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Obama Donates Nobel Prize Money to Scholarship Funds

The White House announced yesterday that ten charities will share the $1.4 million award that comes with President Obama's Nobel peace prize. Six of the organizations he chose support students in higher education and five provide scholarships.
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Net Price Calculator Resources

Preparing to implement the Net Price Calculator requirement mandated by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008? The 2010 NASFAA conference will provide sessions, including "Will the Real Net Price Calculator Please Stand Up: Data Requirements and Implementation Issues" and a possible pre conference event. There are other great resources too, such as a video demonstration of the Department of Education's template, and the Association for Institutional Research's FYI, including a time line and additional resources.
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2010 Regional Direct Loan Training Hawaii, St. Louis and Chicago Conference Registration Closing

The Department of Education reminds schools that registration for the Hawaii, St. Louis and Chicago Regional Direct Loan Training Conferences will close on Wednesday, March 17, and urges you to pre-register online to ensure your spot in this training event.
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Loan Bill Could Give President Obama Twin Win (Politico)

"Key Senate Democrats were resisting calls to insert the proposed overhaul of lending programs into the budget reconciliation bill with health care reform, Politico reports. "[But then] the Senate parliamentarian notified Democratic leaders that, in order to meet the reconciliation requirements, both the Senate health and finance committees would need to produce $1 billion in deficit savings each over the next 10 years ... With health care alone, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would not be able to show the items within its jurisdiction save at least $1 billion. By inserting the education package, the committee would satisfy the reconciliation instructions."
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The Status of ARRA Education Funds (Ed Money Watch)

"Last we looked at U.S. Department of Education data on the obligation and disbursement of these funds in September, things were moving a bit slow. Six months later, it appears that while some funds have gone out quickly, others continue to lag," Ed Money Watch reports. "Almost all of the currently available Pell Grant funds (about half of the total obligation) have been disbursed to the states for use. This is not surprising because Pell Grants are automatically distributed via a formula to students that qualify for the grants."
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Want to save $50000? Try a three-year college degree. – Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor Want to save $50000? Try a three-year college degree. Christian Science Monitor With costs soaring, some colleges offer students a way to graduate early with a three-year college degree. But critics say students lose out on gaining ... Online College Degrees And Classes—Earn You Education Without Going To Class Red, White, and Blue Press (blog) Book Trains Critical Eye on AP Program's Impact Education Week News Online class offerings from Houghton Bizjournals.com all 19 news articles
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Does the Size of a School Matter?

The lessons drawn from Kansas City's decision to shutter nearly half its schools.
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Arne Duncan: Campus Protests Should Remind Us All of College’s Value (The Huffington Post)

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree. And helping America's students pursue their education should always trump bankers in pursuit of profits.
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EMU dean of education dies at 61 (Ypsilanti Courier)

Vernon C. Polite, who had served as dean of the Eastern Michigan University College of Education since the summer of 2005, died Monday evening after an illness that lasted several months. He was 61.
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Bridgepoint Education’s Ashford University Forms Articulation Agreement With Nashville State Community College (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. , a provider of post-secondary education services focused on providing higher access to higher education, announced today that Ashford University has signed an articulation agreement with Nashville State Community College , based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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