Federal student loans by the numbers
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is suggesting the Department of Education should be dissolved in an effort to save money towards the federal deficit, Yahoo! News reports.
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Why colleges need to better prepare IT grads
There are a few ubiquitous projects that most computer science students remember: Hello world, the Fibonacci recursion sequence and the reverse Polish notation calculator, for example, says Aaron…
Fair Elections Ohio paid college students to gather petition signatures
In a small town it is easy to spot an "out-of-towner" very quickly; today was no exception. Even without the semi-matching shirts the young men from Cincinnati were…
DOE announces $17 million in nuclear energy research grants for universities
The Department of Energy announced today that it is awarding more than $17 million in grants to 23 universities to strengthen and encourage the development of new nuclear…
Missouri college loan defaults increase, lower than U.S. average
Missourians know the value of a college education, Yahoo! News reports.
LinkedIn upgrades profiles for recent college graduates
In an official blog post today, LinkedIn announced upgraded profile pages to help college graduates and current students stand out from the crowd of job hunters, reports Yahoo!…
5 important things tablets can’t do yet
Tablet computers have actually been on the market for some time. However, it wasn't until the iPad came out that the tablet format really took off, Yahoo! News…
Sony Online Entertainment loses account details of 24.6 million customers
If you thought a massive data breach of the PlayStation Network was as bad as news could get for Sony, think again, Yahoo! News reports.
AT&T caps broadband data for download-hungry subscribers
An era of carefree internet usage will draw to a close today for some web-goers--today AT&T will introduce data caps for its U-verse and DSL broadband subscribers and…
Can’t sleep? Turn off cell phones, game consoles after sundown, survey says
According to Yahoo! News, the more often you use "interactive" electronics like cell phones or video games right before bed, the more likely it is you'll miss out…