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Financial Pressures Ease on Students, Studies Say

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

It was unclear whether the changes marked the start of a shift toward better news on the economics of higher education or just a temporary pause in more worrisome trends.

Injured Player Withdraws to Save a Year at Columbia

By ZACH SCHONBRUN

Because Ivy League eligibility is intended to expire after four years, the senior Alex Rosenberg withdrew from classes so he could return to the basketball court for Columbia a year from now.

U.S. to Focus on Equity in Assigning of Teachers

By MOTOKO RICH

Federal officials want states to ensure that poor and minority students will not be disproportionately taught by inexperienced educators.

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Laureate, Is Assailed by Schools Group in Pakistan

By SALMAN MASOOD

A network of private schools on Monday called for a day of protest against Ms. Yousafzai, 17, and her memoir about being shot by a Taliban gunman after pressing for girls’ rights and education.

Atlanta School Cheating Was ‘Conspiratorial,’ Ex-Governor Testifies

By ALAN BLINDER

Former Gov. Sonny Perdue testified during the trial of 12 Atlanta educators whom prosecutors have accused of participating in cheating.

States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ

Parents, students and school officials have joined a national protest of the consequences of Common Core testing.

International Education

On U.S. Campuses, Networking and Nurturing to Retain Black Men

By BEN GOSE | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Dozens of colleges have started programs designed specifically to get black men enrolled and help them graduate.

Glamour’s Girl Project Will Focus on Sending Girls to School

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

The magazine will announce during its Women of the Year Awards dinner a collaboration with nonprofits to raise money for girls around the world to help them attend secondary school.

Honduran Youth Finds Welcome Mat at Oakland School Designed for Immigrants

By JENNIFER MEDINA

Oakland International High School in California is one of a few schools in the country helping child migrants build better lives than the ones they left behind.

Arts | Long Island

A Musical Education Full of Sweat and Sequins

By KARIN LIPSON

“Celebrating the Music of Marvin Hamlisch,” at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, N.Y., will star several students from the college’s joint program with CAP21, a conservatory in New York City.

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Death Toll Rises to 5 in School Shooting

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Andrew Fryberg, 15, died of wounds sustained when his cousin, a freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.

Clement A. Price, a Cheerleader for Newark, Dies at 69

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Professor Price was a Rutgers scholar with a deep affection for Newark, a city he wrote about, taught about, promoted and defended.

With Deal, Staff at 2 Struggling Schools in Brooklyn Must Reapply for Jobs

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

The agreement between the de Blasio administration and the teachers’ and principals’ unions came just before a deadline for the city to submit plans to the state for turning around the institutions.

Clinton Accuser Returns as N.C.A.A. Defender

By MARC TRACY

College sports have given Kenneth W. Starr, now president of Baylor, a second act in public life, as a major player in the debate over the compensation of athletes.

General Theological Seminary Bringing Back Professors It Dismissed

By SHARON OTTERMAN

Seven of the eight faculty members who were dismissed in late September from the Episcopal institution in Manhattan will return to their classrooms on Monday.

Secret Cameras Rekindle Privacy Debate at Harvard

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Harvard acknowledged this week that it had used hidden cameras to photograph classes, poking a sore spot created by the news last year that it had searched faculty members’ email accounts.

Manhattan Preschool Teacher Who Alleged Abuse Sues Over Firing

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

Mariangela Kefalas was fired a week after telling her supervisor at International Preschools that she had seen Malthe Thomsen touching students inappropriately.

The Neediest Cases

The 2nd Act in His Unlikely Pursuit: A College Degree

By KENNETH ROSEN

Derrick Lawson, 21, raised in a public housing development in Queens, felt “lost” in college the first time around. But now he hopes to have an associate degree by 2016.

Princeton Mishandled Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination Cases, U.S. Inquiry Finds

By ARIEL KAMINER

The Office of Civil Rights found that the university, which is already enacting reforms, failed to respond quickly and fairly to students’ complaints.

Building Blocks

At Future Cornell Campus, the First Step in Restoring Murals Is Finding Them

By DAVID W. DUNLAP

Restoring three pieces from the federal Work Projects Administration at a hospital on Roosevelt Island presented many challenges.

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Brooklyn Principal Apologizes for Remark Deemed Offensive

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

Donna Taylor, the principal of the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, said she regretted telling a group of parents and children that “if you don’t speak Spanish, you’re going to clean your own house.”