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Making college affordable: five ways that states, schools are trying to help
Student debt and skyrocketing tuition make headlines. But this week, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have sought to highlight the silver lining – examples of how states and institutions have been trying to reduce the cost of higher education.Here are some ideas presented in a hearing Wednesday held by the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and another Thursday morning before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks
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Chapter & Verse Is Karl Rove the new Oprah?
Not quite. But the Karl Rove summer book club is now up and running.
07/20/2010 12:19 pm -
Leo and His Circle
This biography of “gallerist” Leo Castelli paints a wonderful portrait of the hurly-burly 20th-century New York art world.
07/02/2010 07:05 am -
Winston's War
This excellent biography turns a laser-like focus on five years in the life of Winston Churchill.
05/14/2010 05:16 pm -
FDR'S Funeral Train
A collection of fascinating historical anecdotes highlight this account of five days in April 1945.
04/12/2010 11:32 am -
American frustration with college costs reaches all-time high
Some 69 percent of Americans polled say that many people who are qualified don't get the chance, according to a new poll -- the highest number ever.
02/17/2010 02:24 pm -
Daring Young Men
Richard Reeves chronicles the courage and resolve that drove the Berlin Airlift.
01/25/2010 05:05 am -
Woodrow Wilson: A Biography
This excellent biography offers a much-needed adjustment of Woodrow Wilson’s place in popular history.
12/21/2009 12:52 pm -
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
This is the best one-volume history of the invasion of Normandy yet written.
11/07/2009 12:00 am -
Rising college costs prompt student loan reform
States struggle to contain fees at public universities while the federal government rolls out affordability measures to help counter the rising costs of higher education.
09/18/2009 01:00 am -
Tears in the Darkness
A balanced, beautifully written book about the horrors of the Bataan Death March.
07/08/2009 01:00 am -
Vanished Smile
The true story of the stranger-than-fiction heist of the Mona Lisa in 1911.
06/11/2009 01:00 am -
The Third Reich at War
This history of World War II from a German perspective is a superb study of a society at war.
04/11/2009 01:00 am -
Sacco and Vanzetti: Guilty as Charged
03/10/2009 01:00 am -
Colleges cope as endowments pinch
Budgets are cut as a new study reports an average loss of 23 percent in endowment value.
01/28/2009 12:00 am -
Nothing to Fear
A new book peels back the legend to examine FDR’s first 100 days.
01/20/2009 12:00 am -
'Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt'
H.W. Brands’s new biography on FDR is detailed, insightful, and reads like a novel.
11/13/2008 12:00 am -
Study: U.S. financial aid fails students who need it most
The $86 billion system is so complex and piecemeal that experts call for an overhaul.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Higher education bill draws a bead on tuition costs
Legislation aims to point out colleges where costs are rising most, pushing states to pony up.
08/01/2008 01:00 am -
Universe of Stone
A history of Chartres, "the most perfect cathedral ever created."
07/12/2008 01:00 am -
Student-loan legislation moves forward
The bill, designed to encourage lenders to keep offering federal loans to students, won bipartisan support in Congress.
05/02/2008 01:00 am
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