Programs and ServicesStudents Win Top Honors in YES Competition for Research on Health Threats Affecting Teenagers
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May 2010
Two Pennsylvania high school juniors each won a $50,000 college scholarship after taking top honors at the annual Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition, one of the nation’s most prestigious high school science competitions. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the College Board, YES inspires students to apply the principles of epidemiology (the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations) to investigate health issues facing the public.
California State University Announces Systemwide Policy to Grant Credit for CLEP®
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May 2010
The Academic Senate of California State University (CSU) has unanimously endorsed a policy providing guidelines for the use of College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) examinations as the basis for awarding general education credit. This policy applies to CSU students and to those planning to transfer to a CSU campus. CLEP offers students the opportunity to receive college credit by earning qualifying scores on any of 33 examinations. The new policy, which covers all 23 California State campuses, takes effect immediately.
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