The Chicago Tribune reports on this program for 11th and 12th grade students in the area. Students in this after school program spend two years learning about being a cop and a firefighter. Students in the program must pass a drug exam, have a 2.0 GPA, and a 95% attendance rate.

The Hartford Courant reports that community college students in Connecticut that earn at least a B average and get an associates degree will be 100% admitted into anyone of the six universities in the state.

More states should do stuff like this.

says a new report. The biggest improvement came in math scores.

colleges is going to suggest creating a universal admission application for all students. They are going to give all the ideas to makes the college system in Ohio more efficient to Gov. Ted Strickland next month.

likely to pass a bill that would make lenders and colleges adopt codes of conduct governing student loans. This is the latest in student loan mess started earlier this year.

that the University System of Maryland is joining 17 other states in reducing the gap in college graduates among minority students and poor students.