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• Chile president-elect says planned reforms won't hit private sector
• Nigerian university lecturers end long-running strike
• 10 Colleges Where Grads Have the Most Student Loan Debt

Chile president-elect says planned reforms won't hit private sector Posted: 17 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST By Rosalba O'Brien and Alexandra Ulmer SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Sweeping reforms planned by Chile's center-left president-elect Michelle Bachelet will not threaten the private sector, she said after her electoral victory at the weekend. Bachelet, whose coalition ranges from moderate left Christian Democrats to militant Communists, will return to the presidency of the South American nation in March after a landslide second round win on Sunday. She campaigned on a slate of addressing deep inequality in Chile by hiking corporate taxes to pay for reforms such as a gradual move to free higher education. Some analysts have raised concerns that Bachelet's return after the conservative government of Sebastian Pinera will mean a shift to less investor-friendly policies in the top copper exporter.

Nigerian university lecturers end long-running strike Posted: 17 Dec 2013 10:08 AM PST Nigerian university lecturers on Tuesday called off a long-running strike that paralysed higher education in the country, after they reached a temporary truce with the government. Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) walked out in July over claims that the government had failed to implement a 2009 agreement to improve their welfare and upgrade facilities on state-run campuses. "We implore our members to go back to class and the government to keep to every part of the agreement," Karo Ogbinaka of the ASUU national executive committee told the private news station Channels. ASUU chairman Nasir Fagge was expected to address a news conference later on Tuesday.

10 Colleges Where Grads Have the Most Student Loan Debt Posted: 17 Dec 2013 06:56 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.

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