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Education

More U.S. universities are allowing prospective students to include a homemade video as part of the application process.

Lights! Camera! College! Video Essay Could Be Gateway to Admission

Video adds a personal touch to an often impersonal process

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U.S. Ambassador Timothy Roemer at Asian Corporate Conference, New Delhi, 18 Mar 2010

Even With Green Light, Foreign Universities May Not Rush to Build in India

US Ambassador Timothy Roemer says global economic downturn may give American colleges pause about further overseas expansion

Teen Engineers Design Green Cities of the Future

National competition focuses on preparing for emergencies

US President Barack Obama delivers the weekly radio address, 13 Mar 2010

Obama Announces Education Program

US president says his plan will help ensure all students graduate high school ready for 'college and career'

Los Angeles school superintendent Ramon Cortines, 02 Mar 2010

Federal Education Officials Probe Los Angeles Teaching of English-Learners

Investigation is first of a number of civil rights actions planned for local school systems around US

US Education Chief Urges More Funding for American Schools

Says country has tremendously long way to go to improve its education system

School children play at the Mmofra Trom center, in Ghana

Ghanian School Offers Hope to Vulnerable Children

Partnership with an American university helps school become financially self-sustaining

Kenyan school children

Missing Millions Put Kenya's Public Education System in Jeopardy

US, British governments suspend support, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission estimates at least 100,000 children affected

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (undated photo)

UN Secretary-General Appeals to Hollywood, California Students

Ban Ki-moon meets with members of Hollywood's creative community, to enlist their help in promoting UN objectives

Coalition in Kenya Working to Protect Children from Internet Abuse

Children's advocacy group, Kenyan government, Microsoft say parents need to know more about Web use

Who's the Brainiest of Them All?

Computer programming contest pits the world's best minds against each other

George Washington University students meet with a USA Today journalist in the Main Press Center at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, 26 Feb. 2010

US College Students Get 'On The Job Training' at Vancouver Olympics

George Washington University students travel to the Winter Games to learn about sports marketing and management

Amid Alabama Farm Fields, a Citadel of Black Learning Shines

Aerospace, bioethics programs burnish Tuskegee University's luster

US Segregation-Era Schools Get New Life

Former students lobby to save historic buildings that once educated rural African Americans

Former Foster Kids Cook Up Life Skills

Cafe Classroom preps young adults for life on their own