Dec 13th, 2008 · It takes more than activism or scholarly texts to get some young people really interested in debate about religion or social issues. For one college course, it takes some foul-mouthed fourth-graders who are leading authorities on everything politically incorrect.
Dec 10th, 2008 · For decades, the Master's in Business Administration was the key to a lucrative career. But the collapse of the banking and finance industries means fewer jobs and less pay right out of school. We speak with MBA students about the difficulties they're facing.
Dec 10th, 2008 · Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the film Doubt, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. His character, a priest, provokes suspicion for his attention to a young student.
Dec 8th, 2008 · The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology is the most coveted science prize awarded to American high school students. One of the finalists is Raphael-Joel Lim from Indianapolis, Indiana. His research project has been widely praised for its originality and depth. Being a 17-year-old genius can be a blessing and a burden.
Dec 7th, 2008 · Former Egyptian presidential candidate Alaa Al Aswany is the Arab world's best-selling fiction writer. His latest novel, Chicago, follows several recent Egyptian emigres as they study at the University of Illinois and their professors, who emigrated to the U.S. decades earlier.
Dec 7th, 2008 · Peru is buying inexpensive computers for poor, rural schoolchildren, connecting them to new skills and information. Skeptics call the laptops a luxury when those kids don't have basics such as health care. They also say newfound skills could lead students to city jobs, spurring the brain drain in isolated villages.
Dec 6th, 2008 · Students in isolated parts of the country may lack running water or electricity, but they now have laptops. Peru is purchasing hundreds of thousands of $200 computers through the One Laptop Per Child program. The hope is to link poor villages to the modern era.
Dec 4th, 2008 · More than 50 student groups across the country are performing Jonathan Larson's edgy rock opera Rent this school year. Like the Broadway show, Rent School Edition is centered on a group of friends in the 1990s dealing with AIDS, gender identity, homosexuality, drug addiction and poverty.