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Higher education

Students celebrate during their graduation ceremony. (credit: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)

College-Bound North Texas Teens Defy Odds & Promise Even More

Hundreds of North Texas high school students recently celebrated a major achievement. During a ceremony at SMU, some 200 students not only declared where they were going to college, but also made a commitment to graduate.

2011/05/24

Students at a graduation ceremony. (credit: China Photos/Getty Images)

Charter School Helps Former Gang Member On Road To Success

A North Texas teenager remembers his life as a gang member. Now the 18-year-old is president of his senior class at Evolution Academy Charter School, about to receive his high school diploma and hopes to go to SMU.

2011/05/18

Paul Quinn College Gains New Accreditation

The only historically black college in Dallas has obtained accreditation from a national agency that certifies Christian schools.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/04/15

Students attend a class. (credit: Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

College Cuts Could Be Hardest For New Students To Take

As currently proposed, the state budget won’t fund growth at state universities and Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Peredes says that’s a problem.

2011/02/08

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