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LINCOLN, Neb. — Gov. Dave Heineman and several Nebraska education leaders launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at enticing high school students to visit Nebraska’s college and university campuses as a way to possibly improve the state’s higher ed …
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A Chicago Alderman says you don’t need a college education to fight crime. Chicago is getting ready to give its first police entrance exam in four years. Applicants have several requirements to fullfill before they can become a Chicago Police Officer. They …
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COLUMBIA, S.C — COLUMBIA, S.C. – It was supposed to be a summit, the beginning of an extended discussion on what could be done to arrest the trend of steadily increasing tuition rates at colleges and universities in South Carolina. Instead, Tuesday’s …
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Green Party candidate for governor says Illinois should let people go to college free of charge. Rich Whitney calls it an investment in the people of Illinois. He compares it to the G.I. Bill that provided college educations for World …
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according to Education Pays 2010 … rates for those with a bachelor’s degree and those with a high school diploma increased from 2.3 to 5.1 percentage points. In 2008, four-year college graduates earned nearly $ …
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At Pomona College, a top-flight liberal arts school, this year’s sticker price for tuition and fees … This kind of massive tuition increase is the norm. In New England, Williams College charges $41,434,
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NASDAQ: LOPE) Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) American Public Education Inc … Central District of California against Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (“Corinthian” or the “Company”) and certain of its top officials.
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… loans they got from the federal government. The Department of Education says 7 percent … school — anything from a small trade school to a giant like the University of Phoenix. But those same schools account …
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MADISON — Wisconsin’s chief labor economist wants the state to save … the plan in a publication issued by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, a UW-Madison think tank.
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Bob Riley made a rare appearance at a state board of … Some board members said they were unhappy that Chancellor Freida Hill’s interest in merging the Alabama Technology Network into the Alabama Industrial …
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Greetings from Notre … might affect the passing games of both Purdue and Notre Dame. Of course, the story for this game is the debut of Brian Kelly as Irish head coach. Kelly has already …
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Austin, Texas (CNN) — President Barack Obama on Monday touted the steps his administration has taken to try to meet his goal of dramatically boosting U.S. college graduation rates. In a speech at the …
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