Lindsey Hough -- Politics Daily

Published: 08/27/09

$$$ Textbook Dilemma: Rent or Buy?

Fewer grievances are more heartfelt for the college student than watching that summer-made money get blown on back-to-school essentials -- most notably, textbooks. ...

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Published: 08/17/09

Obama Community College Plan Bets On Online Course Potential

Last February, President Obama urged all Americans to pursue at least one year of post-high-school job training. In his July speech at Macomb Community College in Michigan, Obama set a more specific goal: by 2020, he wants 5 million more Americans to graduate from community colleges. To make this happen, Obama said he plans to spend a total of $12 billion over the span of 10 years. The "American Graduation Initiative" sets aside $9 billion to create competitive grants offered to schools to develop new programs and expand job training and counseling. Obama's hope is that the programs will ...

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Published: 07/21/09

Audio Slide Show: College Grads Take Employment Plight to Capitol Hill

Last week, members of the advocacy group 80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs held a summit at the U.S. Capitol on behalf of their generation -- the millennials, born between roughly 1976 and 1996. (Click here to read The Cram's previous coverage of the July 14-15 event.) After a day of speakers and small break-out sessions, the group developed a federal legislative agenda to revive the U.S. economy. (Click to read Guidelines & Principles and Policy Areas voted on at the summit.) The primary goal was to call attention to issues affecting millennials, such as unemployment and student ...

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Published: 07/17/09

College Grads to Congress: We Need Jobs

When Jessicalind Ah Kit, a jobless 23-year-old, stumbled upon the Web site for 80 Million Strong, she got a little teary eyed. ...

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Published: 07/6/09

Recession vs. College Athletics -- Game Over?

When sophomore swimmer Sarah Boyd entered the sports center at Dickinson College last November to prepare for competition, her warm-up routine lacked a few familiar steps. She didn't have to check for her race on heat sheets or for familiar faces in the stands. No buses were parked outside the athletic facility, and no visiting opponents awaited her. That night Dickinson would be competing against Bryn Mawr College in a "virtual swim meet." Each team would swim in its home pool, then compare the athletes' performances after to determine the winners. Dickinson, in central Pennsylvania, ended ...

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Published: 05/28/09

Biden to Air Force Grads: 'Think Beyond the Theater of Battle'

Vice President Joe Biden has been known to utter flat jokes and impromptu gaffes, but yesterday's quips at the United States Air Force Academy, including an off-the-cuff poke at his boss, were made in good taste and welcomed with cheers from the crowd of over 30,000 attendees. ...

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Published: 05/22/09

Credit Card Laws Fall Short For Students

Amid reports of rising student debt muddled in controversial credit card practices, President Obama this afternoon will sign into law the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009. ...

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Published: 05/18/09

Obama's Notre Dame Speech Highlights Abortion Issue Complexities

The Obama controversy may well be wrapping up on the University of Notre Dame campus, but the anti-abortion protests were a mere catalyst for a number of pro-lifers who have their sights set on the larger debate. ...

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Published: 05/13/09