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• Sector Snap: For-profit colleges shares drop
• Democratic report blasts for-profit colleges
• Biden Speaks to American Federation of Teachers in Detroit
• Tanzanian teachers in strike over pay
• Senate report calls for congressional action on for-profit colleges
• Biden: Romney doesn't see value in education

Sector Snap: For-profit colleges shares drop Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:26 PM PDT Shares of for-profit education companies dropped Monday after Senate Democrats issued a report saying for-profit colleges put revenues above education, and charge students tuition and loan rates that could leave them in debt for years.

Democratic report blasts for-profit colleges Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT For-profit colleges put revenues above education, and charge students high tuition and loan rates that could leave them in debt for years, a Senate Democratic report said Monday.

Biden Speaks to American Federation of Teachers in Detroit Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden made an appearance in Detroit on Sunday, July 29, 2012, to speak at the convention of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Biden's appearance was protested by members of the Michigan Republican Party, who gathered outside the Cobo Center to condemn what they asserted were the poor policies of Biden and President Barack Obama, according to a WWJ/AP report.

Tanzanian teachers in strike over pay Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian teachers went on strike on Monday to push for better pay joining doctors in demanding higher salaries as rising costs of living threaten to stoke social tension. Many public schools across Tanzania were forced to suspend classes as teachers stayed at home. The teachers' strike comes on the heels of an on-off strike by doctors who have also been demanding salary increases and better working conditions. ...

Senate report calls for congressional action on for-profit colleges Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:01 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. for-profit colleges care more about how much they earn than about their students and need more rules to govern them, according to a U.S. Senate report published on Sunday. The report blamed colleges, such as Apollo Group's University of Phoenix and Washington Post's Kaplan, for their poor quality of education and wasting billions of dollars of taxpayers' money. ...

Biden: Romney doesn't see value in education Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:09 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden, in a speech Sunday to the nation's second largest teachers unions, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't treat public education as a priority and distrusts the hardworking teachers who struggle to create opportunity for the nation's young people.

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