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Georgia Tech shocks higher ed with $7,000 degree

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Forbes) Georgia Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with Udacity to offer an online Masters Degree in Computer Science for $7,000, down 80% from the existing cost more…

Why college students need Financial Management 101

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Daily Ticker) Nearly two million students are graduating from college this spring, according to the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), and many of them thousands of dollars more…

Punishing black woman's speech causes ruckus

by Bob Unruh -- A Christian employee of a university who was punished for publicly expressing a personal opinion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case. Crystal Dixon, a  more…

Harvard dean quits over secret emails

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (CNN) -- Months after a secret e-mail search controversy at Harvard College, Evelynn M. Hammonds announced on Tuesday that she will step down as dean on July 1, according more…

Professors: Put Obama on Mount Rushmore

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (THE DAILY CALLER) According to a survey of George Washington University professors, some 30 percent generally endorse the eventual addition of President Barack Obama’s face to the Mount Rushmore more…

Prayers at graduation irk atheists at school

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ARTICLES.CENTRALKYNEWS) — STANFORD — Despite the opposition of at least six students, Lincoln County High School kept to its tradition of student-led prayer during its graduation ceremony Friday. more…

Trial opens over firing of pregnant teacher

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ABCNEWS.GO) — A trial was getting underway Tuesday in a Catholic school teacher's lawsuit alleging the Archdiocese of Cincinnati violated anti-discrimination laws by firing her after she became more…

Teen bomb plotter 'suffers rare OCD'

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (CNN) — An Oregon teen accused of planning to bomb his high school suffers from a rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, his family said. "My heart goes out more…