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• A $59 Million Perk of Government Work
• Franklin & Marshall latest to rescind Cosby honorary degree
• Dozens arrested as Niger students clash with police

A $59 Million Perk of Government Work Posted: 20 Oct 2015 02:44 PM PDT With more than 40 million Americans saddled with college tuition debt totaling a staggering $1.12 trillion, the federal government has boosted incentives to help workers pay off their loans as a means of attracting and keeping talented young people. Last year alone, 33 federal departments and agencies provided about 8,500 federal workers with $58.7 million in benefits to help retire the interest and principle on their student loans — or an average of $6,900 per employee, according to a new government study first reported by The Washington Post. The benefit is made available to young workers who agree to stay with the government for at least three years after qualifying for the program.

Franklin & Marshall latest to rescind Cosby honorary degree Posted: 20 Oct 2015 10:11 AM PDT LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania college has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby.

Dozens arrested as Niger students clash with police Posted: 19 Oct 2015 09:01 PM PDT Violent clashes in Niger between police and students protesting for better study conditions left at least seven injured and led to 79 arrests, the governor of the capital Niamey said. Hundreds of college and high school students demonstrated in the city and clashed with police in the afternoon, an AFP journalist said. This protest is a warning to the government," Nassirou Mounkaila, the leader of the Union of Vocational School Students of Niger, told reporters.

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