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• Ugandan teachers suspend strike after promise over pay
• 3 Ways to Make Your College Application a Winner
• 4 College Savings Tips for Community College Students
• Ga. colleges to host agribusiness conference
• Transgender Homecoming Queen Draws Backlash, but It’s Progress

Ugandan teachers suspend strike after promise over pay Posted: 25 Sep 2013 10:19 AM PDT By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan teachers suspended a strike for higher pay on Wednesday after the government pledged to meet their 20 percent pay raise demand at a time of strained resources after Western donors cut off direct budget support over corruption claims. The teachers stopped working on September 16 as schools opened for this year's last school term. They accused the government of failing to keep a promise to raise their pay, which ranks among the lowest in the east African country's public sector. ...

3 Ways to Make Your College Application a Winner Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:26 AM PDT Getting a jump on your college prep is a key way to grab the advantage in a field that's more competitive than ever. The average number of applications per college went up 60 percent between 2002 and 2011, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education.

4 College Savings Tips for Community College Students Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:23 AM PDT Many students start off at a community college to save some cash before going off to a four-year university to complete a bachelor's degree. But families won't save as much money off the total cost of a four-year degree if they don't manage the community college years carefully.

Ga. colleges to host agribusiness conference Posted: 25 Sep 2013 07:39 AM PDT Two Georgia colleges are teaming up to help farmers and businesses capitalize on growing export markets. The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia Southern ...

Transgender Homecoming Queen Draws Backlash, but It’s Progress Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:40 PM PDT Southern California high school students elected a transgender girl as their homecoming queen this week, exciting equal rights backers everywhere, but Cassidy Lynn Campbell was still wearing her tiara and sash when she recorded a sobbing confessional decrying the hateful public backlash that came with the crown.

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