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Save dollars by renting textbooks
Ask any college student and he will tell you how many dollars are being spent on classroom textbooks most of which they use only for four months or so. This is a....

Jamie K
Devise innovative methods to cut costs, President tells students
College students face the constant issue of rising tuition fees. This issue is effectively being used by President Obama to rope in youth vote, with the mid-term....

Karen
Are higher education subsidies wasted?
Billions of dollars have been wasted by both the State and Federal governments by way of student subsidies. Most who received subsidy dropped out right before the....

Kathy
Education budget cut detrimental to national interest says Obama
President Barack Obama has warned the Republican Party that has been pushing for a budget cut in education that any such move will seriously impact the interest....

Tom
Tax break for students to motivate them to choose four year university education
The Obama administration extended tax breaks for students benefiting from stimulus package last year. The President made this announcement on Wednesday arguing that....

Chris
Teachers Union in L.A. to Fight Decision to Halt Layoffs
Lo and behold! Guess who opposes the landmark agreement in disadvantaged schools in Los Angeles to stop teacher layoffs? It is none other than the local teachers....

Jamie K
STEM career is not for everyone
Advice of experienced career specialists is taken for knowing about how the choice of courses in high school or college affects your career chances. Ann Emerson....

Karen
For-Profit Institutions offer Enhanced Higher Education Access to Minorities and Low Income Students
This week the focus of our President is entirely on higher education. There is widespread criticism on the extent of assistance offered by the government to for....

Kathy
Make the entire higher education sphere accountable for quality of education
Addressing and tackling a sensitive topic in Washington, our education secretary Arne Duncan broke the ice in Washington to make it clear that higher education schools....

Tom
Major issues will be discussed at the White House Community College Summit
In order to try and achieve President Obama’s goal of leading the world in the field of higher education by the year 2020, policy, White House will see prominent....

Staff
Higher Education – Key to Economic Growth
In a relentless bid to strengthen our education system, President Obama recently called for a press conference with journalists associated with universities to analyze....

Kathy
Dartmouth College High on National and Low on International Ranking
Dartmouth college improved two places in the 2011 university ranking and has shown considerable improvement. In the annual Forbes Magazine list, the college jumped....

Tom
Real time reform is the need of the hour
Mack Zuckerberg founder of Facebook gave a grant of $100 million to Newark Schools. He donated the money based on the understanding that a reform agenda including....

Chris
Are four year undergraduate degrees being replaced by three year programs?
Many colleges are taking efforts to help parents deal with rising tuition costs by offering programs that help students graduate faster. This endeavour is led by....

Karen
School systems cannot be fixed just with money!!!
According to our President, America’s issue of fast degenerating higher education system cannot be addressed only by pumping in money. He spoke for at least....

Tom
Follow the footsteps of UNCC and Winthrop to enhance graduation rates
K-12 public schools have been under scrutiny for decades now due to lack lustre academic performances and student failures, most of whom are disadvantaged and poor.....

Staff
US trailing behind in producing college graduates
According to the Lumina Foundation, our country falls behind other global nations in producing college graduates. Even though there is a marginal gain in 2007-08,....

Tom
Washington State universities limited by lack of state funding
Washington State had a dream that all its citizens will one day be able to go to college no matter what their financial situation is. There are people here raised....

Chris
Time for our President to wake up
Recently, the meeting held by Obama in the Town hall with people affected by the hard economic situation turned more into a therapy session for his supporters who....

Karen
Need for Developing a Strong Alternative Education Reform Program
Billions of dollars have been invested by education reformers in our country. With Bill Gates and Michelle Rhee, DC School’s superintendent featuring shortly....

Staff




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