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Jul 20

Turkey bans educators from traveling abroad after military coup attempt

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Turkey reportedly placed a temporary ban on professional scholars leaving the country for work-related purposes as part of its investigation into an attempted coup last week.

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Jul 15

Impact of Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling could reach K-12, higher ed

By Mark Walsh, Education Week

The controversial ruling on race-based admissions could have lasting and immediate effects everywhere, from the most selective colleges to neighborhood K-12 schools.

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Jul 06

In overture to Sanders, Clinton unveils college costs plan

By Julie Pace, Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In a gesture to her former Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is announcing new steps aimed at tackling the rising cost of college tuition and the burden of student loan debt, including a three-month…

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Jul 05

Column: College planning now may mean less stress for seniors come fall

By Shondra Carpenter

As summer gets underway, rising seniors may want to think about getting a jump start on college planning.

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Jun 29

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Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time

By PBS News Hour

In most states across America, education for teen offenders pales in comparison to what they'd receive on the outside. Just one third mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts is one of them,…

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Jun 28

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Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates

By PBS News Hour

For Georgia State’s Tyler Mulvenna, a $900 grant from an innovative retention program let him live on campus, work less and do what he came to do: study. The school, worried about abysmal graduation rates for poor students found, a…

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Jun 23

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Busy day at SCOTUS yields support for affirmative action, roadblock for executive orders

By PBS News Hour

The reduced Supreme Court weighed in on two politically charged cases Thursday. Justices confirmed the constitutionality of a college affirmative action program, but deadlocked on President Obama’s executive action protecting millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation -- thus nullifying the…

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Jun 23

Supreme Court upholds Texas affirmative action program

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race has survived another round at the Supreme Court. The justices on Thursday upheld the Texas program by a 4-3 vote.

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Jun 22

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On the House floor, a very personal rebuke of the Stanford rapist’s sentence

By PBS News Hour

While the Capitol Hill debate over gun control has dominated headlines since the Orlando shooting, it’s hardly the only issue on lawmakers’ minds. The light sentence Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received for raping an unconscious woman has also struck a…

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Jun 22

Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average

By Vikram Mansharamani

Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s.

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