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Congress Looking to Ease Burden on Low-Income Students

Lesser-publicized elements of College Cost Reduction Act would benefit part-time students.

Fewer New Mexico schools meet state’s goals for improvement

SANTA FE Fewer New Mexico’s schools reached targets for improving academic performance and student participation standards this year than in 2006, the Public Education Department said Friday.

Ex-students celebrate legendary Decatur teacher’s 90th birthday

DECATUR Ala. If you were a student in Etta Freeman’s classroom, you have a story to tell about her.

NCC will offer tech scholarships to lure women, minorities

BETHLEHEM Pa. Northampton Community College will start offering scholarships to lure low-income, minority and women students who are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Multicultural Dorm Project Rewarded For Retention Results

Five years ago, when Purdue University’s administrators sat down to brainstorm ways to improve diversity and retain students, they came up a solution they never thought would become an award-winning retention program.

UA digs into Cuban American Indian history

TUSCALOOSA Ala. What might Cuba’s native culture looked like before the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s?

CareerTech funding not enough to meet student demand

TULSA Okla. Student demand for enrollment in programs offered by Oklahoma’s career and technology agency is more than the agency can afford to meet.

Adults with low educational skills hamper W.Va. economy

CHARLESTON W.Va. Experts in economics, education and welfare agree: a key to improving West Virginia’s long-struggling economy is developing the state’s “human capital.”

Most 2006-07 Kalamazoo Promise students get scholarship renewal

KALAMAZOO Mich. About 80 percent of students who received college scholarships under The Kalamazoo Promise program in 2006-07 kept up their grades enough to have their funding renewed this fall.

Minn. student scores stay mostly steady in reading, math

ST. PAUL They didn’t jump dramatically nor did they fall precipitously. So, “steady” became the watchword as the Department of Education put out the latest batch of student test scores Sunday.

Air Force Academy board hears ideas for diversifying recruits

COLORADO SPRINGS Colo. The Air Force Academy risks falling behind elite universities in recruiting a diverse student body unless it invests in sophisticated, data-driven techniques to find qualified students, a former Air Force leader said.

Southern center aims to aid Africa

BATON ROUGE La. Victor Mbarika envisions Louisiana doctors serving the sick and needy in Africa without having to leave their American offices.

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