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Source: sltrib.com Posted By: jim R...18 hours 14 minutes ago
Utah college students can expect to pay about 10 percent more in tuition next year as lawmakers continue a long-standing trend of transferring the cost of higher....
Source: latimesblogs.la Posted By: jim R...18 hours 12 minutes ago
The federal government has targeted the Los Angeles Unified School District for its first major investigation under a reinvigorated Office for Civil Rights, The....
Source: deseretnews.com Posted By: jim R...18 hours 9 minutes ago
Times might be financially tough for Utah state government. But lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday night that calls for spending at least $210 million on various....
Source: bleacherreport. Posted By: jim R...18 hours 7 minutes ago
“The theater department got cut at my school, but at least the roof on that new stadium slides open and closed” The backwards statement posted above might be....
Source: USA Today Posted By: jim R...18 hours 5 minutes ago
The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated — and then some — for their top assistants. With many contracts....
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: jim R...18 hours 4 minutes ago
Lawmakers plan to give Idaho's four-year public universities about $32.1 million less in total funding next year, further slashing the state share of costs for higher....
Source: abc.net.au Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
His comments, made on the ABC's Lateline program, come after the release of an independent report into Australian education for international students. Headed....
Source: thechoice.blogs Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
More than 100 American institutions are classified by the government as historically black colleges and universities through a formal program intended “to overcome....
Source: google.com Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything....
Source: BBC News Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
It also wants a phased increase in student top-up fees by 2020, with safeguards for disadvantaged families. AGR's chief executive Carl Gilleard said the proposals....
Opinions and Commentaries
Source: CNN Posted By: jim R...18 hours 13 minutes ago
Before the protests of tuition hikes last week, a colleague posted the following: "Need suggestions for protest songs. We have a DJ but need to give her a play list."....
Source: USA Today Posted By: jim R...18 hours 8 minutes ago
Education historian Diane Ravitch can pinpoint the day when she realized public schools in the USA were racing down a perilous road, one that promised long-sought....
Source: articles.latime Posted By: jim R...18 hours 6 minutes ago
As I started reading The Times' March 4 article, "California disqualified from receiving federal school funds," I hoped the story would examine the devastating impact....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: jim R...18 hours 4 minutes ago
In 1959, Jacques Barzun, the most perceptive 20th-century observer of American schooling, declared in The House of Intellect that to change any part of our pedagogy,....
Source: rgj.com Posted By: jim R...18 hours 3 minutes ago
School Zone is a weekly column written by the Washoe County School District trustees and administration about key issues and noteworthy news for parents, teachers....
Source: edweek.org Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
If educators and federal officials are serious about closing academic-achievement gaps, they need to better coordinate efforts to address the health disparities....
Source: gazette.jhu.edu Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
Johns Hopkins University students are being urged to be on the lookout. This month, the U.S. Census Bureau began mailing forms to college students around the country....
Source: New York Times Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
Re “Leading Scholar’s U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate” (news article, March 3): Diane Ravitch’s views are finally coming into line with the views of....
Source: suntimes.com Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
We've just seen the first pitched battle in the next war -- The War Between the Generations. It will be a war that divides America in a way we haven't seen since....
Source: CNN Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
I mentor a student who is a senior in a low-performing high school. About 50 percent of the students at his school drop out, while less than 25 percent go to college.....
Campus News
Source: CBS News Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
President Obama welcomed the undefeated national champion University of Alabama football team to the White House Monday, saying "it's safe to say that the Tide is....
Source: Forbes Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
As Nevada's colleges and universities face 6.9 percent funding cuts, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas finds itself struggling with larger identity questions about....
Source: Washington Post Posted By: Johnnie R...6 days ago
A raucous celebration after the University of Maryland men's basketball team's win over Duke has left 28 people facing criminal charges and sparked an intense debate....
Source: businessweek.co Posted By: Joe Wilson..6 days ago
Toyota Motor Corp. said a critique of the carmaker’s electronic throttle control system presented to Congress was based on creating instances of unintended acceleration....
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: Renee H...7 days ago
Baylor University officials say the Waco, Texas, school has received the largest donation in its history: an anonymous gift worth $200 million. The estate provision,....
Source: newswise.com Posted By: Melody D...8 days ago
For nearly a decade, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been developing an expanding presence in Afghanistan, providing technical and educational programs....
Source: kolotv.com Posted By: Melody D...8 days ago
The University of Nevada, Reno is announcing a plan to cut 6.9 percent from its budget, including plans to close the College of Agriculture along with several departments....
Source: yaledailynews.c Posted By: A. Owen..8 days ago
It’s Monday morning. You are in a seminar with 20 classmates, half men, half women. In the past week, about six of them have had sexual intercourse. The same goes....
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: lalita S...9 days ago
As names of potential candidates for the presidency of the University of Massachusetts surfaced in academic circles, professors and education officials said the....
Source: dailycollegian. Posted By: Cindy A..9 days ago
University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson announced yesterday he will step down after eight years as head of the five-campus system when his current term....
Other News
Source: Market Watch Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
Three LogMeIn /quotes/comstock/15*!logm/quotes/nls/logm (LOGM 19.38, -0.12, -0.62%) customers will present at two premier higher education conferences in the month....
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Jacky S...2 days ago
ITT Educational Services Inc. paid $20.8 million for debt-ridden Daniel Webster College in June. In return, the company obtained an academic credential that may....
Source: Forbes Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
By any normal business metric, the top-paid college basketball coaches in the NCAA are the most overpaid leaders in the U.S. Take Kentucky's John Calipari, No.....
Source: USA Today Posted By: Maxcy J...3 days ago
In the next couple of weeks, thousands of college students nationwide will forgo relaxing with fruity drinks and flip-flops during spring break to go on educational....
Source: nydailynews.com Posted By: Johnnie R...6 days ago
Public service announcements aimed at shaming college students out of binge drinking may only send them back to the bottle. A significant new study that found....
Source: business.rediff Posted By: Melody D...8 days ago
Though the outlay for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is retained at Rs 13100 crore, the increase in allocation for education sector by 6% to Rs 36400 is viewed favourably.....
Source: irishtimes.com Posted By: lalita S...9 days ago
A REVIEW of “grade inflation” in schools and colleges, requested by Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe, has been welcomed by US multinational Google. However,....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: lalita S...9 days ago
March 4 is a day of action for students in California. In the face of mounting tuition hikes, layoffs and budget cuts, student activists will stage walkouts, teach-ins....
Source: google.com Posted By: postg0 9 days ago
A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night. Zhao Yan, 22, was stabbed in....
Source: children.webmd. Posted By: postg0 9 days ago
Most Parents Vaccinate Their Kids, but Many Still Worry About Side Effects Most parents believe vaccination is a good way to protect their children from potentially....