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BATON ROUGE, La.— Suggestions from a Jindal administration official Monday that Louisiana has a “surplus” of four-year college degrees rankled members of a commission looking at ways to overhaul the state’s public college systems. Curt Eysink …
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Greenville’s campaign to parlay high-skill and high-tech businesses into better wages across the Upstate is handicapped by what new census figures show is a startling lack of college graduates. In the six-county Upstate region that heavily trades …
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Bart Gingrich shares a laugh with his daughter Amy as they unload pumpkins at Bart’s Farm near Marion on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. The family uses the money raised from the pumpkin patch to fund college for Amy and her older sister. (Cliff Jette …
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MARQUETTE - Michigan school districts would lose more than $200 per student this academic year and a popular college scholarship program would be wiped out under budget bills agreed to Wednesday by bipartisan conference committees. For school …
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LANSING (AP) — College students, hospitals and early education supporters are among those asking Michigan lawmakers to protect their programs as the state budget debate reaches its final stages. Students including College Democrats plan a Tuesday …
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Jill Biden visit Miami Dade College While visiting Miami Dade College on Friday, new U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said the country’s economic downturn has led to ”historic” funding for education …
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Whether it’s an Ivy League school or the one in your backyard, college is costing more and more. And much of the reason has to do with competition for the best and brightest. MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES Offering a student perspective on campus …
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Washington, DC (HNN) – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-WV supported the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), which passed the House of Representatives on Sept. 17, to help students and their families pay for college at no cost to taxpayers …
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The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that expands federal aid to college students while ending federal subsidies to private lenders. By shifting to direct federal lending, the Obama administration said it will save more than $80 …
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RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia ’s finance secretary outlined details on Tuesday of proposed funding cuts to public colleges and universities as the state’s higher-education agency considers what to request in the upcoming two-year budget. State Finance …
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