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Pending legislation would increase study-abroad opportunities
The Sen. Paul Simon Study-Abroad Foundation Act of 2007, legislation to establish a national study-abroad fellowship program, has been introduced in the U.S. House.

The bill would create a national fellowship program, increasing the number of students studying abroad to 1 million per year.

“One million students studying abroad per year will transform our country in a positive and powerful way,” said Peter McPherson, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, in a press release. “For the American workforce to be competitive in the global marketplace, our students need experience in and knowledge about the work outside the U.S.”

NCAA stops taking transcripts from four nontraditional high schools
The NCAA will no longer accept transcripts from four more nontraditional high schools due to suspicions that the schools give fraudulent grades and diplomas to aspiring college athletes, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The schools in Miami, Pennsylvania and South Carolina are part of 200 schools investigated by the NCAA last year.

The NCAA does not recognize diplomas from 15 schools total, down from 25 last summer. Students currently enrolled at the schools can request individual review of their transcripts in order to meet NCAA eligibility requirements.
—Andrea Sarisky

 
 
 


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