2013年11月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Obama announces $100M in education grants

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 01:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy.

10 Colleges Where Early Applicants Have the Advantage

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 07:17 AM PST

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.

How to Cope With a Change in Student Loan Servicers

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 06:42 AM PST

The federal government expects to issue more than 21.7 million student loans totaling nearly $109 billion between Oct. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2014, according to reports. Those loans will be in addition to the nearly $1 trillion in outstanding loans through the Federal Family Education Loan and direct loan programs. The Department of Education issues the loans, but after the amount is paid out a loan servicer steps in to handle billing and payments. Currently, the government contracts with 11 loan servicers, including Sallie Mae, Nelnet and Mohela - a figure that has increased from one in 2008 as the government shifted from issuing loans under a public-private partnership to the current direct lending system.

Obama to announce $100M in education grants

Posted: 19 Nov 2013 06:23 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy.

Trendsetting Teens Now Smoking E-Cigs to Make Themselves Look Cool

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:37 PM PST

Trendsetting Teens Now Smoking E-Cigs to Make Themselves Look CoolA report from the CDC on Thursday outlined a growing trend in e-cigarette use among teenagers. According to the study, e-cigarette use among middle school and high school students nearly doubled between 2011 and 2012. In 2012, the total number of students who had tried an e-cig was 1.78 million.


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