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• Average price of 4-year university up 15 percent
• Women MDs paid less: reluctant to push for raises?
• Study: Women MDs paid less, even at same jobs
• Struggling Economically, but Still Supporting Obama
• Teachers Respond to Mitt Romney on Class Size
• How Can Cities Keep College Graduates? Some Homegrown Solutions
• Fla. task force gets report on ed challenges

Average price of 4-year university up 15 percent Posted: 12 Jun 2012 03:15 PM PDT When those college tuition bills come in, be prepared for sticker shock.

Women MDs paid less: reluctant to push for raises? Posted: 12 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT Women physician-scientists are paid much less than their male counterparts, researchers found, with a salary difference that over the course of a career could pay for a college education, a spacious house, or a retirement nest egg.

Study: Women MDs paid less, even at same jobs Posted: 12 Jun 2012 01:08 PM PDT A new study says women physician-scientists are paid much less than their male counterparts. The salary difference over a career could pay for a college education, a spacious house, or even a retirement nest egg.

Struggling Economically, but Still Supporting Obama Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT Yahoo! News asked voters ages 23 to 27 whom they'd choose, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, if an election were held today. Here's one perspective.COMMENTARY | In 2008, I cast my ballot for Barack Obama, participating in a presidential election for the first time in my life. I am a 25-year-old currently living in Ann Arbor, Mich., and in these past four years, I have finished school and earned a master's degree; I now find myself struggling to start my career and pay off my student loans. ...

Teachers Respond to Mitt Romney on Class Size Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT Does a smaller classroom really translate to a better education for public school students? In late May, Mitt Romney said fewer students aren't really the key, citing research that indicated some smaller classrooms performed worse.

How Can Cities Keep College Graduates? Some Homegrown Solutions Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT San Francisco is a hoarder -- of the enviable kind. The city by the bay lures and keeps an educated population: 43.4 percent of its adults had college degrees in 2010, among the highest in the nation.

Fla. task force gets report on ed challenges Posted: 12 Jun 2012 07:26 AM PDT Two veteran faculty members cautioned a newly formed task force on Monday against changing Florida's higher education system simply because a businessman — in this case, Gov. Rick Scott — believes it needs to show more value.

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