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Colleges Fight to Retain Interest of STEM Majors (Wed, 19 Jun 2013)
Experts estimate that less than 40 percent of students who enter college as STEM majors actually wind up earning a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.
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How the Government Calculates the Cost of Student Loans (Wed, 19 Jun 2013)
A couple of weeks ago, the Student Loan Ranger detailed some of the proposals Congress is pondering to provide short- and long-term fixes to the imminent doubling of interest rates on subsidized federal direct loans. Part of that debate is data released last month by the Congressional Budget Office that shows a fiscal year 2013 "profit" of $50.6 billion for the Department of Education.
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Budget deal would aid Ore. colleges, universities (Wed, 19 Jun 2013)
Oregon's public universities and community colleges will be among the first in line to get more money if a so-far-elusive budget compromise results in more revenue and lower employee pension costs. Students ...
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