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As school year starts, more veggies on the menu

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Adriene Hill
Aug 20, 2012
Changes in the federal school lunch program will put more fruits and vegetables on pupils' trays. Will they eat them?
Posted In: Health, school lunches
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It's refund time on college campuses

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Eve Troeh
Aug 16, 2012
The beginning of the new semester means that many students receiving financial aid can look forward to large "refund" checks from their grants or loans.
Posted In: student loan, college
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Affluent families take on more college debt

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Amy Scott
Aug 9, 2012
More upper-middle-class families are borrowing for college so their children can attend high-tuition prestige schools.
Posted In: college, student loan debt, middle class
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Upper middle class sees the biggest jump in student loan debt

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Jeff Horwich
Aug 9, 2012
The Wall Street Journal finds that upper-middle-income households with annual incomes between $94,000 and $200,000 are finding it more expensive to pay for college.
Posted In: college, student loan debt
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Economy squeezes Harvard spending

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Amy Scott
Aug 6, 2012
Even elite universities like Harvard, with a $32 billion endowment, are reducing expenses. Among the cuts? Faculty subscriptions to academic journals that can cost $40,000 a year.
Posted In: harvard, endowments
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Report: A boom industry profits from U.S. student aid

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Adriene Hill
Jul 30, 2012
A report issued by U.S. Sen. Thomas Harkin describes the explosive growth of for-profit colleges, from trade schools to online universities, fueled by federal loans to students who, more often than not, drop out.
Posted In: Education, for profit colleges
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Report: For profit colleges not worth the cost

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Amy Scott
Jul 30, 2012
Senator Tom Harkin is out today with a scathing report on for-profit colleges. The report says taxpayers spend billions of dollars a year on those schools. But students often leave deep in debt.
Posted In: for profit, college
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Climbing walls and college costs

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Amy Scott
Jul 26, 2012
How much do all those campus luxuries push up tuition and fees?
Posted In: college
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Sesame Street steps into Indian education business

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Mark Garrison
Jul 24, 2012
Sesame Street has long licensed toys. Now it has entered the for-profit preschool market in India by franchising its curriculum.
Posted In: Sesame Street, preschool
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Top-tier universities offer online classes for free

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Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Jul 19, 2012
But these still won't compete with the brick-and-mortar institutions.
Posted In: online education, college

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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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