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March 25, 2010

Tune In Tonight: Peter Wood on Direct Lending

Ashley Thorne

NAS President Peter Wood will be on the radio this evening speaking about federal direct lending.

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March 24, 2010

The New K-12 Standards Debate

Peter Wood

Under pressure, 48 states have proposed common standards for grades K-12. Some of them are having second thoughts. What do you think?

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March 23, 2010

Should We Inflate Higher Ed? NAS Debates Kevin Carey

Ashley Thorne

Check out the debate that took place this month between Education Sector's Kevin Carey and NAS on the need for expanding higher education. First, Carey proposed a "Race to the Top" equivalent fo......

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March 23, 2010

RatemyProfessors and Student Customers

Glenn Ricketts

A newly released Kaplan survey seems to support what many instructors have already sensed about the widely popular site, Ratemyprofessors: students actively shop around for faculty members - they'......

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March 23, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Articles of interest from student newspapers at colleges across the country.

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