Morning Roundup:
From The Associated Press: Gunman opens fire at UT in Austin, kills himself
A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire Tuesday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt.
From USA Today: Census: Women closing in on male-dominated fields
The gender gap among college majors once dominated by men is narrowing, and younger generations of women account for nearly half of science and business graduates, a USA Today analysis of new Census data shows.
From The New York Times: 4,100 Students Prove ‘Small Is Better’ Rule Wrong
A decade ago, Brockton High School was a case study in failure. Teachers and administrators often voiced the unofficial school motto in hallway chitchat: students have a right to fail if they want. And many of them did — only a quarter of the students passed statewide exams. One in three dropped out.
From PBS NewsHour: Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority College Graduates
Special correspondent John Tulenko examines some of the challenges minorities face in college and a program that concentrates on helping them complete a degree.
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