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IRS Education Credit Trips Up Tax Software Users

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer returns have been delayed by problems with how H&R Block and other software providers submitted a form claiming education credits to the Internal Revenue Service.

How Students Can Get a Grip on Their Finances

Alarming financial statistics -- $1 trillion in student loan debt; 70% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck; 43% spending more than they make -- prompted Gene Natali Jr. to co-author a book on financial literacy. "The Missing Semester" is a breezy, 65-page read that teaches high school and college students how to manage a paycheck, save and use credit responsibly.

Pearson Books to Digital Future, Axes Jobs

Media giant Pearson is axing a raft of jobs as part of a major new reorganisation at the Penguin books-to-Financial Times owner.

At Temple, Twitter's Different Roles in Class

Colleges adapt to Twitter, Facebook, social media platforms.

University Regents Approve Graduate Programs in Ethnic Studies

The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted 7-1 on Wednesday to approve a doctoral degree program in comparative ethnic studies and unanimously approved a new master's and doctoral program in material sciences.

Walmart Offers Grants to Non-profits

Could Funding Be Performance Based?

The outcomes-based system that President Barack Obama has touted would award colleges in Texas more funding that hinges on several factors that translate to a high-performing college.

OK Engineering Firm to Hire Under State Jobs Program

The state Quality Jobs Program will award a Tulsa engineering and design company with up to $2.36 million in payroll tax rebates if it employs an extra 20 people over several years, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

Earth-like Planets May Be Closer Than Suspected

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope to determine the likelihood of a red dwarf having a planet that is both habitable and Earth-sized.

Hilmar Cheese Offering Scholarships for College

The program is open to high school seniors and college students who have an agricultural major and are living in counties where Hilmar Cheese is located -- Merced and Stanislaus counties as well as Dallam and Hartley counties in Texas.

Report: Lion's Share of At-risk Funding Not Going to N.M. Cubs

According to an LFC report, among issues leading to a lack of equity is the fact that New Mexico's at-risk youth only receive about $71 million of the roughly $2.3 billion funding pie.

IRS Examines College Tuition Credits Data Processing

The IRS said it has discovered during testing that it can't accurately process Form 8863 for Education Credits without further tweak its computers.

University of Miami Copes With Protracted NCAA Investigation

Hope for UM came last week in the form of the NCAA's current investigation of its own practices in the Miami case. Potential cracks in the case could change the outcome and impact that sanctions could have on the athletics department moving forward.

Helen Dragas Nears Confirmation on U.Va. Board

Dragas stirred the ire of faculty, students and alumni last year for her role in the aborted ouster of Teresa Sullivan, the university's first female president.

University Dean: Georgia Poised for 2013 Growth

University of Georgia Terry College of Business Dean Robert Sumichrast predicted a 2.1 percent growth in the state economy this year, bolstered by a private sector that's crested over the remains of the housing bubble and pushed by major industrial projects