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- Lincoln Educational agrees to buy back 1.25 million shares, including shareholder’s block sale
- Former Mass. governor says grudge led to bankruptcy of Ky. college he ran
- NYC students would pay for rides to school under transit agency budget proposal
- Vote looms for first-of-its-kind tuition tax in Pittsburgh
- Study finds decade-long drop teen pot use stalls; attitudes softening about drug’s danger
- Cherry backs tapping water bottlers to restore funding for Mich. Promise college scholarship
- 2006 legislation, not national standards, at heart of tumult over W.Va. retiree costs
- Israel funnels millions of dollars to settlements, sparking rare rift in government
- Settlers gear up for faceoff with government over West Bank construction slowdown
- Gov. Bredesen announces education partnership with Battelle to promote math, science in Tenn.
- Pa. teachers’ pension system projects billions in new costs to arrive in coming years
- University of Wisconsin System to market cost-saving tips as some campuses raise tuition
- Alabama schools spend savings to stay open; more tough times forecast
- State education board OKs University of Idaho agreement with Simplot to fund research center
- Unions push Senate Democrats to drop tax on high-cost health insurance plan
- More head to school, while Pell Grant program faces $18 billion shortfall
- National Endowment for the Arts survey finds drop in movie, concert, museum attendance
- AP Exclusive: Pell Grant program faces $18 billion shortfall as more people head to school
- Ill. gov candidate promises to create jobs by capping spending while still improving service
- NY governor directs budget officials to cut state aid payments in response
- Missouri system mulls 3-year degree, local partnerships as campuses brace for more budget cuts
- Bridgepoint Education shares gain as loan default rates not as bad as expected
- House subcommittee OKs bill aimed at forcing college football to set up new playoff system
- LA school board approves plan to cut 5,000 jobs over next 2 years to close $1.2B budget gap
- Maryland to buy wind and solar power from 4 projects, covering 23 pct of government’s needs
- EPA officials to more aggressively watch for repeat violations of safe drinking water law
- EPA will more aggressively watch school systems repeatedly violating safe drinking water law
- Pittsburgh mayor to ask for delay on tuition tax vote after meeting with university officials
- More than 10,000 in Mo. apply for free tech training vouchers offered in Microsoft partnership
- Leaders of UC, CSU and California college systems say deep cuts threaten higher education plan
- Simplot, University of Idaho propose agreement to fund threatened Parma crop research center
- CAPITAL CULTURE: Funding for arts, cultural programs spikes in Obama’s first year
- AP ENTERPRISE: Federal timber program created amid spotted owl battle becomes vast entitlement
- Stop & Shop, Giant Food pull College Inn No MSG broth following recall due to mislabeling
- Stop & Shop, Giant Food pull College Inn broth following recall due to mislabeling
- AP IMPACT: Federal program created after battle over spotted owl becomes sprawling entitlement
- Federal funding, push by students and school boards leads to new geothermal projects on campus
- State economists slightly increase Florida revenue estimate for current, next budget years
- Indiana governor to cut higher education by $150 million because of ongoing revenue shortfall
- Vt. state union employees reach tentative deal that includes temporary pay cut, salary freeze
- New York’s new pension plan cuts costs while providing new benefits to powerful unions
- Some facts about Michigan’s falling general fund and school aid tax revenues
- Education Realty Trust names new CEO; shares climb 2 percent
- Arkansas lawmakers won’t move forward with studying repeal of state’s lottery
- Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor
- Back in red: Minnesota faces $1.2 billion shortfall now, with $5.4 billion deficit expected
- Harvard Law to stop program giving year of free tuition to students who go into public service
- NY Senate plans final OK for deficit-cutting plan, creates new pension plan for new hires
- Indiana secretary of state files complaint against teachers union over troubled insurance plan
- Fidelity Investments slashing fees on 529 college savings plans in 5 states
- Mississippi officials and business leaders look for creative solutions in tough economic times
- NY Legislature to vote on $2.8B deficit plan, Paterson says he’ll address rest of gap alone
- NYC groundbreaking to replace college building destroyed on 9/11 near World Trade Center
- Yoga instructors suing Virginia, say planned regulations violate free speech rights
- NY gov scoffs at Legislature’s deficit plan, ends talks and plans extreme fiscal measures
- Oregon anti-tax leader and wife indicted on tax evasion charges
- More than 150 Pittsburgh students at public hearing to fight proposed 1 percent tuition tax
- US envoy to UN calls Iran enrichment plan unacceptable
- New York governor takes $1.6 billion in emergency cuts, cash transfers to pay December bills
- AP Impact: For-profit colleges reaping rewards of surge in government aid to poor students
- Ohio school district sues plastic maker over air emissions, seeks punitive damages
- Education payroll grows 21 percent under La. Superintendent Pastorek; $8M hike in salaries
- Groups’ lawsuits contend Arizona Legislature’s budget measures crossed constitutional limits
- Pa. town designed by Olmsted seeks sustainable renewal of his 1895 vision for mill workers
- Duke Energy: Indiana coal-gasification power plant’s cost grows to at least $2.5 billion
- Oklahoma Corporation Commission gives final approval to ‘OU Spirit’ wind farm project
- ‘Cotton and Race’ explores history of crop that prolonged US slavery, abetted oppression
- Interim president James Isch plans to continue Brand’s work, rather than replace him
- Few blacks attend Coast Guard Academy despite eight-year-old deal
- Clemson getting $98M for wind turbine test facility officials say could mean thousands of jobs
- KBR to bid for Air Force contract under environmental restoration and construction program
- Museum planned for restored home where Little Rock Nine gathered during desegregation crisis
- Tech Data 3Q profit more than doubles as falling costs offset weaker revenue
- Denied relief by lawmakers, W.Va. schools ready to sue over retiree health cost burden
- Idaho education officials seeking $75 million in competitive federal grants for public schools
- Feds investigate complaints that Va. military college creates sexist environment for cadets
- Education for brightest students struggles without backing of federal government, report says
- More college students want to study abroad but pack their dreams away, daunted by economy
- Gov. Nixon: Missouri will freeze public higher education tuition for second straight year
- Kansas governor says threat of new lawsuit over school funding not influencing budget plans
- Citing ‘dire’ times, Okla. education board calls for immediate use of money in Rainy Day Fund
- Chicago police decline to call school board president’s death a suicide, ME stands by findings
- Goldman Sachs teams with Warren Buffett on $500 million effort to help small businesses
- Archipelago Learning’s IPO will pit strong product growth against shrinking school budgets
- Oregon jobless rate unchanged at 11.3 percent in October, suggesting recession may be easing
- CIT Group loses $1.07B in 3rd quarter as operations worsened ahead of bankruptcy filing
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