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College recruiters checking out students' Facebook pages

College recruiters checking out students' Facebook pages

Watch what you write online. A survey by the group Kaplan found one in ten college admissions officers have viewed an applicant's Facebook or Myspace page.

AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies

AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies

The nation's military academies are trying to increase diversity to boost the number of minorities in the officers' ranks.

MSU gets federal funding to help study wind speeds

MSU gets federal funding to help study wind speeds

Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state.

Detroit schools seek to force board member to talk

Detroit schools seek to force board member to talk

The state's emergency financial manager for the Detroit school district says he's seeking a court order to force a school board member to testify about his role in a $1.5 billion construction bond issue.

Mich. St. replacing some lost college grant cash

Mich. St. replacing some lost college grant cash

Michigan State University will spend about $8 million it is getting from the federal stimulus package to help students who have lost scholarships from the state.

Kent ISD to release data on how funding crisis will impact schools

Kent ISD to release data on how funding crisis will impact schools

Kent ISD will release its data from a study on how Michigan's education funding crisis will impact local schools. Those details will be relased during a press conference Thursday night.

UPDATE: Court hears arguments Mich. affirmative action ban

UPDATE: Court hears arguments Mich. affirmative action ban

Opponents of Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring told a federal appeals court that the law strips minorities of their constitutional rights.

H1N1 Vaccinations given to students in the Oakridge Public School District

H1N1 Vaccinations given to students in the Oakridge Public School District

Nearly 400 students in the Oakridge School District rolled up their sleeves to get an H1N1 vaccination shot.

Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

A federal appeals court is set to consider a lawsuit challenging Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring.

MSU report: College labor market has hit bottom

MSU report: College labor market has hit bottom

Businesses hired far fewer college graduates in the past year than they thought they would, and next year's graduates will have to be "patient and persistent" to land a job.

Mich. schools chief says laws needed to get grants

Mich. schools chief says laws needed to get grants

Michigan's top schools official says the state Legislature will have to pass new laws for the state to have a shot at federal stimulus money set aside for innovative education programs.

MUST SEE - West Michigan school competes in world record attempt of sport stacking

MUST SEE - West Michigan school competes in world record attempt of sport stacking

Some West Michigan schools will try again Thursday to break the Guinness World Record in sport stacking.

Scholarship money offered to Grand Valley State University students

Scholarship money offered to Grand Valley State University students

Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business will help some of the university's neediest students.

Eastern to allow out-of-state veterans pay in-state tuition

Eastern to allow out-of-state veterans pay in-state tuition

Eastern Michigan University says it will start letting military veterans from outside the state pay the lower in-state tuition rates.

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