Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Obama to students: Work hard, focus on education (AP)
• Publishing giant makes $400M education investment (AP)
• The Great Recession's Toll on Higher Education (U.S. News & World Report)
• More alum of for-profit schools can't pay loans (Reuters)
• College loan default rates rise, report says (AP)
• RFK assassination site revived as LA school campus (AP)
• Fla. deputies handcuff 7-foot gator near school (AP)
• Obama celebrates contributions of black colleges (AP)

Obama to students: Work hard, focus on education (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - In a pep talk to the nation's students as they settle back into school, President Barack Obama will tell them that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they're willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on learning.

Publishing giant makes $400M education investment (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - Publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is making a $400 million investment to back up the company's increasing emphasis on putting more technology into classrooms.

The Great Recession's Toll on Higher Education (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio have run out of scholarship money and are turning down thousands of qualified applicants. Public universities in Georgia, Virginia, and Washington have all raised their tuition by about $1,000 for the fall semester. Public colleges in Florida, Louisiana, and Nevada are canceling hundreds of classes for lack of state funding. California has simply shut the door on hundreds of thousands of its high school graduates and workers hoping for new skills.

More alum of for-profit schools can't pay loans (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - More former students of for-profit colleges are defaulting on student loans, the U.S. Department of Education said on Monday, but not as many as analysts had expected.

College loan default rates rise, report says (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT AP - The number of college students who defaulted on their federal student loans climbed in the fiscal year that ended in September 2008, according to new government data released Monday.

RFK assassination site revived as LA school campus (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 11:58 AM PDT AP - The site where Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated opened Monday as a $578 million complex of public schools for thousands of students after years of disputes over historic preservation.

Fla. deputies handcuff 7-foot gator near school (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 09:33 AM PDT AP - Deputies in Florida had to handcuff a rather unusual suspect — a 7-foot-long alligator.

Obama celebrates contributions of black colleges (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2010 07:50 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is recognizing the contributions of historically black colleges and universities to the nation's education system and calling for their continued support.

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