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		<title>Jaime Escalante Battling Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we humans get lucky and are able to experience something more than ourselves because someone amazing stood up and fought to make a difference.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/11/jaime-escalante-battling-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Using the NY Times as a Grammar Learning Tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I seem to be able to teach myself any subject an institution of higher learning can throw at me (including calculus, which I’m sure will come in handy when the apocalypse comes), I have never found a grammar how-to manual that explains the concept and then shows you several examples so you can understand how it works in actual situations.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/10/using-the-ny-times-as-a-grammar-learning-tool/</link>
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		<title>Sarah Lawrence College and Def Jam Records</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was out of town this weekend, but, alas, I was not in Bronxville, N.Y, listening with rapt attention to Carmen Ashurst, keynote speaker of the 12th Annual Women’s History Month Conference at Sarah Lawrence College.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/09/sarah-lawrence-college-and-def-jam-records/</link>
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		<title>News Flash: Recess Is Good For Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exercise gets their energy out so they can sit still long enough to learn.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/04/news-flash-recess-is-good-for-students/</link>
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		<title>College Grads and Student Loan Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we’re on the topic of student loans and the lifetime of debt college grads will face, here are some informative articles and resources to peruse (find a paper bag and try to remember to breathe slowly and evenly).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/02/college-grads-and-student-loan-debt/</link>
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		<title>Arne Duncan:  Direct Student Loans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains why direct student loans are better for everyone but the banks, and why the banks are pissed about losing all those government subsidies.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/03/01/arne-duncan-direct-student-loans/</link>
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		<title>Sports Psychologists and Olympic Athletes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When an athlete is physically flawless, but tends to mentally crumple when confronted with the pivotal moment of doom, a sports psychologist becomes part of his/her training team.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/02/25/sports-psychologists-and-olympic-athletes/</link>
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		<title>M.S. in Sustainability Management: Earth Institute, Columbia University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The program is offered on a full-time or part-time basis to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/02/23/m-s-in-sustainability-management-earth-institute-columbia-university/</link>
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		<title>The Hotness of Geek Barbie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world order has finally reconciled itself!  Barbie no longer thinks “Math class is tough!”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.educatednation.com/2010/02/17/the-hotness-of-geek-barbie/</link>
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		<title>Med Schools Turn It Up To Eleven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The crazy surge in med school applicants has finally triggered several new medical schools to come into being.  ]]></description>
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