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College athletes studies guided toward 'major in eligibility' (USA Today)
Steven Cline left Kansas State University last spring with memories of two years as a starting defensive lineman for a major-college football team. He left with a diploma, credits toward a master's degree and a place on the 2007 Big 12 Conference all-academic team.

Sorry President-Elect Obama, No College Football Playoffs Here (US News & World Report)
Obama has argued for a college football playoff system to determine the national champion.

IBM Secretary's Shares Double Le Moyne College Fund (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Le Moyne College , a Jesuit school in Syracuse, New York, more than doubled its endowment with a $50 million gift, mostly in International Business Machines Corp . shares amassed by an IBM founder's secretary.

Saving For College In Pennsylvania (NPR)
As part of our on-going "Real Economy" series, Alex Cohen talks with Cathy Walker of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Walker struggles to keep her bills paid while looking after her mother. She also worries about helping her teenage daughter save for college.

Audit: Delta College spent bond money on sports (San Francisco Chronicle)
California's state controller says San Joaquin Delta College misspent $11.5 million on state-of-the-art athletic facilities and electronic signs. The voter-approved bond was supposed to be used for needed repairs to existing buildings and upgrades. In an...

VMI rolls past Maryland Bible College 118-72 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Travis Holmes scored 23 points to lead five VMI players in double figures in the Keydets' 118-72 victory over Maryland Bible College on Tuesday night.

Pa. one of most expensive states for college (Philly.com)
Getting a college education in Pennsylvania is more expensive than in many other areas of the country, and students generally graduate with higher debt, says a state education report released today.

ESPN, college football defend rich Bowl deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
ESPN and the organizers of Bowl Championship Series played defense Tuesday about their new four-year deal that would put the high-profile college football series squarely on cable TV for the first time.

Report: Poor Pa. families pay dearly for college (Centre Daily Times)
A new report says a college education in Pennsylvania takes a major bite out of the incomes of the state's poorest families.

College grads: Job picture looks bleak (BizJournals)
Four out of five college students and young graduates are looking for a job to make extra money during the holidays, but many of them don't think they'll land one in a rough and tumble economy.






Grants company loses its contract
Liberata, the company behind severe delays in students' education maintenance allowances, has had its contract ended.

Arresting course to police jobs
A police studies college course proves successful as seven new officers join the north Wales force.

Student grant firm to be axed
The firm that delivers the delay-hit education maintenance allowance is about to lose its contract.

Colleges might get jobs reward
Colleges in England might be funded on the long-term jobs they help people into rather than qualifications achieved.

Colleges call for Diploma changes
Further education colleges say that Diplomas will need to be changed if the qualification is to reach a large number of students.

Tesco voucher help in EMA delays
Delays with the education maintenance allowance force a college to help students with supermarket vouchers.

New unit teaches workplace skills
A new vocational training unit with a beauty salon and car workshop opens at a Lanarkshire secondary school.

Wierzbicki joins Riders' roster
Leicester Riders sign American guard Bradd Wierzbicki from college basketball in New York.

14 students hurt in minibus crash
Fourteen college students are taken to hospital following a crash involving a minibus and a lorry.

Ministers 'losing grip on EMAs'
A leading college principal says the government needs to show that it has a grip on the problem with student allowances.

Girls fall to death in China fire
Four students at a Shanghai business college have jumped to their deaths trying to escape a fire in their room, state media report.

Artists join Secret Postcard sale
Artists Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Yoko Ono contribute to this year's Secret Postcard sale at the Royal College of Art.

Uni merger decision expected soon
A university is expected to announce whether to press ahead with a merger with a college next month.

Fire threatens college buildings
Firefighters are still monitoring a disused school building in Glasgow after bringing a blaze under control overnight.

College building plans unveiled
A college in Lincolnshire reveals plans to build a new £79m facility on its campus.

'Obama song' recorded in Scotland
One of Barack Obama's US presidential campaign songs was recorded at a Glasgow college, it emerges.

Families in World War I
In the run-up to the 90th anniversary of the ending of World War I, students in London and Dumfries have been researching family history to find out how their relatives were involved.

Academics attack 'spying' plan
University lecturers say they do not want to become & #34;immigration officers & #34; in the enforcement of tougher rules on student visas.

Sue Barker in the hot seat
School Reporters from De La Salle Humanities College in Liverpool interviewed the Sports Personality of the Year presenter

City college leads academy bid
A college in Norwich is leading a bid to turn one of England's worst performing schools into an academy.