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Survey: College counselors admit wealthy, under-qualified students for extra revenue

By | 09.21.11 | 12:26 pm

A new survey More… of college admissions counselors released by Inside Higher Ed confirms many seek out students of means who do not require financial aid assistance.

Education budget tinkering in Pennsylvania took more dollars from poor communities, expert says

By | 07.13.11 | 5:50 pm

After cutting roughly $900 million in direct funding to K-12 education several weeks ago, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania told reporters Tuesday school districts have themselves to blame. But an education professor from the University of Rutgers begs to differ, mining past the policy minutiae to arrive with hard More…

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DC: New study suggests drone strikes don’t kill as many Pakistani civilians as claimed

By Spencer Ackerman | 05.28.10 | 12:17 pm | More from The Washington Independent

It’s the most controversial counterterrorism program there is. The CIA’s remotely piloted aircraft, operating with the tacit consent of the Pakistani government, fire missiles at suspected militants in the Pakistani tribal areas where U.S. ground troops are prohibited from operating and where the Pakistani military is often hesitant to tread. More…