eLearners.com Finds That Four in Ten Americans Say the Cost of College Is Their Biggest Barrier to Higher Education (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

HOBOKEN, NJ–(Marketwire – 10/12/09) – A new study commissioned by eLearners.com, ( http://www.elearners.com ), a web resource of EducationDynamics, which connects prospective students with online classes , shows that Americans mulling over whether to return to school want to make sure they’re not wasting their money. Among the 95 percent of those not currently in …
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Table: Data Points from the Crisis (BusinessWeek)

There are seven fewer public U.S. companies with market caps greater than $100 billion than there were one year earlier. No longer on the list: Bank of America, Citigroup, ConocoPhilips, Genentech, JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo, Philip Morris International, Schlumberger, and Verizon Communications.
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What Student Loan is Right For You?

If you are thinking of going to college but don’t have enough money the first thing you will want to do is learn everything you can about available financial aid or student loans. There are many different types of programs out there that could benefit you on your quest for an education. If one doesn’t seem to work for you don’t just give up, see if one of the others is a better choice.
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Wilson educator predicts technology will trigger revolution in teaching (Reading Eagle)

Chris McCaffrey, Wilson’s technology coach, sees blendedschools.net as paving the way for a revolution in teaching. “A paradigm shift is coming for teachers, students, parents and the community, only they don’t know it yet,” predicted McCaffrey, a math teacher turned educational futurist.
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