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Education
Government investigation finds widespread abuses at for-profit colleges
by
Amy Scott
Aug 5, 2010
As Marketplace and other media outlets have reported on abusive recruiting tactics at for-profit colleges, the industry's response has been...
How a national standard will affect the education industry
Aug 2, 2010
Kai Ryssdal talks to Education Week's Christopher Swanson about what a national set of common standards would mean to the textbook and testing industries.
Lowering the cost of college textbooks
by
Amy Scott
Jul 30, 2010
Text book prices have increased 7 1/2 percent in the past two years, according to the Labor Department. A new law taking effect this month aims to softened the burden for college students. Marketplace's Amy Scott reports.
'Race to the Top' motivates schools to reform, but changes may not last
Jul 27, 2010
Just the prospect of winning money through the Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" fund was enough for some school districts to make drastic reforms, but given the already tight budgets on all levels of government, can these reforms last?
Teaching financial literacy
Jul 23, 2010
Tess Vigeland talks to personal finance expert Beth Kobliner about the Office of Financial Literacy, which will conduct two studies on financial literacy. Will these studies be the death of the financial literacy education idea or will it actually help us in the long run?
For-profit school ads mislead mothers
Jul 23, 2010
The ads often have distracting animations and the promise of an education program from the Obama administration specifically for single moms. Untrue, but the ads aren't necessarily the faults of the schools that they advertise for, but the "lead generators" that they employ to advertise for them.
New for-profit college loan rules consider students' earning potential
by
Amy Scott
Jul 23, 2010
The Department of Education is proposing some controversial new rules for for-profit colleges. The industry's been under attack for heavy
student debt loads.
For public good, not for profit.
For med students, financial lessons learned outside the lab
Jul 22, 2010
Managing the finances of a practice isn't a common class in med school, but there are still ways to learn. Gregory Warner visited a student-run clinic in Philadelphia.
Gulf scientists feel uneasy about working for BP
Jul 20, 2010
Scientists understand BP needs their help to assess the damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and to find potential solutions for clean-up, but many scientists draw the line at testifying for the company.
Michigan's Big House
Jul 14, 2010
The University of Michigan has football bragging rights even before the season begins. The school announced today that at the start of football...