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Back To Mobile Site [http://m.wapt.com/education/17425144] Back To Mobile Site Alerts Mobile Submit a Tip Follow Advertisement News boston marathon Weather Hurricanes u local On TV Must See Marketplace Legal Center Teacher of the Week Home / Education Education Professor's rep: Anti-Israel tweets cost job A pro-Palestinian college professor's tenure offer at the University of Illinois was allegedly rescinded after he made anti-Israel tweets about the war in Gaza. More By Mayra Cuevas CNN 22-year-old's nonprofit helps NYC learning gap Summer is fun for kids, but it can also be a big setback, as their reading, writing and arithmetic get rusty. That's why 22-year-old Karim Abouelnaga launched Practice Makes Perfect -- a non-profit enrichment program aimed at helping New York City sch... By Bianca Flowers College president takes $90K pay cut to give workers raise A university president is putting his money where his mouth is. Raymond Burse, who leads Kentucky State University as interim president, will give up $90,000 of his salary so that 24 low-wage workers on campus can earn $10.25 an hour. By Patrick M. Sheridan Syracuse named top party school The Orange love their red cups, according to the Princeton Review, which on Monday named Syracuse University the top party school in the nation. By Astead Herndon Special to CNN Students, parents borrowing less to pay for college While college costs and student loan bills have soared over the past decade, some students and their families are finding ways to spend (and borrow) less. By Melanie Hicken Man fired from language school over ‘homophone’ blog post A man claims he was fired from the English learning center where he worked because his boss thought a blog post about homophones would associate the school with homosexuality. How to shop for back-to-school tax-free If you're going to drop hundreds of dollars on back-to-school supplies, you might as well do it now. By Ben Brody Grieving parents drowning in student loan debt get relief Steve Mason and his wife Darnelle have been struggling to pay their daughter's six-figure student loan debt ever since she passed away five years ago -- and now they are starting to get some much needed relief. By Blake Ellis Weddings? Babies? College kids registering for gifts too Move over brides and expectant moms: Now college-bound kids want to be showered with gifts also. By Katie Lobosco Investors help the rich pay off student loans Investors are so hungry for yield in the bond market that they're giving rich college grads money to help pay off their student loans. Social Finance, a company that uses crowdfunding to refinance student debt, just packaged a bunch of those loans and... 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