Education

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Aubrey Marks (left) looks on Tuesday at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., as Jordan Allen (center) helps student Casey Eirhstaedt register to vote. While most college campuses are relatively quiet, students at UCF have taken it upon themselves to register peers during the summer. (Associated Press)

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"I see myself working abroad. It doesn’t matter where,” says Rafael Gonzalez del Castillo (top), an architecture student peering through one of his architecture models. He said many of his classmates feel the same. Santiago Oviedo (above), who is pursuing a dream to study the origins of the universe, had his hopes dashed in his country when Spain slashed budgets for scientific research. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets the crowd after arriving for a campaign stop at Loudoun County High School on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in Leesburg, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Obama speaks at a campaign event at Loudoun County High School, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Leesburg, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, holds the four-volume report asserting that for-profit colleges often hit students with exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting and abysmal outcomes. Monday, July 30, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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A protester holds a placard July 29, 2012, during a march in a downtown street in Hong Kong to protest the upcoming introduction in schools of Chinese patriotism classes that they fear will lead to brainwashing. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Lawrence Stallworth II (left), 20, of Cleveland, who was diagnosed with HIV at age 17, speaks July 22, 2012, on a youth panel at the International AIDS Conference in Washington. Stallworth learned he was infected with HIV at age 17, when he was a high-school senior, after a hospitalization. A black gay man, he's among one of the nation's highest-risk groups. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette M. Alexander chat at Neval Thomas Elementary School where District and school officials gathered Thursday for the announcement of progress made in reading, math and science test scores in the city’s schools. Educators and residents packed the gym and officials couched the news as a “joyous occasion” and a “good day for DCPS.” (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A banner celebrating the 44 bowl games that the Penn State football team has played in hangs outside of Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., on July 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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John Robert Engole was the first person to benefit from U.S. funding for an AIDS-fighting program. He now teaches school.

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This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes. University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old Holmes, who police say is the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. (AP Photo/University of Colorado)