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College Related Articles For December 2nd 2009.

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Christian Science Monitor reports on Britian that is going to be pushing both Oxford and Cambridge to recruit more widely.

The Des Moines Register reports on the Iowa Regents that is going to wait until February to talk about raising tuition due to budget uncertainty.

The Times Dispatch reports on Christopher Newport University raising tuition mid year by 200 bucks.

The Herald Leader reports on the University of Kentucky changing the way it will handle endowment payoffs.

The LA times and Sacramento Bee report on the University of California extending a deadline to send in college applications due to a computer glitch.

The Sacramento Bee reports on a record 609,000 college applications received by the CSU system. That is up from the previous record of 477,000.

The AP reports on Fidelity Investments that is slashing investment fees on college savings plans.

The Indiania Youth Industry Reports…

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the growing number of students in Indiana that are now homeless students.

The Detroit News Reports…

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on more school districts than ever in the state that are in debt. 41 of them are now in debt with 14 of them for the first time.

They also report on school protests that are continuing over funding schools.

They also have a new Detroit News/WXYZ (Channel 7) poll out saying that 60% feel funding for education needs to go up.

The Tennessean Reports…

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the state that is going to have to make some major changes in order to get the some of the 4.3 Billion in federal stimulus money.

The Boston Globe Reports..

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the charter school bill in the state that could now wind up limiting some school districts from opening charter schools due to poor school performance in those school districts right now.

The Washington Post Reports…

December 02, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on Prince George’s County that is going to be handing out 1.1 million in merit pay.

They also report on Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee who is going to be meeting with parents of students from the Hardy Middle school.

They also report on Montgomery County schools seeing a big spike in students taking AP exams.