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Source: washingtontimes Posted By: Bailey C...10 hours 11 minutes ago
The U.S. education system is not as globally competitive as it used to be, a study by the Council on Foreign Relations revealed on Monday. “The real scourge of....
Source: New York Times Posted By: Jason B...4 days ago
The number of Americans graduating from college has surged in recent years, sending the share with a college degree to a new high, federal data shows. The surge....
Source: USA Today Posted By: Jason B...4 days ago
There's little that you can be sure of in this crazy economic environment, but one thing that seems certain is that most kids need a college degree to get ahead....
Source: sltrib.com Posted By: Jacky S...5 days ago
Utah must significantly ramp up the number of people earning college degrees and certificates to meet its goal of increasing those numbers to 66 percent by the year....
Source: nationalreview. Posted By: Ronny F...6 days ago
Over the last decade, the U.S. Department of Education has become so congested with federal mandates that it has become, in effect, a national school board. If....
Source: blog.heritage.o Posted By: Ronny F...6 days ago
A bill introduced in the House of Representatives could have widespread benefits to parents saving for a child’s education. The Helping Families Save for Education....
Source: spokesman.com Posted By: Len W...7 days ago
Study after study shows that a college degree is the best chance for low-income students to improve their lives. But those students may feel powerless to make college....
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
For Steven Ancheta, the time is long past for more arguments about online education's merits and convenience. The West Covina resident, who is enrolled in a fully....
Source: citizensvoice.c Posted By: Maxcy J...12 days ago
While Gov. Tom Corbett was touting some of his plans to a friendly business crowd across town, a small group of parents and union workers - brandishing hand-made....
Source: bostonglobe.com Posted By: Billy T...14 days ago
Recent college graduates leave New England at a faster rate than any region in the country, diminishing a vital resource for an economy that relies on brain power,....
Opinions and Commentaries
Source: chronicle.com Posted By: Bailey C...10 hours 13 minutes ago
Colleges of education are "an industry of mediocrity" that churns out unprepared teachers to work in the nation's elementary and secondary schools, according to....
Source: economist.com Posted By: Jason B...4 days ago
HERE’S a multiple-choice question: if the federal government penalises states where pupils do badly in school, but lets the states themselves set the pass mark,....
Source: economix.blogs. Posted By: Jason B...4 days ago
Republicans and Democrats are hurtling toward another bipartisan standoff, this one over rival plans on the interest rates to be charged on subsidized federal loans....
Source: Forbes Posted By: Ronny F...6 days ago
Hardly a day goes by without the publication of articles on the plight of recent college graduates. Large numbers are either unemployed or employed in jobs that....
Source: L. A. Times Posted By: Len W...7 days ago
In the ongoing discussion of how to boost the education and skill levels of the American workforce, one central issue is rarely addressed: the gap between male and....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
A Wells Fargo stock analyst, who boosts for-profit colleges while frequently overlooking their abuses, lays the blame for one particularly predatory college's high....
Source: statesman.com Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
The wheels are falling off the Texas public education system. The current STAAR regime is an extremely expensive system that focuses on state-mandated standardized....
Source: kansascity.com Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
This increase is having a disastrous impact on many poor and middle income Americans, and it's disastrous for Mexican-American and other Latino communities. Over....
Source: USA Today Posted By: Maxcy J...12 days ago
Looking back on my time at college, I have mixed feelings about how I operated as a student. When I was an undergrad, I was absolutely and positively convinced that....
Source: finance.townhal Posted By: Maxcy J...12 days ago
Neal McClusky, with Cato, joined the program to talk about the run-away tuition costs, and the declining value of American Higher Education. John also took a look....
Campus News
Source: harvardmagazine Posted By: Len W...7 days ago
James E. Ryan, a scholar at the crossroads of education, law, and policy, will become the new dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on September....
Source: mlive.com Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
Western Michigan University is one of 13 institutions of higher education nationwide tapped by the Environmental Protection Agency this week to participate in climate....
Source: startribune.com Posted By: Cat B...11 days ago
A $12.3 million surprise gift from a South Dakota farmer and businesswoman is the largest to the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agriculture and Natural....
Source: economictimes.i Posted By: Maxcy J...12 days ago
A 20-year-old Indian student from Cornell University hacked into the database of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) school exam results, exposed glaring anomalies....
Source: variety.com Posted By: Maxcy J...12 days ago
“America’s oldest teenager” Dick Clark is being honored by Syracuse University. The college’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications revealed plans to name....
Source: Fox News Posted By: Erin H...13 days ago
Three more people will face charges in the April kidnapping of a 6-year-old Kemper County girl. Kemper County Sheriff James Moore tells WTOK-TV that University....
Source: blog.chron.com Posted By: Billy T...14 days ago
University of Houston students will have another housing option in the fall of 2014. Dallas-based Fountain Residential Partners is building The Vue on MacGregor,....
Source: montgomeryadver Posted By: Anna C...15 days ago
The University of Alabama this month is marking the 50th anniversary of then-Gov. George Wallace's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" against racial integration. The....
Source: abclocal.go.com Posted By: Anna C...15 days ago
The rapidly clearing faculty lot signaled that it was time to go home. The Texas A&M University dean backed his shiny red vehicle out of its parking spot -- the....
Source: oregonlive.com Posted By: Mary P...18 days ago
Michael Gottfredson, dressed in a muted green suit, speaks in a whisper-soft voice. But he does not equivocate when describing his No. 1 job as president of....
Other News
Source: nymag.com Posted By: Bailey C...10 hours 12 minutes ago
The Miss USA contest, owned by yellow-orange tuft of hair Donald Trump, has a new queen. "A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children,....
Source: Fox News Posted By: Renee H...20 days ago
Veterans face delays when applying for education benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), making it more difficult for them to receive an education....
Source: ajc.com Posted By: Jacky S...28 days ago
Didn’t win this weekend’s $590.5 million lottery jackpot? A lot of us know the feeling. The lone, mystery winner in Florida hasn’t come forward yet with the golden....
Source: news.google.com Posted By: Lillie S...34 days ago
Another school year is drawing to a close — so if you have young children, they're one year closer to the day when they head off to college. And both you and your....
Source: newsfeed.time.c Posted By: Lillie S...34 days ago
Were you the type of college student who preferred to hide in your dorm room blasting Metallica instead of studying? Did you skip class to travel to a Black Sabbath....
Source: ABC News Posted By: Bailey C...35 days ago
For Kelsey Hough, a tiny peanut is a big problem. So big, in fact, that the 26-year-old student says her life-threatening peanut allergy forced her to abandon her....
Source: CBS News Posted By: Bailey C...35 days ago
With college graduation season upon us, here are 12 great gift ideas for new grads: 1. "The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform....
Source: slate.com Posted By: Renee H...39 days ago
As a kid, I wanted desperately to be good at sports. This was not because I enjoyed playing them. I did not. It was because I’d learned that physical education classes....
Source: today.com Posted By: Hilmer J...41 days ago
Madonna sold an abstract painting by French artist Fernand Leger for $7.16 million on Tuesday to raise funds for girls' education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan....
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Bill 44 days ago
Pornography has officially become academic. The new journal, Porn Studies, will become the "the first dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal to critically....