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The Jerry Colangelo Museum at Grand Canyon University is seen at at dusk in Phoenix, on Sept. 20, 2017. Grand Canyon University, the country's largest Christian university, is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Tue,10/31/23-1:34PM , 81 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs.
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President Joe Biden speaks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden's second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets Oct. 10 to debate what a new proposal might look like(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden's second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate over the plan's details
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Mon,10/09/23-11:34PM , 154 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation moved forward Tuesday with a first round of negotiations to help guide the administration to a new plan.
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PADCASTER President Jon Goldberg, left, and CEO Josh Apter, demonstrate their Padcaster Studio for remote and virtual learning, at EDTECHWEEK 2023, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America's schools, tech companies by the dozens wanted a chance to prove that their software or equipment was exactly what schools needed. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Schools' pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students?
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Sun,10/08/23-11:05PM , 233 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America’s schools, so did the relentless calls.
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George Mason Term Instructor Ermias Kassaye, left, helps a student figure out an equation during a summer math boot camp on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2023 at George Mason University in Fairfax. Va. Researchers say math learning suffered during the pandemic for various reasons. An intensely hands-on subject, math was hard to translate to virtual classrooms. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

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College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Wed,08/30/23-11:41PM , 170 Reads
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, a blow for a student who aced honors physics and computer science in high school.
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