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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Public School Expenditures in 2009 Remain the Same as 2008

Expenditures for each elementary and secondary education pupil in fiscal year 2009 were essentially unchanged from the previous year, accounting for inflation. ...

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New College Pricing Information Offered on Education Website

How much does it really cost to attend college? That’s the question most parents want to know when their children are considering...

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How Young Americans Who Don’t Finish College See Their Chances for Success

Public Agenda Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Although when in high school the vast majority of young Americans say...

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The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete Community College in D.C.

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Although the number of high school...

Weekly Notes: OJJDP job headed for non-confirmation status; education rewrite and school-to-prison pipeline; and more

***Day 879 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

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Rising Enrollments of Students with Disabilities at Higher Education Institutions

Institute of Education Sciences College and other post-secondary enrollments of students with disabilities continue to rise in the United States – with...

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Three-Year Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation

MDRC This report analyzes the results of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, which targets high school dropouts between ages 16 and...

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House Committee Votes to Block Department of Education Regulations

The House committee that oversees higher education voted today to block two of the Department of Education’s new regulations. The move is...

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The Economic Value of College Majors

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce The report released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, not...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

AED Finds Single Buyer, U.S. Programs Expected to Continue

The Academy for Educational Development is close to being acquired by major North Carolina nonprofit Family Health International (FHI), and, if the...

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Education Department Sets Guidelines for For-Profit ‘Trial’ Admissions

The recently announced gainful employment rules aren’t the only new projects the U.S. Education Department has in store for for-profit colleges. Education...

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The Bottom Line

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance It seems like such a simple concept: a calculator on a school’s website that enables prospective...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Labor Dept. Elected to Strip $10 Million Grants from YouthBuild, Corps Network

The Department of Labor used its own discretion to vacate two $10 million grants to national youth organizations after a challenge to...

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Weakened ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules Released

The final “gainful employment” rules released today by the U.S. Department of Education rely more on requiring schools and colleges that offer...

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Promoting Full-Time Attendance among Adults in Community College

MDRC This report by MDRC evaluates a New York City program that is targeted at low-income adults ages 22 to 35 who...

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Priced Out: How the Wrong Financial-Aid Policies Hurt Low-Income Students

The Education Trust Students from middle-income families often benefit more from higher education scholarship and grant programs than do the lower income...

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Four AmeriCorps Teams Assist with Disaster in Joplin, Mo.

Stephanie Jackson says she never thought she would need the disaster portion of her AmeriCorps leadership training. But since a tornado struck...

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For-Profit College Enrollment Grew 50-Fold from 1980 to 2009

The National Center for Education Statistics massive annual report, The Condition of Education, released today focuses on the rise of for-profit postsecondary...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Labor Department Stripped $10 Million from YouthBuild USA, Corps Network

A pair of $10 million grants to two national youth-serving organizations designed to help dropouts and young adult offenders gain marketable skills...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier