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When a college football team is successful, students put down their books and pick up some beers.

It seems everyone is squawking about higher education these days.

Joyce Cross and Bria Sherrod know what it's like to stumble in life, to fall hard without having a loving mother or father by their side to pick them up, soothe their hurt, and send them on their way.

U.S. News and World Report is out with its annual Best Colleges guide, and this year Harvard (tuition and fees: $38,416) tops the list in the national universities category.

Cree Bautista's application for next year's freshman class at New York University isn't due until Jan. 1, but Cree, an incoming high school senior from Pflugerville, Tex., was not taking any chances.

Twenty-five college students who are raising money for school and promoting greater access to higher education for undocumented students rode into town Saturday, a little worse for the wear due to several mishaps, on day two of a nine-day, 540-mile bicycle ride from UC Berkeley to UC Los Angeles.