From Monday, June 20 2005 - 8:00am To Friday, June 24 2005 - 5:00pm Every day
Summer Nature Camp - "Mini-Camp" for ages 4 & 5; exploration and discovery outdoors, songs, games, activities, nature walks, quiet reflective time, creative craft projects. Theme is "Nature's Treasures," hosted by The American River Nature Center in Coloma, fee, pre-register, 530-621-1224.
Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting combined with China's booming economy and growing middle class.
A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, police said.
The total cost of going to a private four-year college rose to $34,132 on average for the 2008-09 academic year, according to a report released Wednesday.
A recent controversy at Baylor University has brought new attention to the widespread misuse of standardized college admission tests to rank the quality of America's colleges and universities.
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