread. Smoke poured from the oven in her dorm. This was good.
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By Michael Vitez,
Inquirer Columnist,
11/03/2002 03:01 AM EST)
Billions flow into 529 accounts, as returns flunk math for college
If a family's college savings must keep up with increasing tuition costs, then most of the suddenly popular Section 529 college savings plans are not yet doing the job.
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By Porus P. Cooper,
Inquirer Staff Writer,
11/03/2002 03:01 AM EST)
Pennsylvania's pledge to back tuition plan is no guarantee
The state of Pennsylvania has offered the Guaranteed Savings Plan since 1993 to parents worried about paying ever-increasing college costs.
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By Miriam Hill,
Inquirer Staff Writer,
11/03/2002 03:01 AM EST)
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