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• Uber touts itself as ‘perfect’ part-time job for L.A. college students
• Maine High School Hires Rosetta Stone to Teach Students Foreign Languages
• Is the US government doing enough for ITT Tech students?
• Niger spending huge sums on 'ghost' teachers: anti-graft agency

Uber touts itself as ‘perfect’ part-time job for L.A. college students Posted: 20 Sep 2016 01:33 PM PDT Uber is recruiting college students. According to the rideshare company, working as an Uber driver is "perfect" for college students -- especially in Los Angeles -- because of scheduling flexibility.

Maine High School Hires Rosetta Stone to Teach Students Foreign Languages Posted: 20 Sep 2016 12:40 PM PDT When a high school in rural Maine could not find a foreign language instructor, school administrators decided to use the funds to purchase a language-learning computer program instead, the principal told ABC News today. "We didn't want to transfer the kids to another school just for foreign language," Jessica Ward, principal of Madison Area Memorial High School, told ABC News today. Ward said she also contacted local universities and the state's department of education, who informed her that they were experiencing a shortage of foreign language teachers.

Is the US government doing enough for ITT Tech students? Posted: 20 Sep 2016 12:07 PM PDT The Department of Education announced a partnership Monday to connect through an online platform former students of the now-defunct ITT Technical Institutes with financial aid and academic counselors, as the government faces criticism it has not done enough to help nearly 40,000 students of the for-profit school that abruptly closed two weeks ago. The federal agency has partnered with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and Beyond 12, which helps first-generation, low-income college students, to match students with counselors for free through NextStepsEdu.org, according to The Washington Post. The counselors will field questions from students by email, phone, and text messages about academic, financial aid and federal loan discharge options available.

Niger spending huge sums on 'ghost' teachers: anti-graft agency Posted: 20 Sep 2016 06:45 AM PDT Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, is shelling out more than 4.5 million euros every month for "non-existent" teachers, the state anti-corruption agency said Tuesday. The revelation came a day after teachers and students launched a crippling week-long strike in protest over the non-payment of salaries and scholarships. Salissou Oubandona, the number two in the HALCIA graft-fighting agency, said the money was allocated for 2,565 fictitious teachers in five of the west African nation's eight provinces.

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