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Ten scholarships at $1,000 each is a good start, but $1,000 is not much money nowadays when compared to the cost of a college education. Muskogee Community Foundation recently awarded $10,000 to a parent-teacher-student group to parcel out to 10 …
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A $31-million share of Indiana’s federal stimulus funds will be used to help low-income students and unemployed workers get a job-related education. The Workforce Acceleration Grant program will pay up to $3,000 a year for a student’s expected family …
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The Indiana Department of Workforce Development and Indiana Commission for Higher Education are launching a new program to help Hoosiers pay tuition for a two-year college program, books and fees. Workforce Acceleration Grant uses federal stimulus …
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The tough economy and rising tuition are weighing heavily on families trying to plan for college. A non-profit group is giving Coloradans in these circumstances the tools to plan for the future and helping students beat the recesssion. College Invest …
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South Thames College received a glowing review by Ofsted in a report published last week. Inspectors rated the further education college “good” after visiting earlier this year. College results now exceed national averages, with English for speakers …
source:http://www.kingstonguardian.co.uk/education/educationnews/4511767.Glowing_report_for_South_Thames_College/?FORM=ZZNR

Centenary College was named one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education and one of the best Southeastern colleges, according to The Princeton Review, the New York-based education services company known for its test-prep …
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Press-Gazette education reporter Kelly McBride is chatting now with readers about building projects at St. Norbert College. Submit questions below. ? July 27 story: Learn more about the building projects at St. Norbert College ? July 28 story: De …
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PLEASANTON, Calif., July 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADEP ), a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced a new Adept Robotics Centre will be inaugurated by …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal audit warns a historically black college in South Carolina must take extra steps to remain financially viable. The State reported Monday that a U.S. Education Department audit warns that Benedict College in Columbia …
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The flagship of the University of Illinois system and the premier public college in the state, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions Congress created in 1862. The campus is in east …
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