One hard-up Boston human guinea pig earned $3,000 watching images of sea turtles and hardcore pronography for a study that measured her bodily responses. "It's amazing what they'll do for 10 bucks," one researcher said of the volunteers. "I almost feel bad for them." picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago tags lab rat college students volunteers science medical studies |
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For those of you who haven’t heard, Mary Kate and Ashley (yes, the Olsen twins), are in the process of launching a new high-end fashion line called “The Row.” picked by briananicole 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
Highschool freshmen in Florida will be forced starting this Fall to declare a college major from a set a state-approved choices, while students in Mississippi will be able to choose from nine career paths. The states involved support this move and think it will benefit the children. College administrators, who will be teaching the students in the future, say otherwise. picked by joshdb 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
While there's lots to be done while you're at school, the eating part can be made easy. You might peruse the cafeteria to see what's there, or you may find yourself at the local pizza palace late one night. picked by super 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's? picked by Bornbad 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Students at the University of New York's Hostos Community College in the Bronx now can enroll in a 19-week class on the street art of graffiti. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Yet another all-female college had to face financial reality and open their doors to men as well as women. As usual whenever an institution tries to stop the prejudice and bigotry of the past, they get sued by the female students & alumni trying to stop the integration. The same women who sue all-male institutions forcing them to take on women. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A-level students should be paid for passing exams in science and maths, a report recommends. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
In other news, studies show that brains of young human males are smaller than any other. "At one point, an officer asked Devries what the teens planned to do with the alligators. He said they had not thought that far ahead yet." picked by arsphidius 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. picked by maxriter 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it’s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents’ salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark. picked by 1krazykorean 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
BATON ROUGE, La. - A young woman killed two female students in a college classroom at a vocational college Friday, then killed herself, police said. picked by bevissimo 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school. 2 comments edit related share world*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally. He started taking college courses at 14. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago |
An eye tracking experiment has revealed that netizens among college students mistakenly believe that Google ranks search results in accordance with their relevance to the queries put by internet users. picked by kapy 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
My average class size is 115. 5 comments edit related share plime.com18% of my teachers know my name. I buy hundred dollar textbooks that I never open. My day has 26.5 hours. picked by suckersklub 12 months ago |
More than 160 Students at a South Bronx middle school have pulled off a stunning boycott against standardized testing. They refused to take a three-hour practice exam for next month's statewide social studies test. Instead they handed in blank exams and submitted signed petitions with a list of grievances picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago 15 comments edit related share plime.com |
The editorial claims that honorary degrees make a mockery out true degrees. As a college student, I think this is a valid claim. College is hard, no? picked by moodymiss 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Colorado Springs elementary school principal has apologized for making students look inside a bag of human feces and urine. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
First-year students whose roommates brought a video game player to college studied 40 minutes less each day on average. Those 40 minutes of lost study time translated into first-semester grades that were 0.241 points lower on the 4.0 grade scale. picked by punthe 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Students at Fairfield University in Connecticut say they won't drink any less just because the school has banned kegs of beer. picked by skid 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |