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When Bluto Blutarsky, John Belushi’s character in the movie “Animal House,” was finally expelled from fictional Faber College, he was in his seventh year. He’d fit right in at Indiana’s public universities. Just over half of students at …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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WASHINGTON — America’s cities and their residents face a wide array of problems — and the universities located in those metropolitan areas have a central role to play in fixing them, especially by opening doors to minority students, said college …
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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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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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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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