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Weekly Wrap Up: “We Move Forward”
Posted by on May 10, 2013 at 3:53 PM EDTHere's quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Weekly Wrap Up: "What You Do Matters"
Posted by on April 26, 2013 at 5:50 PM EDTHere's quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Working with Higher Education Institutions Serving Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Posted by on March 28, 2013 at 6:58 PM EDTAANAPISIs community gathers in Washington D.C. to at attend the Higher Education Programs Project Directors Meeting.
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Celebrating Excellence in Community Colleges
Posted by on March 19, 2013 at 4:40 PM EDTSanta Barbara City College from California and Walla Walla Community College from Washington, co-winners of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, are model examples of community colleges that are doing more to grow our middle class, equipping our citizens with the education and training that today’s jobs require.
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What Can Students Do to Protect Themselves?
Posted by on March 6, 2013 at 4:25 PM EDTThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has developed a suite of tools to help students manage college debt and improve their financial literacy.
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Open for Questions: The State of the Union and Education
Posted by on February 13, 2013 at 5:30 PM EDTArne Duncan, Secretary of Education, answers questions from the public about President Obama's State of the Union Address in an “Open for Questions” session moderated by Babble.
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Obama Administration Launches College Scorecard
Posted by on February 13, 2013 at 12:00 PM EDTFind the college that is the best fit for you and your family through the College Scorecard. Search a college and find easy-to-read information ranging from degree choice to affordability.
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Year in Review: Don't Double My Rate
Posted by on December 27, 2012 at 1:54 PM EDTAs 2012 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of the year’s policy milestones, including legislation President Obama signed this summer that stopped student loan interest rates from doubling for more than 7 million students.
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One Decade, One Million more STEM Graduates
Posted by on December 18, 2012 at 12:29 PM EDTLast week, the Obama Administration announced that increasing the number of students who receive undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by 1 million over the next decade has been formally designated as a Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) goal—one of a limited number of such articulated goals designed to focus cross-agency coordination and encourage sharing of best practices among agencies with complementary missions. The announcement signals a concrete step toward addressing recommendations made earlier this year by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
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USAID Launches Development Labs at Seven Universities
Posted by on November 16, 2012 at 6:20 PM EDTLast week, OSTP Director John P. Holdren joined USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in launching the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) – a groundbreaking partnership between USAID and seven top universities that is designed to harness the ingenuity of faculty and students to help solve global development challenges.
