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State scholarship allows residents to receive free college educationThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 11:28PMAs the oldest of four children, 18-year-old Maggie Jernick has certain unwritten responsibilities. She helps cook and clean. She takes on the role of mom while her mother, Nancy, is at work.

Project Threshold persuades students to stay in collegeThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 11:04PMExciting at one moment and nauseating at another, starting college can be an emotional roller coaster for many students. The combination of unknown surroundings and new faces is intimidating to many but can be especially daunting to students who are the first in their families to attend college.

UC Berkeley students return to school -- especially Michael and JessicaThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 1:46PMThe two names are most popular among the 4,300 freshmen arriving at the college. Among them were two 13-year-old undergraduates, and two 60 or older.

Quadruplets benefit from state scholarship programThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 11:45AM21st Century Scholars offers $20 million in aid, serving 9,000 students.

Four-year college programs unrealisticThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 11:08AMCollege has always been seen as a four-year institution as far as an undergraduate program goes. The idea is that the student graduates high school and goes off to college for four years before walking out into the real world with a career. Is this image really realistic anymore though?