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• Loan recipients on 'strike' meet with federal officials
• Corinthian College graduates protest student loans
• Day 7 of deliberations in Atlanta schools cheating trial
• 5 Key Benefits of U.S. Community Colleges for International Students
• Teachers take 1,000 apples to New York governor in protest

Loan recipients on 'strike' meet with federal officials Posted: 31 Mar 2015 02:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Hunt is so overwhelmed by her $56,000 in student loans for what she considers a worthless criminal justice master's degree that she's joined others on a "debt strike" and refusing to pay back the money.

Corinthian College graduates protest student loans Posted: 31 Mar 2015 01:03 PM PDT The "Corinthian 100," is a growing movement of students who attended Corinthian Colleges, Inc. who say they should not have to pay back their debt.

Day 7 of deliberations in Atlanta schools cheating trial Posted: 31 Mar 2015 05:10 AM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Jurors are set to start their seventh day of deliberations in the trial of a dozen former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused of participating in a conspiracy to cheat on standardized tests.

5 Key Benefits of U.S. Community Colleges for International Students Posted: 31 Mar 2015 05:00 AM PDT Community college should be familiar to most international students and their parents. Here is some information on what community colleges really are and how they are different from four-year institutions, as well as which types of international students may want to consider community college. Tuition: Tuition is probably one of the biggest concerns that make many students -- and not just international ones -- choose a community college over a four-year institution. For international students, the tuition for a four-year institution can vary widely, up to and more than $40,000 dollars a year, while the tuition for a community college could be closer to $10,000 per year.

Teachers take 1,000 apples to New York governor in protest Posted: 20 Mar 2015 01:34 PM PDT Teachers from an apple-growing region in New York have delivered 1,000 of them to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh) to protest education funding levels. The teachers from the Finger Lakes say each of the shiny ...

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