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• Strike closes Philly-area Catholic high schools (AP)
• Princeton joins Harvard atop U.S. News college list (Reuters)
• College rankings: Same US schools rise to the top again (The Christian Science Monitor)
• U.S. News & World Report's Shocker-Free 2012 College Rankings (Time.com)
• Ivy League are top colleges but Maryland up-and-coming (Reuters)
• Student loan default rates jump (AP)
• Panel: Strict school discipline should be scrapped (AP)

Strike closes Philly-area Catholic high schools (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT AP - The new academic year has ground to a halt for Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area, where on Tuesday the archdiocese called off classes for about 16,500 students because of a teachers strike.

Princeton joins Harvard atop U.S. News college list (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - Princeton joined Harvard University atop the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of U.S. colleges released on Tuesday, with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County named as the "up-and-coming" college.

College rankings: Same US schools rise to the top again (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:31 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As students head back to class this month, US News and World Report has issued its annual college rankings.

U.S. News & World Report's Shocker-Free 2012 College Rankings (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT Time.com - U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of America's Best Colleges today and the news is, well, not exactly surprising

Ivy League are top colleges but Maryland up-and-coming (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - Ivy League schools again topped a popular ranking of the best U.S. colleges, but shared the spotlight with liberal arts schools Williams College and Amherst College, and "up-and-coming" University of Maryland.

Student loan default rates jump (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 07:44 PM PDT AP - The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, the latest indication that rising college tuition costs, low graduation rates and poor job prospects are getting more and more students over their heads in debt.

Panel: Strict school discipline should be scrapped (AP) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT AP - Colorado lawmakers and police said Monday that strict disciplinary policies at schools created after the Columbine High School shootings should be scaled back or scrapped and that administrators should have more control over student punishment.

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