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Obama picks charities to which he'll donate Nobel prize cash award
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031104076.html
Six charities working to prepare students for higher education and help them pay for it will each get $125,000: the American Indian College Fund, the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, College Summit, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Posse Foundation and the United Negro College Fund.
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More California youth applying to out-of-state universities, say admission officers
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14658653?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
University officials at public and private schools across the country are reporting record levels of California applicants to next fall's freshman class — an intellectual flight pattern that worries public-policy experts, who fear students may never return.
The trend comes as the University of California and California State University systems are shedding courses, reducing enrollment and furloughing professors. And many outside schools are boosting their recruitment of Golden State students.
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Virtual college fair lets students 'visit' schools
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/college-admissions/virtual-college-fair-lets-stud.html
While many students have the resources to travel, sometimes from state to state and region to region, soaking in different campus experiences, there are many others who don’t.
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Casino cash could boost Michigan scholarship programs
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9ECHQBG0.htm
School districts could use money received through agreements with tribal-run casinos to fund college scholarship programs through legislation approved by the Michigan Senate.
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Millennials freaked out by economy, bad job market
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/2010/03/millennials_freaked_out_by_eco.html
A new poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics found that six in 10 young adults, ages 18 to 29, are worried about paying all of their bills and almost half were concerned about losing their job.
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Scholarships Offer Wacky Ways to Pay
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6990637
Tap College Savings by Checking Out Weird Grants and Awards
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SimpleTuition and MyCollegeOptions.org Team to Provide Students With Free College Evaluation and Student Loan Research
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29480186/
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Recession alters parents' plans for kids' college
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-college-costsmar06,0,1329603.story
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How stimulus offers more college financial aid
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BU5C1696NA.DTL&type=business
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Worst is yet to come for job market
Worst is yet to come for job market
This is the most brutal downturn in decades, but the unemployment numbers only show part of the pain.
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Unemployment hits 25-year high
http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/06/news/economy/jobs_february/index.htm
Jobless rate hits 8.1% in February as a record-high 12.5 million people are unemployed.
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Despite Rising Unemployment, Here's the Economics Of Hope
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1883536,00.html
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Job Forecast for College Seniors: Grimmer Than Ever
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/job.search.tips.industry/
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To find a job, ignore doom-and-gloom news, experts say
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/job.search.tips.industry/
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A Milestone for Working Women?
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/a-milestone-for-women-workers/
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