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• Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud (AP)
• Duncan, Lee urge more black men to become teachers (AP)
• "World School" announces first of 20 campuses in New York (Reuters)
• Cheaper Student Loans, But Shortage of College Grants Likely in 2011 and 2012 (U.S. News & World Report)

Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud (AP) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST AP - The government of India is condemning the use of ankle monitors on Indian students who were enrolled at a "sham university" in California that authorities say was a front for illegal immigration.

Duncan, Lee urge more black men to become teachers (AP) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:54 PM PST AP - Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country's only all-male historically black college.

"World School" announces first of 20 campuses in New York (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:20 AM PST Reuters - Educational entrepreneur Chris Whittle, who pioneered charter schools and classroom television, is set to open the first of a network of 20 private schools to groom the next generation of global citizens.

Cheaper Student Loans, But Shortage of College Grants Likely in 2011 and 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:02 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before, the nation's financial aid programs as a whole are not keeping up with rising tuition, government officials and financial aid analysts say.

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