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• Ohio treasurer plugs new financial literacy effort
• Hispanic enrollment in U.S. colleges up 15 percent
• Teachers in at least 3 Pa. districts on strike
• 2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Best Value Schools
• Preview: Methodology Changes for 2014 Best Colleges Rankings
• College Students Share Tips for Managing the Application Process
• Conduct a Back-to-School Checkup for College Savings
• No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets
• For college students, sex by smartphone

Ohio treasurer plugs new financial literacy effort Posted: 03 Sep 2013 01:19 PM PDT Ohio's treasurer launched a state program Tuesday that brings government and business together to help high school students meet the state's new financial literacy requirements. Republican Josh Mandel ...

Hispanic enrollment in U.S. colleges up 15 percent Posted: 03 Sep 2013 12:14 PM PDT (Reuters) - Enrollment by Hispanics in U.S. colleges rose 15 percent from 2011 to 2012 even as the overall college population declined, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a report published on Tuesday. Nearly 3.4 million Hispanics enrolled in college undergraduate or graduate programs in 2012, as the adult Hispanic population grew and because of greater demand from within the ethnic group, the bureau said. Hispanic students have grown as a percentage of the overall college student population from 11 percent in 2006 to 17 percent in 2012. Meanwhile, overall U.S. college enrollment fell 2. ...

Teachers in at least 3 Pa. districts on strike Posted: 03 Sep 2013 09:05 AM PDT Teachers in at least three Pennsylvania school districts went on strike Tuesday, while classes began as scheduled for many more of the state's roughly 1.7 million public school students. In northeastern ...

2014 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Best Value Schools Posted: 03 Sep 2013 08:49 AM PDT For the majority of prospective college students and their families, cost is a major factor in determining which schools are viable options. Knowing which schools are best buys - which colleges provide the highest quality education for the lowest price - is imperative.

Preview: Methodology Changes for 2014 Best Colleges Rankings Posted: 03 Sep 2013 08:30 AM PDT The 2014 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings will launch on usnews.com on Tuesday, Sept. 10. For these new rankings, we made significant changes to the methodology to reduce the weight of input factors that reflect a school's student body and increase the weight of output measures that signal how well a school educates its students.

College Students Share Tips for Managing the Application Process Posted: 03 Sep 2013 08:10 AM PDT Each month, we ask current college students to reflect on their college admissions experience. Their advice for prospective students about how to manage the college application part of their senior year of high school is the subject of this month's Freshman Flashback.

Conduct a Back-to-School Checkup for College Savings Posted: 03 Sep 2013 07:53 AM PDT For early high school students and their parents, planning how to pay for college is a combination of preparing the student to be a great scholarship candidate while also socking away as much college savings as possible.

No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets Posted: 03 Sep 2013 02:43 AM PDT One college bans technology on campus for a more traditional, face-to-face approach to learning

For college students, sex by smartphone Posted: 03 Sep 2013 02:39 AM PDT Hookup apps make social life more efficient. Is that a good thing?

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