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US sees jump in overseas students: official (AFP)

Published on November 16, 2010 By

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A record 690,923 international students are studying at colleges and universities in the United States, with a greater influx of students from China, the US State Department said Monday. The international student roll for the 2009-2010 academic year was three percent higher than the previous year.

Unusual worry for economy: Is inflation too low? (AP)

Published on September 22, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – It might seem like prices are rising wherever you look, from medical care to college tuition. Yet to the Federal Reserve, they might not be going up fast enough. The Fed says a little more inflation might be just the thing to start a chain reaction that would ultimately create jobs — and avoid a spiral of falling prices that could damage the economy.

Bill Gates, John Legend tout education reform (AFP)

Published on September 12, 2010 By

TORONTO (AFP) – Harvard University dropout and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and once homeschooled Grammy-winning singer John Legend made a pitch for reforming America’s beleaguered public schools. The pair joined David Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) for the international premiere at the Toronto film festival of his latest documentary “Waiting for Superman,” which follows five students as they try to navigate a broken US public school system

‘Birth tourism’ a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)

Published on September 3, 2010 By

SAN JUAN, Texas – When Ruth Garcia’s twins are born in two months, they’ll have all the rights of U.S. citizens

For-profit schools get report on loan repayments (Reuters)

Published on August 14, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For-profit schools got a report card of their own on Friday, as the Department of Education released data showing estimated student loan repayment rates, part of a drive to tighten oversight of the industry.

Refugees prepare for next challenge: School in US (AP)

Published on August 13, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – For their first fire drill, students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy trooped out of the building behind their teachers. All that was missing were the sirens. The blaring alarms had been muted, for fear they could trigger terror in children who recently arrived from war zones and other conflict areas

New refugee students in NY get ready for US school (AP)

Published on August 12, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – For their first fire drill, teachers at the Refugee Summer Youth Academy gathered their students, leading them out of the building to show them what to do during drills in the upcoming school year. But one thing was missing: the sirens.

Some for-profit colleges dupe applicants: GAO report (Reuters)

Published on August 3, 2010 By rohit

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Fewer U.S. parents to cut back-to-school budget-poll (Reuters)

Published on July 27, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fewer U.S. parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but they will count on smartphones and social networking to find the best bargains during the second biggest shopping season of the year, according to a Deloitte survey released on Tuesday. “Retailers may be encouraged that fewer consumers are planning to pare back this year, although they may find that shoppers continue to be deliberate in their purchases,” said Alison Paul, Deloitte’s retail sector leader in the United States

9 indicted on charges of accessing Obama records (AP)

Published on May 13, 2010 By rohit

DES MOINES, Iowa – Nine people were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of accessing President Barack Obama ’s student loan records while they were employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa . The U.S