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May 17, 2013 /
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Yale U. Is Fined $165,000 Under Crime-Reporting Law
In one of the most severe penalties ever assessed to a university for violations of a federal campus-crime law, the U.S. Department of Education has fined Yale University $165,000 for failing to disclose four forcible sex offenses that occurred on its campus more than a decade ago. In a letter s...
May 17, 2013 / Chronicle of Higher Education
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House Panel Approves Market Approach to Student-Loan Interest Rates
With interest rates on some federal student loans set to double in just over six weeks, and members of Congress and President Obama scrambling to avert the increase, a key Congressional panel on Thursday approved legislation that it said would solve the problem for the long term. The White House...
May 17, 2013 / Chronicle of Higher Education
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Stars and Flowers
Got a photo you think is Big Picture-worthy? We encourage you to submit compelling images taken at colleges or college-related events during the last week. If you are a Flickr member, upload it to The CHE Photo Group. To be eligible, you must include a descriptive caption that identifies promi...
May 17, 2013 / Chronicle of Higher Education
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Is the AP Program Worth It?
EducationWorld is pleased to present this article contributed by C.M. Rubin . The piece is part of Rubin's online interview series Global Search for Education , in which she joins thought leaders as they explore big-picture education questions. For this series and her other online series ...
May 17, 2013 / Education World Administrator's Desk
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Maine education groups testify in favor of statewide pre-K
on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:06pm Education groups testified in favor of a bill Friday that would make Maine one of a handful of states offering universal pre-kindergarten, a program that President Obama has advocated nationwide. The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, ...
May 17, 2013 / District Administration
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Students rally for Philadelphia schools, shut down traffic
on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 4:19pm A swelling crowd of thousands of Philadelphia public school students left their classes at noon Friday and marched outside the district headquarters on North Broad Street to protest proposed education cuts. Chanting "Save Our Schools" and "No education, no life," the s...
May 17, 2013 / District Administration
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