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Chicago mayor hopes to lengthen school day

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Eve Troeh
Apr 11, 2012
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is moving ahead with controversial plans for a longer school day. That would make Chicago an outlier, because a longer day costs more money -- which most districts don't have at the moment.
Posted In: Rahm Emanuel, School, Chicago
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M.B.A. programs gear up for green

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Eve Troeh
Apr 5, 2012
Major companies increasingly want M.B.A.s to help them make financial, environmental and social gains.
Posted In: business school, green, green biz
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New social finance site for student loans

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Amy Scott
Apr 2, 2012
SoFi launches an experimental new, community-based student lending program that provides students with lower cost loans and school alumni with a unique investment opportunity.
Posted In: social lending, student loans, lending, education costs
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Senator Dick Durbin on student loans and student debt

Interview by
Jeremy Hobson
Mar 30, 2012
The amount of outstanding student loan debt in this country has reached $1 trillion. And if you scan the headlines this week, you'll find school after school raising tuition, which will almost certainly send that $1 trillion number up even further.
Posted In: student loan debt, Dick Durbin, Washington D.C., loans
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Community college raises prices on popular classes

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Amy Scott
Mar 30, 2012
Now to a community college here in Southern California that has been losing funding from the state. And to make up for that, Santa Monica College is jacking up tuition for its most popular classes by 500 percent.
Posted In: community colleges, college tuition
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SAT and ACT to adopt tougher security standards

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Amy Scott
Mar 28, 2012
The people who put together the SAT and ACT college entrance exams have announced new security standards in response to a cheating scandal.
Posted In: SAT, ACT, college
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For-profit educator expected to report lower profits

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 26, 2012
Analysts are bearish on the for-profit educator as traditional universities step up competition.
Posted In: for-profit colleges
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U. Penn Wharton School excels in Silicon Valley

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Charla Bear
Mar 26, 2012
It's been 10 years since the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School opened a satellite campus in San Francisco. To mark the occasion, the business school has moved to a bigger -- and shinier -- facility.
Posted In: University of Pennsylvania, Silicon Valley, business school
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Student loan debt collectors under the microscope

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 26, 2012
Are debt collectors working for the Department of Education letting debtors know their rights? Bloomberg's John Hechinger discusses the rights of borrowers.
Posted In: student loan debt, student loans, debt collection, CFPB
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A possible change for bankruptcy and student loans

Interview by
Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 21, 2012
Current laws make it very hard for student loans to be forgiven. There's a proposal now in Congress that would change that.
Posted In: bankruptcy, student loan, debt

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Marketplace and Education Correspondent Amy Scott look at the business and economics of education, on topics including  student loans, public education financing, and the cost of a college degree. Marketplace's Education coverage is supported, in part, by the Kresge Foundation.

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