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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Year-over-year jobs data by race and education (AP)
AP – Year-over-year jobs data by race and education
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Year-over-year jobs data by race and education
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Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation (Reuters)
Reuters – Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate in fewer semesters.
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AP source: Facebook IPO won’t affect Newark pledge (AP)
AP – Facebook’s public stock offering apparently will not affect its company co-founder’s pledge of shares worth $100 million to the Newark, N.J., school system.
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Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments (AP)
AP – Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.
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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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Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools (AP)
AP – The nation’s leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation’s toughest school trans-fat ban.
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Stomach illness strikes 300 San Francisco students (Reuters)
Reuters – A Jesuit high school in San Francisco was closed for the rest of the week on Wednesday after about 300 students and 30 faculty were stricken by a stomach ailment marked by nausea and vomiting, officials there said.
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When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students (Time.com)
Time.com – States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
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Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged (AP)
AP – Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.