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The following news items happened in the last week:

  • Two North Carolina State University students died, apparently by suicide, within a 24-hour period, Thursday. They are the sixth and seventh suicides among N.C. State students this academic year.
  • A recent report by the RAND Corporation, a nonpartisan policy think tank, and researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that low-income students are more likely to earn stackable credentials than their peers.
  • Duquesne University, a private Roman Catholic institution in Pittsburgh, is doubling the amount of financial help available to incoming transfer students who reside in the state.
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