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• Puerto Rico universities to receive $29M in federal funds
• Feds: Princeton didn't discriminate against Asian applicants
• Colleges with the craziest waterparks
• Follow 4 Tips to Stay on Top of an Income-Driven Repayment Plan
• Colleges Take Aim at Improving Student Success
• Shondaland, 'Grey's Anatomy' EP Team for ABC Army Medical Soap Set in Baghdad
• Cowboy hats and Disneyland: Chinese leaders' past US visits
• Muslim Americans welcome first NY Eid school holiday

Puerto Rico universities to receive $29M in federal funds Posted: 23 Sep 2015 11:14 AM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is awarding a total of more than $29 million to eight universities in Puerto Rico to boost their curriculum and resources. Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi says the funds will be spread out over five years.

Feds: Princeton didn't discriminate against Asian applicants Posted: 23 Sep 2015 09:54 AM PDT The federal Department of Education has declared that there is no evidence that Princeton University discriminates against Asian and Asian-American applicants. The university on Wednesday released a letter ...

Colleges with the craziest waterparks Posted: 23 Sep 2015 08:49 AM PDT Colleges that used to compete on the basis of libraries and majors are now turning to lazy rivers and indoor beaches to attract and entertain a new generation of students.

Follow 4 Tips to Stay on Top of an Income-Driven Repayment Plan Posted: 23 Sep 2015 07:00 AM PDT A few weeks ago, the Department of Education announced that as of midsummer, nearly 3.9 million federal student loan borrowers had a n income-driven repayment plan -- a 56 percent increase from the same time last year. This was great news, as it indicate s that not only are more consumers aware that such lower payment options exist, but they are also using them to ensure their payments are manageable. The same announcement showed a 2 percentage point drop in the proportion of federal student loan accounts that were past due during that same period.

Colleges Take Aim at Improving Student Success Posted: 23 Sep 2015 06:00 AM PDT Sometimes the reasons college freshmen don't return for sophomore year are financial, of course. As you research schools, look for programs that aim to help students thrive. "I'd be looking for [colleges] that make some of these mandatory," says George Kuh, director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment.

Shondaland, 'Grey's Anatomy' EP Team for ABC Army Medical Soap Set in Baghdad Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT Zoanne Clack, who has a master's degree in public health, will pen the script with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers exec producing.

Cowboy hats and Disneyland: Chinese leaders' past US visits Posted: 22 Sep 2015 07:38 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — One wore a cowboy hat. Another sang some opera and played guitar. Chinese leaders have set a colorful path for President Xi Jinping to follow on his trip to the U.S. this week, the latest in a string of visits since formal diplomatic relations were established between Washington and Beijing in 1979. Much attention was focused on the first visit by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 and again on Jiang Zemin's nearly two decades later in 1997 — the first in a dozen years and the first since the Tiananmen crackdown. After China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the visits become more routine.

Muslim Americans welcome first NY Eid school holiday Posted: 22 Sep 2015 05:48 PM PDT New York marks a milestone in the fight for equality Thursday when 1.1 million children in America's largest school district will take the day off to mark Eid al-Adha. It is a small but hard-won victory at a time when American Muslims complain of growing Islamophobia and worsening anti-Muslim rhetoric following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. For the first time, more than 1,800 public schools in New York will close for the Muslim feast of sacrifice, a day after also closing for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

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