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    • In Lawsuit, Students Claim College Deceived Them

    A for-profit college is facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of students who say the school ripped them off. It's the latest in a series of hits the for-profit higher education industry has taken recently.
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    • Higher Education and the Economy

    "Education is the economic issue of our time," President Obama said in a speech about higher education and the economy at the University of Texas at Austin.
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    • Jobs Bill May Keep Teachers Employed

    Congress appears ready to pass a $10 billion measure to forestall the layoffs of thousands of teachers, as states struggle with budget deficits. The bill would save more than 100,000 jobs, but some question whether it makes sense to pad school distr
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    • Best Colleges Preview: Top 25 National Universities

    Want to know the rankings for these schools and others? Visit usnews.com on August 17.
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    • For-Profit Colleges Encouraged Fraud, Used Deceptive Marketing, GAO Reports

    At a hearing today, Senators saw evidence that prospective students at for-profit institutions were misled, forced to take out large loans.
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    • Controversial College Professor Ayers To Retire

    William Ayers' past became a political issue during the 2008 presidential campaign because President Obama served with Ayers on the board of a Chicago charity. There's no evidence they were ever close friends.
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    • U.S. News Responds to the ABA's Take on Law School Rankings

    The ABA says the U.S. News law school rankings have a powerful influence over legal education.
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    • "Status Quo Is Morally Inexcusable"

    Education reform is a top priority for this Administration, President Obama said to the National Urban League, because the "status quo is morally inexcusable" and "economically indefensible."
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    • Exploring The American Dream In The South Bronx

    Arthur Levine has spent much of his career writing about how tough it is for poor minority kids to get into college. Rarely has this widely respected educator written more urgently than in his latest book, Unequal Fortunes. It was a journey that too
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    • Proposed Federal Rules Target For-Profit Colleges

    The Education Department will propose much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.
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    • Report: Feds Downplaying Student Loan Defaults

    One in every five government loans that entered repayment in 1995 has gone into default, according to a recent report released by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Department of Education is undercounting student loan defaults, Chronicle report
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    • U.S. Losing Ground In College Graduation Race

    A new report warns that the U.S. is falling farther behind other developed nations in the proportion of adults with a college education. The U.S. now ranks 12th in college completion among 36 such nations.


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