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NPR is doing an ongoing series of stories about the troubled TEACH Grant program. If you're one of the thousands of teachers who had grants converted to loans even though you were meeting the teaching requirements of the program — we want to hear from y

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Were Your TEACH Grants Converted To Loans While Teaching At A Qualifying School?

7:05pm December 09, 2018

by Chris Arnold

If you're one of the thousands of teachers who had grants converted to loans even though you were meeting the teaching requirements of the TEACH Grants program — we want to hear from you.

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Friday News Roundup - International

2:52pm December 07, 2018

Who among us has not thought to sail through international waters, blaring our national anthem?

Michael Flynn Returns To Court For Pre-Sentencing Hearing

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

2:52pm December 07, 2018

Flynn-sanity. Also, other news.

American University CEU Kicked Out Of Hungary, Says It Will Move To Vienna

2:23pm December 07, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Washington Post reporter Griff Witte about how Hungary's president booted an American university from the country.

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For-Profit College That Is Shutting Down Has Greensboro Campus

10:50pm December 06, 2018

by Paul Garber

One of the nation's largest for-profit colleges announced this week that it was shutting down locations across the country.

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School District Apologizes For Teacher Who Allegedly Cut Native American Child's Hair

9:33pm December 06, 2018

by Cat Schuknecht

Students say she cut part of one Native American classmate's braids and called another by a racial slur. It happened on Halloween and the teacher was in costume as a 19th century voodoo queen.

For-Profit College Chain, Education Corporation of America, Announces Shutdown

6:05pm December 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

ECA has been mired in financial troubles and on Wednesday officials said most of its campuses will close by the end of the month. The decision leaves about 20,000 students in the lurch.

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Inside The Effort To Give Inmates Access To Federal Student Grants For College

1:53pm December 06, 2018

by Elissa Nadworny

Inmates are among the least educated people in America, but few prisons offer opportunities beyond a GED. What if people behind bars had access to federal money to help pay for college?

Inmates at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala.,take college classes from Auburn University professors.

Education

Getting A College Degree When You're Behind Bars

1:38pm December 06, 2018

Inmates are among the least educated people in America, but few prisons offer opportunities beyond a GED. What if people behind bars had access to federal money to help pay for college?

UNC-Chapel Hill students are unhappy with a university proposal to display a confederate statue in a new building. Police stand guard after the statue, known as Silent Sam, was toppled by protesters on campus in August.

A Confederate Statue Continues To Stir Unrest At UNC-Chapel Hill

5:21pm December 05, 2018

by Lisa Philip

Many students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill are dissatisfied with a university proposal to display a confederate statue in a new history building. The statue was toppled in August.

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