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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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The Guns at Last Light
Is there really anything more to be said about World War II? The third volume of Rick Atkinson's 'Liberation Trilogy' proves that there is.
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Student loans: Could GOP, White House strike a compromise on interest rates?
The interest rates set for student loans expire July 1 – one year after Congress took action. Now, there’s a growing desire to come up with a longer-term plan.
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Obama budget's big education items: Preschool for All, college Race to the Top (+video)
President Obama's budget proposal gives the Education Department $71.2 billion in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2014. Preschool for All would be funded by a tax hike on cigarettes.
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Fear Itself
Ira Katznelson has produced an exceptionally engaging and thoughtful account of the New Deal era.
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Student loan interest doubles in July due to Congressional inaction
The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, due to Congressional inaction, just as millions of new college students start signing up for fall courses.
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Engineers of Victory
Meet the engineers, scientists, technicians, and logistical experts whose ingenuity and innovations caused the Allies to win World War II.
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Double Cross
The wonderfully entertaining story of the spies who made D-Day possible is both improbable and true.
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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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Congress poised to prevent doubling of rates on student loans
Facing a July 1 deadline, Congress finally came to terms on a bipartisan agreement to extend the 3.4 percent rate on federally subsidized student loans. It is expected to pass, along with a long-delayed highway bill, this week.
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Focus Student debt: What's been driving college costs so high, anyway?
Average tuition at public four-year colleges rose 73 percent from 1999 to 2009, even as median family income fell about 7 percent. Tuition at private colleges outpaced income, too. Here's why.
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Thomas Hart Benton: A Life
Biographer Justin Wolff makes a strong case that Thomas Hart Benton played a central role as American art moved into the modern era.
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FDR and Chief Justice Hughes
The overlooked story of the hardworking justice who stood up to one of America's most popular presidents – and won a victory for posterity.
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UC Berkeley's gift to middle-class families: a cap on college costs
UC Berkeley's plan, similar to tuition caps at elite private institutions, is the first such initiative at a public university. It will cap costs at 15 percent of household income for families earning between $80,000 and $140,000.
12/15/2011 05:39 pm -
15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks
They'll take you from Mount Hebron to Silicon Valley. These are the 15 nonfiction titles that Monitor book reviewers found to be the most outstanding of 2011.
12/06/2011 10:35 am -
Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
Chris Matthews examines John F. Kennedy, one of the most enigmatic US presidents, in a book rich in insights.
10/31/2011 07:05 am -
"The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris," by John Baxter
Take a delicious walk through Paris in the memoirs of this author-turned-Parisian-tour-guide.
07/20/2011 08:10 am -
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
The stranger-than-fiction story of the con man who found his way into some of America’s most elite circles.
06/08/2011 11:54 am -
Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II
British historian Michael Burleigh offers a sweeping assessment of the ethical dilemmas posed by World War II, faced by everyone from world leaders to soldiers in foxholes.
04/21/2011 09:26 am -
The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War
What became of 15 million displaced citizens at the end of World War II?
03/10/2011 06:05 am -
Washington trims Pell Grants: How will students pay fall tuition?
Washington's new austerity may make it harder for low-income students to afford college. Pell Grants are on the chopping block, losing $5.7 billion under the current House proposal.
02/25/2011 04:01 pm -
College tuition: Six in 10 freshmen say economy affected choice of school
But concerns about college tuition are offset at least in part by financial aid, as well as big increases in the Federal Pell Grant Program.
01/27/2011 04:26 pm -
Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt shared “one of the most interesting and radical marriages in history," contends biographer Hazel Rowley.
12/16/2010 06:05 am -
Study: 30 private college presidents made more than $1 million
A study shows that high-end compensation for private college presidents is increasing. In 2004, no presidents made $1 million or more. In 2008, 30 did.
11/15/2010 06:58 pm -
Berlin At War
The horrors of civilian life in Berlin during World War II.
11/05/2010 07:05 am -
Churchill's Empire
Was Winston Churchill really the absolutely stalwart defender of the British Empire that we imagine him to be?
08/23/2010 07:05 am
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