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Opinion: Senator Lamar Alexander Is Making Things Up (Chronicle of Higher Education)

"With the prospect of President Obama's student-loan bill passing through the budget reconciliation bill fast approaching, Senator Lamar Alexander (Republican of Tennessee) took to the Washington Post op-ed page to tell some lies about the bill," Kevin Carey, the policy director for Education Sector, writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education. "It's not a secret that the government will be lending money for more than that money costs. All lending programs work this way. The difference is that currently the money left over after paying people to administer the program is used to line the pockets of bank shareholders and executives whereas under Obama's plan it will be used for Pell grants that benefit low-income students."
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Pitzer College president’s book, a 16-year effort to study Mark Twain’s "Other Woman," to be released March 16 (Inland Valley Daily…

CLAREMONT - Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley knows her Mark Twain.
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Education in Focus: A Moral Imperative (The White House)

This week, we launched “Education in Focus” on Whitehouse.gov to shine a spotlight on what we are doing across the administration to improve our education system. And what a week it was: You joined Alma and Colin Powell, the President and myself in launching GradNation , an initiative to give more students the opportunity to go to college. You learned about the Race to the Top High School ...
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Community service earns MBC spot on honor roll – Staunton News Leader

UALR Forum (blog) Community service earns MBC spot on honor roll Staunton News Leader STAUNTON — A testament to Mary Baldwin College's commitment to service and civic engagement, the college has been named to the 2009 President's Higher ... MCC Named to National Community Service Honor Roll Bedford Minuteman all 126 news articles
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Letter to the Editor: Sallie Mae’s Efforts to Support Obama’s Student-Loan Plan (Washington Post)

"Contrary to Education Secretary Arne Duncan's assertions ['Investing in students, not the banks,'] Sallie Mae is not lobbying to preserve today's student-loan program. In fact, our efforts have been focused on supporting the foundation of the president's proposal with a few enhancements that would preserve jobs and deliver a better program for students, schools and taxpayers," writes Jack Remondi, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Sallie Mae, in the Washington Post.
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The Blah, Blah, Blah Blog: Information Literacy Education: College …

Information Literacy Education : College of DuPage. When President Barack Obama declared October 2009 as National Information Literacy Awareness Month, Information Literacy received national attention. The declaration stated: “In ...
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Liberal Dose of Critical, Creative Thinking Prescribed for Colleges

Far too many American college graduates enter the work force brandishing diplomas but lacking the basic skills to succeed in the modern economy, the president of a national higher education group told an audience at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on Tuesday night.
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Rockford College President Talks About Education Live At Five (WTVO – WQRF Rockford)

Rockford- Rockford College President Robert Head talks about education Live At Five
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Rockford College President Talks About Education Live At Five (WTVO – WQRF Rockford)

Rockford- Rockford College President Robert Head talks about education Live At Five
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Rockford College President Talks About Education Live At Five (WTVO – WQRF Rockford)

Rockford- Rockford College President Robert Head talks about education Live At Five
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