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...Earned two simultaneous bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania - one in economics from its Wharton School of Business. Earned a law degree with highest honors at New York University...
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...report from the Brookings Institution. But, the report argues, to truly "transform our community colleges into engines of opportunity and prosperity," funding needs to be tied to performance in areas like degree completion - a model some states, including Indiana and Ohio, are already trying. The City University of New York has rigged up an experimental program that requires its community-college students to take intensive remedial courses if they aren't prepared to do college-level work. Begun in 2007 with the goal of getting at least half of the study's 1,000 participants to graduate from college...
...either side of the screening debate, experts agree that mothers need help, says Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, director of women's studies at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She adds that opposing arguments over PPD screening need not be mutually exclusive. "The problem with women's reproductive-health issues is that they tend to be ignored or exaggerated," she says. "We need to find a way to come down in the middle: acknowledge women's depression but not assume that all women who struggle with the transition to motherhood are depressed." Ensuring the proper support of mothers, however...
Leblanc is one of six drafted players on the Crimson, including Biega, who was selected by the Buffalo Sabres and senior Doug Rogers, who was picked by the New York Islanders. The last Crimson player taken in the first round was Chis Biotti...