Saturday, May 17, 2008

Education

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Paying for College

Paying for College (USN&WR)

Help, My Student-Loan Check Bounced

Hundreds of students with loans from banks or private companies are being affected by a credit-crunch bankruptcy.

Education Takes a Back Seat in 2008 Campaign

Activists thought this campaign would be their chance for the limelight. Then along came the tumbling economy, gas prices, and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

European-Language Studies See Cuts

More students are studying Arabic and Chinese, while little demand means goodbye to Italian, French literature, and Latin literature AP exams.

The Teach For America Experience

This book excerpt follows two recruits through their first year at a rough Los Angeles high school.

Best Graduate Schools 2009

Rushing to class at Princeton University. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)

Check Out the Newest Rankings

Find the top schools in business, law, medicine, and engineering, plus tips for getting in and how to pay.

Paying For Graduate School

Don't Let the Price of Grad School Scare You

There are plenty of ways to make it affordable. Plus, asking the right questions will save you money.

Technology

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)

Low-Cost Laptop Program Comes to U.S.

The program that distributes affordable laptops to kids in developing nations works closer to home.

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Backs to Phyllis Schlafly

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)

How to Improve Law Rankings

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)

Most Popular Colleges

E-Learning Guide

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)

The Latest in Online Education

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)

America's Best High Schools

Best Black Colleges

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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