Starbucks-Ariz. St. to offer full tuition reimbursement
A partnership between Starbucks and Arizona State University could bear fruit, as the company has agreed to reimburse some employees' tuition fully.
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Southern IL students to get hands-on entrepreneurship
A program that has been spreading in Illinois, the CEO class, partners with local business investors to create an entrepreneurship mentoring program.
Ohio teacher takes students to a pawnshop
An Ohio teacher took students on a field trip to high-interest lending businesses to teach them the importance of their credit score.
Can you measure colleges by return on investment?
You can look at college from a stripped-down study of how much return on investment you'll get from investing in that 4-year degree.
Proms: more about the money than the memories
The cost of prom has skyrocketed in recent years, and one columnist in Peoria wonders if that money is being spent in a good cause.
High schools do product placement on the musical stage
Some high schools are finding creative ways to raise money for musical productions, including product placement normally reserved for movies and TV.
Colleges provide graduates' earnings info to prospects
It's tough to assign a single number, such as median salary for graduates in their first jobs, to rate colleges. Not that some people don't try.
Poor kids’ low scores go up after counseling, tutoring
A new study out of Chicago may change the mind of people who thought providing individual tutors for poor kids who were behind in school was too expensive.
Md. program helps students invest in communities
Gifted and talented students in Wicomico Co., Md., put regional planning and architectural design skills on display to create new visions for barren riverfront land in downtown Salisbury.
Credit card system at Target stores was breached
Credit cards were stolen from the Target stores in the US. It goes to show you: if criminals want some piece of data bad enough, they can get it.