As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug (AP)
AP – When US News & World Report debuted its list of “America’s Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they’ve had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
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Former Ala. professor’s lawyers want trial delayed (AP)
AP – Lawyers for a former Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting want a state appeals court to delay her March trial because officials haven’t paid for expert witnesses or testing by a neurologist.
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Summary Box: Sallie Mae changes policy on loan fee (AP)
AP – THE NEWS: Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee that struggling borrowers must pay to temporarily suspend payments.
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Summary Box: Sallie Mae changes policy on loan fee
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Authorities probe use of seclusion rooms for disabled (Reuters)
Reuters – Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday.
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$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)
AP – Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys’ fees.
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Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.
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19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift (AP)
AP – A 19-year-old University of Utah student likely suffered a medical episode before she fell from a popular Park City ski resort and died, an official said Monday.
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College Tuition Controversy Highlights Challenges (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | According to the Associated Press, President Barack Obama is upset with colleges and universities that have been raising their tuition rates, forcing an increasing number of students into debt as college degrees are worth less in a down economy. He has threatened to cut federal dollars for these schools and transfer the money to schools that offer good education for a reasonable price.
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Can a home computer teach you to fly a real plane? (AP)
AP – Can flight simulator training on a home computer teach you enough to fly a real plane?
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Broken schools breed South Africa’s "lost generation" (Reuters)
Reuters – The first blow to Martha Netshiozwe’s future came when her parents died of AIDS. The second came when she ran out of money and had to drop out of a South African high school.
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Broken schools breed South Africa’s "lost generation"
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