The U.S. Department of Education has awarded another five-year, $1.1 million “Talent Search” grant to Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Talent Search Program.
The grant will help PCC to continue to provide educational services to 600 low income and potential first generation college students in the Beaverton and Forest Grove School districts to help them graduate [...]

The Education Department said yesterday it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 21,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site.
Terri Shaw, the department’s chief operating officer for federal student aid, said the people involved are holders of federal direct student loans who used the department’s loan [...]

Allegations that teachers violated security standards in preparing students to take state achievement tests are being investigated in 11 school districts, the Ohio Department of Education said Wednesday. Security breaches could lead to the invalidation of test scores in some classrooms, although no action has been taken because the investigations haven’t been completed, department spokesman [...]

Post-graduate education has never been more popular among recent graduates of veterinary schools in America, according to recent studies and reports published by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
In the class of 2008, almost 40 percent of graduating new veterinarians reported that they were going into advanced education — 89.2 percent of those into internships [...]

The Justice Department is reviewing an audit that shows hundreds of (m) millions of dollars have been improperly paid to a student loan company.
The audit was made public by House Education Committee Chairman George Miller at a hearing today. It was conducted by the Education Department’s inspector general, who recommended the 278 (m) million dollars [...]

The American Safety Council, in conjunction with AAA and Taggart’s Driving School, announces the approval of its 30-hour online driver education course that meets Georgia’s new Joshua’s Law requirements for teen drivers and is approved by the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS).
Called Joshua’s Law, the State of Georgia now requires 16-year-olds to complete an [...]

The National Labor College (NLC) announced today that Aetna has made a $50,000 grant to support scholarships for minority union members and to expand union members’ knowledge of the fast-paced healthcare industry.
“Of all benefits negotiated by union members, healthcare is among the most critical,” said Susan J. Schurman, NLC president. “We need the labor [...]

The College of Education recently received a $100,000 pledge to establish a middle grades education scholarship, officials announced.
Jim and Evelyn Kirkland of Lumberton have committed to give $20,000 a year over the next five years to establish the scholarship.
The Kirklands are graduates of East Carolina University. Jim Kirkland received his bachelor’s degree in 1962, and [...]

While Junior’s busy writing a captivating college admissions essay and filling out stacks of applications, Mom and Dad bite their fingernails, wondering how they’re going to pay for it.
Paying for college can be a complicated and intimidating journey, but with some helpful advice and plenty of resources, it’s not so bad.
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The Federal Education Department shared personal information on hundreds of student loan applicants with the Federal Bureau of Investigation across a five-year period that began after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agencies said yesterday.
Under the program, called Project Strikeback, the Education Department received names from the F.B.I. and checked them against its student aid [...]