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• To Keep College Graduates Around, Offer Local Tax Breaks
• Springfield, Mo., Area Thrives with College Graduates
• Is Ethnic Diversity the Key to Retaining Cincinnati's College Graduates?
• Why Chicago Attracts and Keeps College Graduates
• Los Angeles Makes Neighborhood Diversity Work for Its College Graduates
• Board approves tuition hikes for Maryland colleges
• Bigfoot Spotted In Idaho?
• Is the Recession Hurting College Enrollment?
• News Summary: Prepaid tuition popular but flawed

To Keep College Graduates Around, Offer Local Tax Breaks Posted: 31 May 2012 01:24 PM PDT A Brookings Institution study shows the gap is widening between metro areas that boast a large number of college-educated residents and those that increasingly have fewer. Yahoo! News asked contributors from cities around the nation to propose solutions on how their cities can attract and keep college graduates -- and what they're doing well.

Springfield, Mo., Area Thrives with College Graduates Posted: 31 May 2012 01:20 PM PDT A Brookings Institution study shows the gap is widening between metro areas that boast a large number of college-educated residents and those that increasingly have fewer. Yahoo! News asked contributors from cities around the nation to propose solutions on how their cities can attract and keep college graduates -- and what they're doing well.

Is Ethnic Diversity the Key to Retaining Cincinnati's College Graduates? Posted: 31 May 2012 01:11 PM PDT A Brookings Institution study shows the gap is widening between metro areas that boast a large number of college-educated residents and those that increasingly have fewer. Yahoo! News asked contributors from cities around the nation to propose solutions on how their cities can attract and keep college graduates -- and what they're doing well.

Why Chicago Attracts and Keeps College Graduates Posted: 31 May 2012 12:49 PM PDT A Brookings Institution study shows the gap is widening between metro areas that boast a large number of college-educated residents and those that increasingly have fewer. Yahoo! News asked contributors from cities around the nation to propose solutions on how their cities can attract and keep college graduates -- and what they're doing well.

Los Angeles Makes Neighborhood Diversity Work for Its College Graduates Posted: 31 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT A Brookings Institution study shows the gap is widening between metro areas that boast a large number of college-educated residents and those that increasingly have fewer. Yahoo! News asked contributors from cities around the nation to propose solutions on how their cities can attract and keep college graduates -- and what they're doing well.

Board approves tuition hikes for Maryland colleges Posted: 31 May 2012 09:57 AM PDT The Board of Regents for Maryland's university system has approved a 3 percent tuition increase for most in-state students.

Bigfoot Spotted In Idaho? Posted: 31 May 2012 08:05 AM PDT A group of high school students may have come close to Bigfoot during a class project in the Idaho wilderness. A dark, mysterious creature was caught on tape for a few seconds near Mink Creek before it retreated into the treeline. "It just didn't look...

Is the Recession Hurting College Enrollment? Posted: 30 May 2012 11:35 PM PDT Harvard, Yale and a few other selective universities may be announcing record numbers of applications for the semester beginning in the fall, but higher-education officials are fretting about ominous signs that overall college enrollment is starting to drop.

News Summary: Prepaid tuition popular but flawed Posted: 30 May 2012 06:54 PM PDT NOT SUREFIRE: Prepaid college tuition plans are no longer the surefire solution to runaway tuition costs. Battered finances of state governments have raised questions about whether some plans will live up to their promises.

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