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House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans.

Emmanuel Ohuabunwa not only graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in neuroscience, but he did so with a 3.98 GPA. That’s an academic record!

Lawyers say the verdict in the Rutgers bias-intimidation case against Dharun Ravi was a sign that the “jerky kid” defense may no longer hold as much sway.

Students paid test-takers up to $3,600 to boost scores and their chances of getting into a top college, New York prosecutors said.

The University of California, Davis, placed the officers on leave after videos of the incident were widely distributed over the Internet.

Schools are responding to concerns that high-stakes testing and competition for college have fueled a grind that does little to raise achievement.

A sharply rising number of foreign investors are looking for Los Angeles pre foreclosures and other bargain-priced properties. A number of them are Chinese parents looking for houses for their children who are entering U.S. universities.

A high school junior reflects on her college ambitions and a lesson from history.