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Bill and Melinda Gates go back to school
When Bill Gates gets worked up about something, his body language changes. He suspends his habit of rocking forward and back in his chair and sits a little straighter. His voice rises in pitch. Today the subject is America's schools.
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College costs rise
The total cost of going to a private four-year college rose to $34,132 on average for the 2008-09 academic year, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Why MBA Means 'More Bitterness Ahead'
Business school graduates are heading out into a cold, cold climate as financial companies clam up or close down
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Commentary: Don't use SATs to rank college quality
A recent controversy at Baylor University has brought new attention to the widespread misuse of standardized college admission tests to rank the quality of America's colleges and universities.
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Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees
Compared to pricey private colleges, state schools can be a bargain. But extra fees are adding to the financial burden
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Fewer US Med Students Choosing Primary Care
Only 2% of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system
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U.S. Colleges' Green Grade: C-
Campuses may be getting greener, but college curriculums are falling behind in teaching students the basics of global warming and sustainability
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A Homeschooling Win in California
In a stunning reversal of its own ruling, a California court says it's O.K. for uncredentialed parents to homeschool their kids. But regulatory questions remain
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Tips for minimum wage earners
The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to make ends meet.
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Study: Medical students show racial bias
Edna sits on an examining table ready and alert -- she wants answers about the lump in her breast.
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More colleges move toward optional SATs
Jen Wang of Short Hills, New Jersey, took her first SAT when she was in sixth grade, long before she would start filling out college applications.
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MBA students go for Google
Where do MBA students most want to work when they get out of school? Investment banks and consulting firms are still popular choices, but for the second straight year, the most coveted employer is Google, a recent survey found.
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A chance to compare MBA schools
Dan Berger, a 26-year-old aide to New York Congressman Charles Rangel, knew he wanted to get an MBA but, he says now, he was overwhelmed by the number and variety of programs available: "I knew I needed to gather a lot of information before choosing a school, but I really didn't know where to start."
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Wake Forest Drops SAT Requirement
Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to take the SAT and ACT exams, boosting a movement to lessen the importance of standardized tests in college admissions
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Commentary: Tax-free hypocrisy from higher education
There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
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Wall Street - land of job uncertainty
Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
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Taking the kids: Exploring the heart of college country
Secretly, I'm congratulating myself.
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California Resists Home School Ruling
In the wake of a surprise court decision, the state says that its home schoolers are "legal" pending appeal
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Criminalizing Home Schoolers
A child-abuse lawsuit ruling may have created a horde of truants in California, affecting as many as 200,000 children
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7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler
What's it really take to parent a preschooler? It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qualities that make it much easier to manage all that, and why they're so crucial when you've got an independent-minded, boundary-testing picky eater on your hands.
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VIDEO: Will Smith Planning to Start a School
Video courtesy Buena Vista EntertainmentHaving immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.
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10 secrets for getting into a top B-school
Getting accepted into a top MBA program is an arduous, time-consuming process, with plenty of potential pitfalls along the way. Witness that the most prestigious and selective schools - Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and their ilk - say they accept only 10% of all those who apply.
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Young doctors in debt
It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, the Chicago-area facility where she is training in pediatrics.
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From six figures to student loans
After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue another dream: to teach marketing at a university.
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Commentary: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing'
In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care system she will soon enter.
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Teacher Who Fled With Boy Arrested
A female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with have been arrested in Mexico, a prosecutor said Saturday
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Russia's business school battle
The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev -- are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.
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College costs keep rising
The average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report released Monday.
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Kids use yoga to learn mythology, fight pre-test jitters
Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.
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They want to sell your kid
To improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her freshman year (cost: $800).
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Sixth Graders Take on Wall Street
A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
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Better Bedside Manners
A new study shows that a standardized test of doctor communication skills can help create a nicer, better doctor of the future
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The do-gooder's MBA
Omar Yaqub didn't want a conventional 9-to-5 job after business school. He wanted to help save the world. So the 28-year-old MBA went to Nigeria to tackle an impossible task: creating demand for a product no one wanted.
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Med student struggles to preserve her idealism
"Two minutes!" yells our course coordinator.
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Taking the kids: Touring college campuses
Laurel Herter wishes she'd canceled the college tour trip as soon as she heard the dismal forecast.
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Many American colleges balk at U.S. News rankings
If presidents of some of the nation's top liberal arts colleges get their way, they will no longer be included in the U.S. News and World Report's influential collegiate ranking system.
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How Nebraska Leaves No Child Behind
One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
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25 Top MBA Employers
Think of it as a popularity contest for companies. Each year, research firm Universum surveys MBA candidates on where they'd most like to work for an exclusive Fortune.com list.
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Sallie Mae's private side
The lure for private-equity firm J.C. Flowers' $25 billion buyout of student-loan giant Sallie Mae may be its fast-growing and lucrative business providing private education loans -- loans that exi...
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The trouble with MBAs
When Jack Welch gave a guest lecture at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2005, someone in the crowd asked, "What should we be learning in business school?" Welch's reply: "Just concentrate on ne...
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Top colleges get more affordable
A college education may be getting less expensive at some of the most prestigious schools.
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The race to bring more diversity to business
There's a hole in higher education that you probably haven't heard about.
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Highest paid college presidents
Running a university or college can make for 20-hour days and intense pressure to please a long list of factions from donors, board members and alumni to faculty, students and parents.
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Average college cost breaks $30,000
The average cost of a four-year private college jumped to $30,367 this school year, the first time the average has broken the $30,000 mark.
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No excuses or short cuts at Atlanta charter school
Students at the West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, are expected to go to college.
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10 biggest mistakes b-school applicants make
The application process for business schools is beginning, sparking the annual frenzy of activity - and copious questions.
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The legend of Robin Hood
The idea behind one of the most innovative and influential philanthropic organizations of our time sprang from one of the more boneheaded macroeconomic calls ever made on Wall Street. Or as hedge f...
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Today's medical training -- better or worse for patients?
The phone rang. It was the middle of the night.
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Your Opinion: Flag burning
One story we brought you this week concerned a teacher who, as part of a class exercise, burned the American flag in a civics lesson for seventh graders. We asked for your opinion on the story, and here are a few of your responses, some of which have been edited:
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No child left out of the dodgeball game?
As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.
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