Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987.
AP 9/4/08
Hawaii Pacific University - fall 1982
North Idaho College (a two-year school) - spring 1983 through fall 1983
University of Idaho - fall 1984 - spring 1985
Matanuska-Susitna College (a two-year school) - fall 1985
University of Idaho - spring 1986 - spring 1987
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Federal privacy laws prohibit the schools from disclosing her grades, and none of the schools contacted by The Associated Press could say why she transferred. There was no indication any of them were contacted as part of the background investigation of Palin by presidential candidate John McCain's campaign.
"Our office was not contacted by anyone," said Tania Thompson, spokeswoman for the University of Idaho in Moscow."
AP 9/4/08
McCain campaign had no comment on this report when asked by the Associated Press
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Palin attended Hawaii Pacific College (now called Hawaii Pacific University) in 1982
In 1972, Hawaii Pacific College graduated seven students in its first commencement class