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ThinkstockBetween 2010 and 2011, the percentage of adults with a college degree in the United States remained unchanged at 42%. Since 2000, the proportion of college graduates has grown at one of the...
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ThinkstockIf you are a student in kindergarten through 12th grade (or if you are a parent of one), you better get your head back into those school books rather than spending all your time texting,...
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ThinkstockSince the recession began, K-12 education spending has declined dramatically in some states. In Alabama and Oklahoma, per-pupil spending fell by more than 20%. While the majority of state...
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ThinkstockMore than two-thirds of 2011’s college graduates had student debt. Those students, according to the Project on Student Debt, had an average of more than $25,000 in back loans. To make...
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ThinkstockClose to a third of the adult U.S. population has a college degree. While it no longer necessarily guarantees a job, as it once did, graduating from college is a prerequisite for the vast...
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ThinkstockRetail spending is often used as a barometer of the general economy. If consumer spending is two-thirds of gross domestic product (GDP), retail spending is one of its primary engines. And...
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ThinkstockTwo for-profit colleges both had news yesterday. Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE: BPI) received its initial accreditation for a period of five years. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) was...
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ThinkstockWhen people think of high-tech jobs, they typically think of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Ivy League Ph.D.s. But according to a new definition of STEM jobs — those requiring skills in...
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ThinkstockIn 2011, for the first time in decades, the amount the nation’s schools spent per student fell. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest release on education spending, the...
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Flickr, James SarmientoApollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) reported fiscal second quarter 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.34 on revenue of $834.4 million. In the same period a year...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.The free educational content at iTunes U has hit the 1 billion download mark according to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). iTunes U went live in 2007 and got its own online app and...
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ThinkstockThe education division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP) has been sold to subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) for $2.5 billion the company announced this...
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After markets closed last night, Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), which owns and operates the University of Phoenix, reported a better-than-expected earnings per share (EPS) of $0.52, but revenues...
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Monday’s stock market opened slightly lower Monday based on weak economic data in Asia, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.32%, Nasdaq down 0.21% and the S&P 500 down...
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The crackdown on financial aid to students at for-profit colleges has taken a toll on the revenues of these institutions over the past couple of years. But the restrictions on the way these schools...
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