This study uses data for over 4,300 first-year students at the University of Georgia who were in the first cohort of students to take the revised SAT and complete a year of higher education. The data include every college class students took and their corresponding grades. Our regressions ...
As voracious wood-eaters, termites serve a distinct purpose in forest ecosystems: They break down dead trees, allowing new ones to grow in their place [source: UGA]. When humans come along and clear forested areas to construct new homes, it's like removing a dinner plate and replacing it...
“I just want to take a moment to remember someone very, very dear to us,” she said. “We lost him recently and he was a big part of the MTV world and my world.” Payne “had the biggest heart and was always the first person to offer help in any way that he...
This program provides for freshman-only housing and meal plans, but it also includes a support system with features such as networking opportunities with upperclassmen, faculty and alumni. This might be really appealing to you, especially given the 2010 statistic that 1 in 3 college students ...
There was an ill-fated attempt to fit a smaller axial-Superlaser variant on Eclipse and Sovereign class Star Destroyers. These Superlasers were not capable of destroying a planet but could sear the surface and boil away atmosphere as well as large bodies of water. The project was never a suc...
As voracious wood-eaters, termites serve a distinct purpose in forest ecosystems: They break down dead trees, allowing new ones to grow in their place [source: UGA]. When humans come along and clear forested areas to construct new homes, it's like removing a dinner plate and replacing it ...