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Alabama gets ranked, while some New York and California schools get shuffled around.
TFA will have 3,700 new teachers next fall, up from 2,900.
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Hundreds of students with loans from banks or private companies are being affected by a credit-crunch bankruptcy.
Activists thought this campaign would be their chance for the limelight. Then along came the tumbling economy, gas prices, and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Colleges scrutinize applications from troubled students more closely.
At many schools, white students graduate at notably higher rates.
More students are studying Arabic and Chinese, while little demand means goodbye to Italian, French literature, and Latin literature AP exams.
This book excerpt follows two recruits through their first year at a rough Los Angeles high school.
Rushing to class at Princeton University. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
Find the top schools in business, law, medicine, and engineering, plus tips for getting in and how to pay.
There are plenty of ways to make it affordable. Plus, asking the right questions will save you money.
Students in an Andean village in Peru have been using the "green machines" from the One Laptop Per Child project for more than six months. (Martin Mejia/AP)
The program that distributes affordable laptops to kids in developing nations works closer to home.
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Campus News: Protesters were criticizing Wash. U. for giving her an honorary degree.
Studio portrait of Robert Morse of USN&WR. (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
Rankings News: The push for more consideration of federal clerkships and ethics education.
Pomona College students eat in the Frary Dining Hall. In the background is a fresco of Prometheus, painted by Mexican muralist Orozco in 1930. (William Mercer McLeod)
The avatars of San Jose State University School of Librarian Science mingle in the Second Life classroom of Professor Lili Luo. Her class is on "Advanced Reference". (Bernd Becker)
From Wikis to avatars, e-learning is fast adapting to ever-changing technology trends.
Changing classes is a balancing act for Rae Taylor-Burns at Boston Latin High School. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
How historically black schools are competing for the best and brightest.
Freshmen at Florida A& M University discuss the class elections. (Quantrell Colbert for USN&WR)
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