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Obama Scholarships for Moms: A Way to Improve Your Future …

The government hopes to encourage women to go to college through Obama scholarships for moms. Mothers of all kinds will have the chance to obtain a quality education , and that will help their families and benefit future employers. ...
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Combat Now Complete

6 Q's About the News | Why are some American troops remaining in Iraq?
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Is the End of the Iraq War Cause for Celebration?

Student Opinion | What is your reaction to the removal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq?
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Is the End of the Iraq War Cause for Celebration?

Student Opinion | What is your reaction to the removal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq?
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Money to Help You Attend College: Obama Grants | My Education blog

Community college is important to prepare students for a 4-year college but also to prepare them for a 2-year degree or technical skill. In his 2007 Reclaiming the American Dream speech, Obama stated, “We need to put a college education ...
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White House to Ease Export Restrictions That Sometimes Impede Research

The White House said Monday that the Obama administration would revamp and simplify its system of export controls -- a set of procedures and regulations that are designed to limit the sharing of certain technological information with foreign parties, but that research administrators and scholars complain often impair their work. University research officials were quick to praise the proposed reforms, which are expected to limit the number and type of technologies with which companies and universities need licenses if they wish to involve foreign nationals in the work. "The export controls regulations that served the United States well 40 years ago no longer meet the country‟s needs. In fact, many current requirements actually impede our national security and thwart our ability to compete," John Hennessy, Stanford University's president, said in a statement from the Association of American Universities. "[I]n a world of globalized science and technology, our security will come from our ability to 'run faster' than our competitors, not from building walls around our nation
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U.S. Education official welcomes students to Southern Vermont College in Bennington

BENNINGTON — U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter welcomed Southern Vermont College’s incoming freshmen class of almost 200 students Friday, while also kicking off President Barack Obama’s 2020 Initiative. ... - By Patrick McArdle STAFF WRITER
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National Briefing | South: Louisiana: $1.8. Billion for Schools Lost to Katrina

The Obama administration will give New Orleans $1.8 billion in a lump-sum reimbursement for schools that were damaged or destroyed in the flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
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Grants: Providing Future Returns Through Scholarships | College …

Grants: Providing Future Returns Through Scholarships For many single moms the mentioning of the Obama grant may not be fully understood however.
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Community Colleges Introducing Shortcuts to Two-Year Degrees

Although many students are able to complete their associate degrees in two years, a number of community colleges are looking to shorten students’ time at their institutions even further. The changes at one school alone have included moving from semesters to trimesters, shortening courses from 16 to 14 weeks, and offering more options for degree completion in the summer, when most schools offer fewer classes than in the fall and spring terms. An article this week in Inside Higher Ed suggests more community colleges are looking to meet the call from the Obama administration and organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to get students out in the real world with degrees before they drop out. President Obama is placing great weight on the power of community colleges to double the number of graduates in the United States by 2020. At Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College , for example, all students are able to earn an associate degree in just 14-16 months if they complete one course every two weeks under the school’s trimester system. According to Inside Higher Ed, about a quarter of the students there have been graduating in a shorter amount of time
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