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Capitol Alert: Federal government blocks EdFund sale, terminates operation
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:01:07 -0700
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The U.S. Department of Education has blocked California's attempt to sell its student-loan guarantor, EdFund, and plans to sever ties with the Rancho Cordova-based operation by October, according to a letters obtained by The Bee.
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Subprime Colleges, Revisited
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:27:38 -0700
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The Senate will hold its second committee hearing next Wednesday on the status of for-profit education in the United States. Enrollment at for-profit colleges and trade schools has tripled in the last decade to about 1.8 million, or nearly 10 percent of the nations higher education students.
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Kendrick Meek: Out of mom's shadow
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:00:15 -0700
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Congressman Kendrick Meek readily admits he would not be where he is today without his mother. The twice-divorced mother of three rose from riot-torn Miami to become one of Florida's first black members of Congress since Reconstruction. Now the son, who took her seat, is waging a historic campaign to be the state's first black U.S. senator.
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Kendrick Meek has no problem giving his mother her due, even if it becomes a burden
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:15:51 -0700
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By Beth Reinhard, Miami Herald Saturday, July 31, 2010 U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, here campaigning at an Orlando barbershop in February, was elected to the Florida Legislature in 1994 and to the U.S. Congress in 2002, but still struggles to gain name recognition throughout the state. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek readily admits he would not be where he is today without his mother. The twice-divorced ...
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Donation helps Boone resident further education
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:32:39 -0700
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Amy Davis, single mother of two, received a $700 grant from P.E.O. Chapter NO in Boone. P.E.O. is the Philanthropic Educational Organization. Davis was selected to receive the grant due to her status as a single mother returning to school to study nursing.
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Blaska's Blog agrees with Shirley Sherrod; time to quit race labeling
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:20:04 -0700
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With the hearty approval of Mr. Jeremy Midthun, champion name-caller Matt Logan responded this way to the Stately Manor's proposal to abolish our national Census' preoccupation with skin color. "Would it surprise you ... if you were labeled a racist?"
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Interest-Free Loans Need Scrutiny
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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:00:15 -0700
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BusinessNZ says action is needed on the countrys $11 billion student loan debt. Chief Executive Phil OReilly says recent moves to tighten access to the student loans scheme were appropriate, and now it is timely to scrutinise the interest-free status of the loans.
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Time is right to bring back third-level fees and grants
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:58 -0700
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NET RESULTS:The abolition of third-level fees means it is almost entirely the children of the better-off who literally cash in
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Cochran co-sponsors bill backing rural practices
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:30:31 -0700
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WASHINGTON Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has affirmed his support for legislation to encourage more veterinarians to practice in rural areas by exempting a loan repayment program from federal taxes.
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Obama Touts Education Reform As Essential To Economy
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:12:33 -0700
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(RTTNews) - President Barack Obama Thursday emphasized the importance of education as a way to build the national economy.
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