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Harvard Debuts Free Online Courses

Harvard, in association with MIT and Cal Berkeley, is launching the edX program--a free online program that aims to improve access to high-quality education and revolutionize the way the world learns.
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Miss The World Trade Center? Princeton’s Robertson Hall Remains Reminder

The twin towers of New York's World Trade Center destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 were designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Just before he started work on it, he designed Robertson Hall, home of the Woodrow Wilson School, on the Princeton University campus. which has an uncanny resemblance to its former associates.
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9-Year-Old Joshua Smith Raises $3,000 For Detroit By Selling Lemonade

This time it is a 9-year-old boy, who is on a mission to save his city and wants to contribute to its betterment. Joshua Smith went all out on a hot summer Monday and sat outside his house with an aim to raise $1,000 which would go towards the benefit of Detroit, which continues to suffer from economically difficult times. Way beyond his anticipated goal, he raised over $3,000 selling lemonade.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and USC Team Up To Establish Think Tank

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the University of Southern California have teamed up to develop a think tank in order to find bipartisan solutions to environmental problems, economic policies, political reform and other issues that affect the general public, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Forbes 2012 List Of America?s Top Colleges: Princeton Ranked No. 1 [PHOTOS]

Forbes gave Princeton University the highest grade for its 2012 list of America?s Top Colleges, the magazine?s annual ranking of the nation?s higher education institutions. The list, featured in the Aug. 20, 2012 issue, is compiled for Forbes by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP).
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Obama Signs Bill Extending Interest-Rate Relief For Student Loans

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a bill offering relief to millions of American college students. The measure will keep the interest rate for subsidized federal loans at 3.4 percent. The law will benefit about 7.4 million college students.
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Some U.S. colleges To Disclose More On Education Costs

Ten private U.S. colleges and state university systems announced plans on Tuesday to be more upfront about the costs of higher education, including detailing the monthly loan payments students would face after graduation.
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Wider World Opened To Saudis Studying Abroad

Wearing the black face-covering veil favoured by Saudi women, Maha Mazyad looked through leaflets for prospective jobs with some of the Islamic kingdom's largest companies at a recent career fair in Riyadh.

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