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Changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid next year are expected to simplify the process and shorten the amount of time it takes to complete the form, according to financial-aid experts in North Carolina. Research from the National Center for Education Statistics shows 88% of high school seniors who filed out the form in 2012 attended college within the next few years, compared to 49% who did not. Marissa Jones, assistant director of financial Aid at William Peace University, said the Department of Education is also removing questions related to military Selective Service and d...

Two Illinois institutions of higher learning are joining forces to create more options for nursing students. Malcolm X College and the Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University have announced a new academic partnership to enable MXC students to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The Registered Nursing to BSN program provides MXC students with dual enrollment in the ISU program and allows them to get credit toward a BSN degree while taking classes through Malcolm X College. ...

In the race for governor, Democratic nominee Charlie Crist picked the top teacher's union representative in Florida's largest public school district as his running mate. The challenge ahead appears to be raising her statewide name identification. Karla Hernández-Mats is a special-education teacher and first-generation American born to Honduran immigrants. ...