Gardening Class * UC Master Gardeners teach a free class titled "El Dorado County's Native Plants" at the Ag Center, 311 Fair Lane, Placerville. Call for time and schedule of other classes, 530-621-5512; http://ceeldorado.ucdavis.edu/.
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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