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Graduation dissonance: Is college tuition worth it? No. And yes.
Graduation may give parents of college graduates buyer's remorse:  Pew studies shows 94 percent of parents expect their kids to go to college, but 57 percent question whether tuition was worth it.

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:18:36 -0700

Graduation Season Is upon Us: Notable Commencement Speeches (Thus Far)
Graduation Season Is upon Us: Notable Commencement Speeches (Thus Far)

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:47:44 -0700

Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) Hosts Virtual Graduation Ceremony for Students in Online Healthcare Associate and ...
TAMPA, Fla., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) recently hosted a virtual graduation ceremony for students of its online healthcare associate and diploma programs. The event, which ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700

Graduation “gap” widens in Maryland
Five years after the Maryland state university system pledged to reduce by half the “ graduation gap ” between low-income and minority students and other college students, the gap has widened. A progress report from the Education Trust, a Washington nonprofit committed to narrowing achievement gaps , shows that graduation rates for low-income and minority students have gone down in Maryland over ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:37:00 -0700

In Joplin graduation speech, Obama hails the ‘power of community’
In a soaring speech to graduating seniors from the tornado-ravaged town of Joplin, Mo., President Barack Obama spoke in glowing terms of the "bigness of spirit" that was on display in the aftermath of last year's storm and called the students examples for the rest of the country. Unlike some of the president's recent public [...]

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:25:01 -0700