Education

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Imam Zaid Shakir lectures during Islamic history class at Zaytuna College in Berkeley. In the years to come, Zaytuna's founders hope to enroll more students, add more majors, offer graduate programs and have their own campus. The school is raising money from Muslim communities in the U.S. (Associated Press)

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An Uzbek woman weaves silk in a workshop in Margilan. Children miss school in silk season and work from pre-dawn to midnight.

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In this Aug. 26, 2010, photograph, University of Illinois at Springfield Career Counselor Gail Kilbury, right, speaks with students seeking employment, during a University of Illinois Job Fair in Springfield, Ill. Even though the economy is growing more slowly, companies in recent weeks are resisting making even deeper cuts to their work forces. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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In this Aug. 26, 2010, photograph, University of Illinois at Springfield Career Counselor Gail Kilbury, right, speaks with students seeking employment, during a University of Illinois Job Fair in Springfield, Ill. Even though the economy is growing more slowly, companies in recent weeks are resisting making even deeper cuts to their work forces. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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President Obama speaks Wednesday about the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy Wednesday at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Jefferson Thomas (left), Ernest Green (center) and President Bill Clinton sing together at the conclusion of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the White House to honor Mr. Thomas, Mr. Green and the other members of the Little Rock Nine, the black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2007, file photo, North Texas head coach Todd Dodge looks on during an NCAA college football game against Navy in Denton, Texas. Dodge is no longer the hot shot high school coach hired to energize the North Texas football program. After 31 losses in three years, he's just trying to hang on to his job and avoid becoming another case study in why it's so rare for a coach to be plucked from the preps and put in charge of a major college team. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo, Penn State students Gary Huber, of Warren, Pa., right, and Katie Tindal of Virginia Beach, Va., walk through "Paternoville, the tent village outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, grips the arm of a bodyguard as he arrives to deliver a speech to students outside University in Havana Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Mr. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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In this photo taken Aug. 5, 2010, former Hofstra football players Keith Ferrara, left, and Luke Bonus pose in front of the house Bonus shares with some of the school's lacrosse players, located across the street from the what was once the school's football field in Uniondale, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Hofstra administrators cut football last December. The school cited financial reasons and a lack of fan interest but the move shocked the school's 84 players. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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In a July 28, 2010, photo, Valdosta High School tight end Jay Rome poses for a photo at Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jason Getz)

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In this photo taken Aug. 20, 2010, Dorman High School's Charone Peake (19) runs past a defender on his way to score a touchdown during a high school football jamboree in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, John Byrum)

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In this photo taken Dec., 16, 2009, Asheville High School junior defensive end Jeoffrey Pagan poses for a portrait in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/John Fletcher, Asheville Citizen-Times)

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In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2010, Brock Mealer, brother of Michigan offensive lineman Elliott Mealer, sits in his wheelchair decorated with a "Michigan" sticker, before Michigan's annual NCAA college football media day in Ann Arbor, Mich. Mealer, who is an Ohio State graduate student, has been training with Michigan's strength coaches to recover from a paralyzing car accident in 2008 and strives to lead the Wolverines onto the field for their home opener against Connecticut on Sept. 4, walking without assistance. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)