Long Beach City College experiments with tiered pricing

The college had to cancel a business course because of lack of interest. The class is one of the more popular courses because students get a certificate at the end that they need to work in hospitals and other medical facilities. The higher-priced winter course was full, with four students wait-listed. Instructor Patty Bucho said she can understand why some students are frustrated that the course was open only to those who can pay more, but she said the ones who signed up seemed more motivated - probably because it cost them more.
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES


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The House passed legislation on Monday that would require public universities to charge veterans in-state tuition rates or face a financial penalty. The bill would help veterans who end up living in a new state once their service has ended and who find that the federal government's reimbursement will not fully cover the higher tuition rates that generally apply to students from out of state.
Source: NEW YORK TIMES


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In the early grades, Both Idris and Seun did well and enjoyed school. "I love being at Dalton because it's my favorite school now, and it's always my best school, and I love it there," he said then. Sean is very bright, but Dalton's academic demands and his learning style were not a good match, says Libby Hixson, then-head of the middle school. Seun transfers to Benjamin Banneker Academy, a mostly-black public school devoted to demanding academics and cultural affirmation.
Source: NPR


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Answer the 10 questions below to see what you know about the people and events making news this week. Instead, you'll find a new weekly quiz on the blog each Monday afternoon. The mystery photo? From a slide show that accompanied a Dec. 6 article, "Mandela's Death Stirs Sense of Loss Around the World," the caption reads: "Hundreds gathered at a memorial outside Mr. Mandela's home in Johannesburg."
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Former Ohio State President Returns to West Virginia

E. Gordon Gee, 69, who resigned from his second stint as president of Ohio State University in July after a series of embarrassing gaffes, will start another second-time-around job next month, as interim president of West Virginia University. Dr. Gee, who has also been president of Brown, Vanderbilt and the University of Colorado, previously served as president of West Virginia University from 1981 to 1985, when he was one of the nation's youngest university presidents. Dr. Gee will serve until a new president is named, and be paid, on an annual basis, $450,000.
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