Rural colleges 'needing support'
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Rural colleges need a fairer funding deal to prevent the closure of courses, ministers are told.
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Mobile coverage in rural areas could get worse before it gets better, leaving vulnerable many who rely on cell phones during emergencies.
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ISPs say bringing broadband to rural sites doesn't deliver sufficient return on investment.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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Senior volunteers are contributing their time to help struggling school systems.
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Students from research-led universities want the government to consider establishing a national bursary scheme to boost widening participation to higher education.
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Children from poor familes say fear of debt deterred them from university
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The group of mostly small colleges that comprise the N.C.A.A.âs Division III has long been viewed as a model of the amateur ideal. But rampant growth has created divisions over money and the mission of athletics in higher education.
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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Thereâs a growing sense of urgency among educators that  every student should be on a college track.
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Most schools don't have the funds to follow the lead of well-endowed universities.
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Barack Obama wants to hear about the challenges facing rural communities.
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On the heels of a student loan scandal, some higher education officials have called a conferenceâs format deeply troubling.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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Heads say England's school funding means pupils in disadvantaged areas are missing out.
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Mealy apples, boxed mashed potatoes, frozen veggie mixes and suspicious meats drive many a college student to the cereal and bagel bins. But dining halls from Bates College in Maine to the University of California at Santa Cruz are improving their food and helping their local agricultural economies by going straight to the farm.
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Britain's higher education system is expanding less rapidly than that of many of its economic competitors, a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warns.