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• College Accreditors Care About Money, Not Students
• Connections between drug makers and educators abound
• Mariachi connects schools, families in Chicago
• Daughter's suit over tuition goes to higher court
• 10 Colleges Where Students Pay the Most for Room and Board

College Accreditors Care About Money, Not Students Posted: 23 Dec 2014 01:38 PM PST The federal government doles out roughly $100 billion in student aid each year in the form of Pell grants and subsidized student loans. In order to accept that money from the Department of Education, colleges and universities must receive a stamp of approval from independent, federally recognized accreditors.

Connections between drug makers and educators abound Posted: 23 Dec 2014 08:36 AM PST The pharmaceutical industry has strong ties to veterinary education across the United States, providing financial support to professors, researchers and students. Zoetis, the world's leading animal drug maker, has given $3.6 million in scholarships over the past five years to more than 1,100 U.S. veterinary students. A four-year veterinary education costs well over $200,000, and students often leave school with significant debt.

Mariachi connects schools, families in Chicago Posted: 23 Dec 2014 08:30 AM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Torres smiles as he thinks about how his 12-year-old daughter has embraced learning the same mariachi music he plays at home during a new Chicago Public Schools program that teaches the Mexican songs, linking the family's culture with the classroom.

Daughter's suit over tuition goes to higher court Posted: 23 Dec 2014 06:18 AM PST CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter's college tuition even though they both disagree with where she's going to school.

10 Colleges Where Students Pay the Most for Room and Board Posted: 23 Dec 2014 06:00 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 matter to you in your college or grad school search.

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