Tag: Colleges and Universities

President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Biden gave commencement addresses this year. (AP Photo)

Liberal education: No conservative commencement speaker at Top 10 colleges

Paul Bedard · May 11, 2015 9:17 pm

An AP exam score high enough to earn college credit increases the probability of a given student finishing a bachelor's degree within four years by one to two percentage points per exam, according to the paper. (AP Photo)Â

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Study: AP exams barely improve odds of college graduation

Jason Russell · May 11, 2015 6:14 pm

Students wave during graduation ceremonies for the University of Massachusetts Amherst at McGuirk Stadium on campus in Amherst, Mass. on Friday, May 8, 2015. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP)

Advice to graduates: Don’t take our way of life for granted

Hugh Hewitt · May 10, 2015 9:00 pm

The highest-paying college majors earn $3.4 million than the lowest-paying ones, according to a new report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. (AP Photo)Â

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Your college major matters more than the degree itself

Jason Russell · May 7, 2015 6:37 pm

Last year, columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that since 1985, the cost of higher education has increased 538 percent, while inflation over the same period has gone up only 121 percent. (AP Photo)Â

Federal student loans creating ‘indentured students’

Rep John Duncan · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

"The IRS still does not have effective processes to identify erroneous claims for education credits," Inspector General J. Russell George said in a statement. (AP Photo)Â

IRS gave out billions of education tax credits for phony claims — again

Ethan Barton · May 5, 2015 8:35 pm

The Meaning of Sex

Peter Wood · May 4, 2015 4:00 am

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at Anacostia Library in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015, as he participates in a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students to announce two initiatives to improve education through digital connectivity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to promote free community college plan in commencement speech

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2015 1:56 pm

"The truth is that hardly any young person in this country is going to grow up to play for the NFL or the NBA," Michelle Obama told a group of students.Â (AP Photo)

Cold water: Michelle O says NBA, NFL ‘not a viable career path’

Paul Bedard · May 1, 2015 8:52 pm

Students wait outside Everest College, in Industry, Calif., hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools. Corinthian Colleges shut down all of its remaining 28 ground campuses on Monday, April 27, displacing 16,000 students. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

MANHATTAN MOMENT: Don’t blow up all for-profit colleges, just the bad ones

Judah Bellin · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

The Ohio State Buckeyes marching band performs on the field before the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game against the Florida Gators at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit from band director fired over sexual assault accusations

Ashe Schow · April 29, 2015 4:58 pm

Calif. AG welcomes news of Corinthian College’s closing

LocalLabs News Service · April 29, 2015 3:39 pm