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The university tweaks its open admissions policy with an eye toward retention and how the changes could alter their image on Wall Street and in the higher education community. 34 CCa fights baCk Take that, mainstream news media! Issuing what might be its most combative responses ever, the Career College Association responds to news outlets either misrepresenting or wrongly reporting about the career education sector. news 8 the student debt CrIsIs stOps here Student borrowers now have another safety net with the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which eliminates On the Cover 24 the need for the private middleman in moving money from the Scrutiny hit President Barack Obama his first year federal government to the students. in office for making bold decisions that netted only 17 bOOk revIeW lukewarm results. 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