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	<title>Top Colleges Blog &#187; Education News</title>
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		<title>Tuitions Hikes Spark Protests</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/20/tuitions-hikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of California’s Board of Regents recent announcement that undergraduate tuition fees will spike by 32% for the 2010-2011 academic year ignited a string of protests on U.C. campuses. Convening at the UCLA campus, the Board was greeted by protesters as some students barricaded themselves inside a university building while others camped out in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits for Unemployed Workers Are Running Out!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/20/congress-unemployment-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/20/congress-unemployment-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t let Congress take away your benefits! 
Are you unemployed? If you are one of the one million workers who have been recently laid off, your unemployment benefits could end in January unless the government acts quickly. According to state officials and legislators, unless Congress renews existing federally paid extensions, your benefits could end at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of Chinese Students Enrolling in U.S. Schools Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/18/chinese-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the State Department, India is the leading country in terms of the number of students from the country who are attending school in the United States. In fact, the number of Indian students attending school in the United States increased b 9% when compared to last year, which represents an increase by 103,260 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch TV For College Credit!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/16/watch-tv-for-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/16/watch-tv-for-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to choosing college courses, many of us take the hard route—going to lectures, cramming for exams, and cracking textbooks. While a few lucky college students sometimes got the opportunity to watch movies in class, they frequently aren’t Oscar-caliber entertainment.
However, film junkies and slackers alike can take heart knowing that Harvard University is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education Funding Increasing Regardless of Slow Learning Gains</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/13/education-funding-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/13/education-funding-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though we’re in an economic downturn and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently showed that American 4th graders have shown no learning gains in the last year, the funding for education will likely increase over the next decade.  This funding will reveal itself in the form of a larger and better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; Turns 40!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/13/sesame-street-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/13/sesame-street-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was Big Bird an important part of your childhood?
“Sesame Street”, the beloved children’s television education show, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. A much-loved aspect of millions of childhoods, its November 10th birthday show attempted to stave off a mid-life crisis by featuring a special episode with First Lady Michelle Obama.  
The iconic Muppet show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are For-Profit Colleges Worth Your Time and Money?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/11/value-of-online-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/11/value-of-online-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 2009 – The value of attending a for-profit college has always been hotly contested. However, this recent issue of Barrons financial magazine raises some more questions and concerns for students who are shopping around for an affordable education. 
For-profit institutions like Strayer University and the University of Phoenix have experienced a huge growth in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The House of Representatives Approves Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 2009 – Can President Obama’s new healthcare reform bill get you hired?
President Obama’s health care reforms have just experienced a huge triumph on Sunday. The House of Representatives narrowly passed his health care bill by a 220-215 vote. While it’s still up in the air as to whether the Senate will follow suit, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Recession Getting Worse?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/09/recession-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/09/recession-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bad news: unemployment has hit double digits for the first time since 1983, and it’s likely to go even higher.  October’s unemployment rate officially peaked at 10.2 percent, revealing just how weak the economy has become. Despite the fact that economy is slowly picking up, the rising jobless rate could threaten the recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Food Safe? Half a Million Pounds of Meat Recalled</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/02/meat-recalled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/02/meat-recalled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 2, 2009 &#8211; Do you know what’s inside your hamburger? If you’re eating one of the 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef, you could also be consuming E. coli.
Two deaths and 26 other people have become ill after eating ground beef that had become tainted by the potentially deadly bacteria. Pass this article along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn Foster College Finds a New Owner</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/21/penn-foster-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/21/penn-foster-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penn Foster College has officially been bought by Princeton Review. What does this mean for online students?
For the second time in the past for years, Penn Foster College has been sold. A few years ago, the college was known as Education Direct, but changed its name when it was purchased by The Wicks Group of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can One Man Ruin President Obama&#8217;s Health Care Reform?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/20/roland-burris-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/20/roland-burris-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back on September 9th, President Obama gave an important speech to Americans asking for their support in improving the country’s health care system. No matter what your politics are, you know that our country’s approach to health care is in need of reform.
But will the President’s plans to create a universal health care system actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Scary (and True!) News Stories About College Life</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/19/scary-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/19/scary-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of October is quickly approaching, meaning that the only thing left to talk about is&#8230;Halloween.
However, All Hallow’s Eve isn’t just about the candy, costumes, and parties—there has been some legitimately scary stuff that’s been going on around college campuses these past few weeks. Check out these seriously scary stories that might impact your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call For More School Security</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/18/a-call-for-more-school-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/18/a-call-for-more-school-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As this decade comes to a close, violence is monopolizing our schools and blanketing our streets.   More and more school districts across America are dealing with issues of fighting and harassment between students which makes children feel intimidated and fearful to come to school.  As the recent killing of a honor roll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Reality has its Educational Purposes</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/14/virtual-reality-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the rate technology is growing these days, professors are taking advantage of newly-marketed pieces to make learning more interesting and more convenient. The appearance of Kindles to replace eight-pound textbooks is slowly catching on, and iClickers are used to take attendance instead of the regular pen-and-paper roll-call. The other craze, it seems, is professors [...]]]></description>
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