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Charles Wheelan provides some unorthodox, albeit insightful nuggets of advice for graduating college seniors in his new book 10 ½ Things no Commencement Speaker has Ever Said

Hundreds of thousands of veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, eager to get an education under the new post-Sept. 11 GI Bill.

Many vets looking for a school find they are inundated by sales pitches from institutions hungry for their government benefits. Now, lawmakers are looking for ways to protect vets without narrowing their education choices.

Daniel Elkins, a legislative associate with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, recently did what a lot of vets do — he went to a site like gibill.com and answered a battery of questions about his educational goals and background. When prompted, he provided his email address and ZIP code.

The response, he says, was overwhelming.

I find out why students are drawn to The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.

How a New Hampshire University made it onto Fast Company's most innovative companies list.

Officials at Dartmouth College say they’re taking new steps to deal with hazing on campus, especially in fraternities. That issue turned into a campus-wide controversy earlier this year, after Dartmouth senior Andrew Lohse published a piece in the student newspaper describing what he called “dehumanizing” hazing rituals in his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Mary Carmichael wrote about the issue for the Boston Globe. She tells All Things Considered host Brady Carlson more about the situation at Dartmouth.

The phrase “first in the nation” is the shorthand we use for talking about the New Hampshire presidential primary coming before any other.

New Hampshire is first among states in other ways, too. Some are good – like having the lowest rate of child poverty among states. Some are not so good – like having the highest student debt load in America.