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South Carolina has made some important strides forward with the passage of the Education and Economic Development Act. Among other steps, the Act requires students to choose a nonbinding career path just before starting high school.

Georgia is now among about 35 states with such sites, an effort by education officials to make college more accessible by demystify the daunting application process while making it easier for students to enroll in schools within their borders.

This is a pre-announcement of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the State Scholars Initiative to be issued on or about September 22, 2006. WICHE invites new state-level business-education partnerships to apply for federal State Scholars Initiative (SSI) grants.

“About one-quarter to one-third of the plagiarism we see is students swapping papers,” Goldberg said. “The system shows students where proper citation is needed. It’s up to the instructor to decide if it’s plagiarized.”

"We are not equipping our young people with all the tools they need in a technical, global economy," he said. "We won’t rest until every one of our school buildings has high-speed Internet."

"We are elated that recruiters think so highly of our students and MBA program," said Ned C. Hill, Marriott School dean. "There are hundreds of excellent business schools in the country, which makes this ranking particularly rewarding. We’re also very pleased that our graduates continue to be known for their high ethical standards."

Michigan owes its first-place showing in part to its emphasis on practical experience in its M.B.A. program. Recruiters say they prize Michigan graduates because they can connect theory with practice.

This summer, University of Montana officials publicly joined the discussion about putting a college in the Bitterroot – the most populated area of the state not to have close access to higher education.

“It’s the right thing to do, because some of these students probably wouldn’t be here,” Hanson said.

Colleges and universities are finding innovative ways to be community leaders in waste reduction, renewable energy and green procurement. But their reasons are not selfless.