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Number of Floridians ages 25-34 with college degree fell in 2010
WASHINGTON — The number of young Floridians with a college degree fell in 2010 to about 817,000 — a decrease of about 19,000 from 2009, according to new estimates.
The Florida drop runs counter to a national uptick in college-educated...Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Government, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Department of Education lists cheapest and costliest colleges
Berea College doesn’t have the cachet and name recognition of Harvard or Yale. But it also doesn’t have the high price tag. The small Christian school in Kentucky charges the lowest annual tuition and fees of any four-year private college --...Tags: Students, Connecticut College, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Feds: For-profits could lose federal student aid
Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools could lose access to federal student aid if they don’t improve, new data from theU.S. Department of...
Tags: Corinthian Colleges Inc., Students, Litigation and Regulation, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Jeb Bush praises Obama on education, worries that GOP is shortsighted
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelJeb Bush says he doesn't “have to play the game of being 100,000 percent against President Obama,” although the former Florida governor has “a long list of things” that he thinks Obama has done wrong. In an interview on “... -
Federal education leaders urge families to compare college costs
L.A. NOWU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday urged parents and students to explore the federal government’s national online tool for college costs. The tuition figures listed in the newly revised College Affordability and Transparency Center... -
Vice President Joe Biden in Orlando Friday to talk to mayors
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelVice President Joe Biden will be in Orlando Friday to give the keynote address to the annual national conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The convention, of mayors from throughout the country, runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Loews Royal... -
Family connections numerous for J. Daley grandson, but politics not in the plan
Like many executives running multibillion-dollar businesses, Peter Thompson adorns his office with photos of him meeting U.S. presidents. But there's one big difference: In some of them, he's a mere child. A nephew of Richard M. Daleyand grandson of...
Tags: Melody Hobson, Personal Investing, Finance, Investment Service, Chicago Elections
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Cheating, tampering found in city schools
Widespread cheating on state assessment tests has been uncovered at two Baltimore elementary schools, state and district officials are expected to announce today.
Investigators with the state Department of Education found that Maryland School...Tags: Students, Examinations, Nancy Grasmick, Teaching and Learning, George Washington
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In keeping Carmody, NU did wrong thing for right reason
Every revolution starts with a single shot. Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips fired one Thursday without realizing it. Phillips did more than recommit to coach Bill Carmody for a 13th season. He renewed Northwestern's vow to interpret...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, College Basketball, Northwestern Wildcats, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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City schools pay nearly $65 million for unused leave over 5 years
The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets. Since...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Trips and Vacations, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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Lillian Lowery named Maryland state superintendent of schools
An outsider with experience in leading a neighboring state through sometimes-unpopular reforms will become the next Maryland superintendent of schools, the state school board announced Friday.
Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, a 57-year-...Tags: Fairfax County, North Carolina Central University, Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Regional Authority
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Ten Maryland schools receive National Blue Ribbon Designation
Ten Maryland schools have received a National Blue Ribbon designation, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday, an award bestowed on the highest-performing schools in the nation or those with extraordinary success in closing the achievement...Tags: Towson, Parochial Schools, Public Schools, Christianity, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland)
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