Higher Education
India to allow foreign universities to open new campuses
India is to lift the ban on international universities opening new campuses on Indian soil to give more students the chance of studying for a degree without moving abroad.
NCAA fouls on grad-rate commitment
Until the NCAA bans the likes of Maryland, Texas, Nevada Las Vegas, and Kentucky, the concept of "student-athlete" is corrupted beyond repair. At these schools, the athletes are semipros who should be paid....
Civil Rights Overreach
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said last week that the Obama Administration will ramp up investigations of civil rights infractions in school districts, which might sound well and good. What it means in practice...
The Gorges of Cornell University
3.15.10- The fatal allure of Cornell University's gorges has become the stuff of myth. And sometimes tragic reality, as this month, when three students were lost in as many weeks....
College Students are Using Credit Cards for Tuition
3.15.10 - Adding insult to injury, a transfer of wealth and opportunity is being made from lower- and middle-class families to upper-class families through merit-based financial aid....
Union tries personal tactics on some UC regents
Dozens of custodians, gardeners, bus drivers and cooks from the University of California snooped around... ...
Salaries soar for heads of British universities
More than 80 university heads, generally known as vice-chancellors, now earn more than the prime minister ...Donations to Arizona scholarships fell in 2009
The amounts of donations received and scholarships awarded in Arizona's private-school tax-credit program fell for the first time ever in 2009, state records show. ...
A career put on hold
3.14.10 - Failure rates exceeded 40 percent at some of the state's largest teacher preparation programs, including the campuses of the Connecticut State University system....
Just how bad does a college have to be to lose accreditation?
3.14.10 - It was more of a walk-in closet, really, a tiny space off the lobby of the university’s one and only building. When I walked through the bookstore doorway last May, the shelves were half bare, haphazardly stocked with Kleenex and sundries, introductory business textbooks, and, inexplicably, two brand-new copies of William T. Vollmann’s sprawling 2005 novel, Europe Central....
Why subsidize wealthy college kids?
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- 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. His parents didn't graduate from high school...
As universities tighten ethics policies, drug firms turn to private physicians
For years, drug companies sought out influential university doctors to bring their message to other doctors. But companies have been forced to back away from that approach as a growing number of medical schools have developed policies that ban such talks....Former dropouts talk about better schools at CSUSB
SAN BERNARDINO - Four former dropouts who decided to return to school made a pitch for better classes while sharing results of their own research project Saturday at Cal State San Bernardino...
Lure of for-profit schools can lead to unwieldy debt
NEW YORK — One fast-growing American industry has become a conspicuous beneficiary of the recession: for-profit colleges and trade schools. ...
Better student loans
IF ALL GOES according to plan, Democrats in Congress will attempt to pass two major, long-sought reforms at once in the coming weeks -- of health care and student loans -- using the controversial reconciliation maneuver in the Senate. ...
Taking a Look at Poverty From an Affluent Suburb
The new president of Elmhurst College, S. Alan Ray, has a five-year plan to to steer the 3,360-student school down a path of service. ...
Student Rates for the Young at Heart
Even if your college days are a distant memory, it’s possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year. ...
Why Would the N.C.A.A. Expand Its Tournament? It’s About the Money
With a larger television contract a strong possibility, the idea of increasing the number of teams to 96 in the tournament has gained momentum. ...
In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt
Commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and Pell grants. ...
Former President and First Lady Visit Lakeland
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, made their first speaking appearance as a couple since leaving the White House at Southeastern University on Friday ...An Interview with Diane Ravitch: Reforms and Reforms Everywhere; And No Improvement Forthcoming
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I frequently find myself having to translate things from Spanish to English. This can be quite time consuming for me since although I speak some ...
Dr Stephen JOnes
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2010-03-16 11:49:54
I think that an early warning system is a great idea. Students need to know that there are alternatives to dropping out. Students ...
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2010-03-16 10:37:48
Hi Jay,
I am with Valerie on this one. But you phrased it wrong. It's not standardized tests that are bad, its their misuse that is ...
Marie
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2010-03-16 08:29:11
It sounds like a very good idea. It will hold schools, teachers, administrators accountable for poor performance and enable a change.
It's about time.
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That's well known that cash can make us autonomous. But what to do when one has no money? The one way is to try to ...
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