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• Credit-Management Tips for Recent College Graduates
• Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike
• AmeriCorps grant to support 211 Conn. teachers
• Crowd Funding Tips for College Students
• Portuguese teachers strike over austerity plans

Credit-Management Tips for Recent College Graduates Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT The summer after graduation is a crucial time for college graduates to adjust their budgets and make some important financial decisions. Transitioning into the work world, earning a steady paycheck and changing your lifestyle as a young adult can have an impact on your financial future. Creating a plan to pay off credit card debt, as well as minimize credit card use, can position you for financial success.

Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:21 AM PDT LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers across Portugal walked away from final exams held at secondary schools on Monday to protest against planned spending cuts in education, leaving many pupils unable to take the tests, unions said. The cuts are among the most recent austerity measures proposed by Portugal's center-right administration to meet the fiscal targets of an EU/IMF bailout. Portugal is in the third year of its worst economic recession since the 1970s and unemployment is at a record 18 percent. ...

AmeriCorps grant to support 211 Conn. teachers Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:13 AM PDT Connecticut has been awarded a $169,000 federal grant to support the salaries of 211 teachers in low-income schools. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro says The AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation for National and ...

Crowd Funding Tips for College Students Posted: 17 Jun 2013 07:38 AM PDT When Amber Boyd got her acceptance letter from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, she sent out the following tweet.

Portuguese teachers strike over austerity plans Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:51 AM PDT Thousands of Portuguese students have missed mandatory end-of-year exams because of a 24-hour strike by teachers opposing government plans to extend their working week and reduce staff numbers. Many teachers ...

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