College Education Headlines

ISU students show benefits of education, college to local kids (Indiana Statesman)

Once a week for two hours, 35 ISU students and their "little buddies" participate in valuable activities that expose them to higher education, a variety of cultures, career options, and community service. The students who make up this group are called College Mentors for Kids.

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New Deal for college education sought (La Cañada Valley Sun)

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino and several colleagues joined Monday in calling on the federal government to spend up to $70 billion to support higher education in California and across the nation.

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Rising costs could push college out of reach (CNN)

The cost of attending college has risen nearly three times the rate of the cost of living, and could eventually put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to a National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report released Wednesday.

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Soaring Tuition Pushes College Out of Reach (ABC News)

Tuition costs are making college education unaffordable for many Americans.

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Higher education in La. is given bad report card (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Citing Louisiana's poor record in preparing students for college and making it affordable, as well as the state's low percentage of graduates, a national organization gave Louisiana subpar grades in a nationwide survey of higher education that was released Wednesday.

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Students, parents find it harder to pay for college (The News-Press)

RIVERVIEW — An annual report from the National Center for Public Policy and higher education shows that from 1982 to 2007, college tuition and fees...

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