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Report calls for overhaul of California community colleges' transfer process

latimes.com
Aug. 27, 2009
It finds the obstacles that students face in moving to a four-year school are endemic and that fixing the pipeline to baccalaureate degrees is vital to the state's economic future. Community college student Kristen Grand dreams of transferring to Cal State Long Beach so she can earn a bachelor's...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler