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Students injured in school bus wreck in East Tenn.
Kan. regents OK $47.1M higher ed budget request
A High-Poverty School in Watts Gets the Ultimate Makeover
10 Colleges With the Least Expensive Room and Board
Student Loan Debt Draws More Attention at Colleges
12 Colleges Whose Payoff In Pay Beats Harvard's
Gov't awards $228M in grants to black colleges

Students injured in school bus wreck in East Tenn.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Authorities say 22 high school students were taken to hospitals in upper East Tennessee, including some with serious injuries, after a school bus flipped over.

Kan. regents OK $47.1M higher ed budget request

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT

The Kansas Board of Regents approved a request Thursday to seek an additional $47.1 million in funding for higher education in 2013.

A High-Poverty School in Watts Gets the Ultimate Makeover

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Jordan High School, located in the gang-ridden neighborhood of Watts, California, has historically been known for dropout rates, not for high achievement. Principal Ronnie Coleman of Green Dot Public Schools and a group of dedicated teachers have set out to change this. Together, they are boosting achievement and showing students that graduating from high school and attending college is within their grasp.

10 Colleges With the Least Expensive Room and Board

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:02 AM PDT

The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matters to you in your college or grad school search.

Student Loan Debt Draws More Attention at Colleges

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:02 AM PDT

As college tuition and student loan indebtedness both continue to rise, debt is increasingly on the minds of prospective students and their parents, some financial aid administrators say.

12 Colleges Whose Payoff In Pay Beats Harvard's

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Felician? Molloy? Loma Linda University? All Beat Old Ivy