Although Tigers fans will not watch their first game this Saturday at home as planned, some students did not notice an impact on the first day back to class from the addition of 2, 300 new students, many from Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans and the University of New Orleans.

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While the new iPhone and iPad grab all the headlines, students heading to class this fall might benefit most from lesser-known, less expensive tech tools, and the bells and whistles that make those hot gadgets useful.

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During a recent master-class at the Metropolitan Museum in New York last month, he urged his students to try and understand the basic language of their instrument.

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Students who are the most convincing and able to turn the class in a new direction and win everyone over to their analysis receive the highest grades.

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Cummings, associate dean for academic affairs at Indiana Tech's new law school, said plans to enroll 100 students in the fall class may have to be scaled back.

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In this space last week, we reported that a sixth-grade class dubbed the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), is supposed to begin teaching students in September inside a New York public school.

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When a class is ready to move on to a new concept, all students move on, regardless of how many have mastered the previous concept (even if it is a prerequisite for learning what is next).

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