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Fun Fact Friday: February 24th

  Teacher quality is one of the most significant factors related to student achievement. In the U.S., 14% of new teachers resign …

Fun Fact Friday: February 10th

The ancient Roman festival Lupercalia (“festival of the wolf”) is considered to be one precursor to Valentine’s Day. Celebrated from February 13-15, …

Fun Fact Friday: February 3rd

  Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American Men, was founded in 1906 at Cornell University in …

Fun Fact Friday: January 27th

75 percent of high school seniors are accepted into their first-choice of colleges, but less than 57 percent can afford to attend. …

Fun Fact Friday: January 13

Yale’s Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library is protected with features you would expect to see in Bruce Wayne’s Bat Cave. In the …

Fun Fact Friday: December 30

  New Year’s Day was celebrated on January 1st for the first time, in 45 B.C when Julius Caesar decided that the …

Fun Fact Friday: November 25

The phrase “Ivy League” was originally used  to describe several colleges football teams. New York Herald Tribune sportswriter Stanley Woodward, first used the word …

5 College Thanksgiving Traditions

  Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate what people are thankful for. Colleges and universities have joined in the festivities with campus …

Fun Fact Friday: November 18

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