At Smith College, the graduation exercises traditionally proceed as follows: Although each diploma is made out to a particular girl, all the diplomas are initially given out at random. All of the girls who do not get their own diplomas then form a circle, and each passes the diploma she has to the girl on her right. Those who now have their own diplomas drop out, and the remaining girls again p...

Dr Mandy Robbins is Senior Research Fellow within the Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick and a Honorary Research Fellow at the St Mary's Centre. Mandy gained her first degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1992 in Theology and Archaeology, her MPhil in Theology at Trinity College, Carmarthen in 1996, and her PhD in Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor i...

More individuals than ever before are pursuing higher education to prepare themselves for a competitive labor market. This may mean returning to the classroom to attain a general equivalency diploma (GED) degree, or going on to technical college, community college, or a four-year university to attain job training and skills. Studies show that those who attain a GED have higher earnings than hig...

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