(Not) Crossing the Finish Line – Inside Higher Ed

America’s flagship public universities are failing to graduate enough students in four (or even six) years and are doing too little to improve the completion rates of low-income and minority students, especially black males, according to a much …
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Bredesen Ponders Higher Education Reform – Wrcbtv.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – As Gov. Phil Bredesen ponders how to reform higher education in Tennessee, a published report says he’s revisiting a decade-old study that was never implemented. Bredesen has said he wants to improve college graduation rates …
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Kure Beach student receives $2,500 scholarship – Star News Online

The Upromise Scholarship supports its members’ pursuit of a college education and is based on both need and merit. To qualify, students needed to be a Upromise member or child of a Upromise member (membership is free at Upromise.com), have a combined …
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Study: Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap – PhysOrg

While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research. And that factor is college major …
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Big step for Cornish College — it’s adding dorms for the first time – Seattle Times

Jerry Hekkel, dean of student affairs for Cornish College of the Arts, inside one of the renovated former motel rooms that will house students (two per room) beginning Aug. 30. STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES The former Days Inn motel at Seventh …
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Only 12 out of 100 kids make it to college: Sibal – MSN India

Kolkata: Stating that the education system in India needs to undergo a thorough change, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said his ministry would work towards freeing it up in the coming years. “We need to free up the …
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Clark Howard: What you should know when borrowing for college – CNN

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Do you need to borrow to fund a college education for yourself or your child? Be sure you’re taking my “Clark Smart” approach to borrowing. Clark Howard: If a four-year college is too cost prohibitive, try a two-year …
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The Varieties of High School Education – Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

He’s headed into the eleventh grade, and while his education so far has given him a sound overview of Western cultural history, we’re concerned that he hasn’t had enough experience digging deeply into particular issues, doing wide-ranging …
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Study: 50% borrow money for college – Birmingham Business Journal

College students are borrowing more and taking on riskier forms of debt than ever before, according to a national analysis released Thursday. “Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student Loan Crisis,” released by an independent education policy think …
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Tom Joyner Foundation, Denny’s Recognize Single Parent Scholars at … – PR.com

Since January, the Foundation and Denny’s have distributed more than $32k in Scholarships help parents finish their college education. Dallas, TX, July 10, 2009 –( PR.com )– The Tom Joyner Foundation and Denny’s have awarded nearly $32,000 to 21 …
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