Education News

From “The Dean” to Dean Street, Spartanburg has taken what Mayor Bill Barnet called “another great step” in its downtown evolution and commitment to higher education. Barely eight months after the University of South Carolina Upstate broke ground on …
source:http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090630/ARTICLES/906301022/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Spartanburg-Community-College-to-offer-city-campus

A PIONEERING link-up between Oxford’s college of further education and Oxford City FC is giving teenagers a chance to play football — and net a qualification at the same time. Oxford and Cherwell Valley College is to run sports courses at Oxford …
source:http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/4467380.Oxford_City_FC_teams_up_with_college/

Managed Health Services, Ivy Tech Community College partner to provide free diabetes testing, education throughout state INDIANAPOLIS – To reach more of its members with important … Verizon Wireless and HTC Introduce the HTC Ozone Verizon …
source:http://indianapolis.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=186024&type_news=latest

Recalculating the state’s formula for funding higher education will take some higher math, but one part of the equation is already in place. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assemblyman John Oceguera, the heir apparent to the Assembly …
source:http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jun/30/north-south-fight-over-money-may-get-new-life/

@Editorial body:The cost of a public university and college education in New Hampshire is going up this fall — 6.2 percent at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, 4.8 percent at Plymouth State College, 5.6 percent at Keene State College and 4 …
source:http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/GJOPINION_01/706299872

Caitlin Bessel followed the college entry rules to a tee. She scored almost perfectly on her SATs, filled her schedule with AP classes at Frisco’s Wakeland High School and contemplated the College of William & Mary, a Virginia university that is the …
source:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062909dnmetcollegedreams.41de16b.html

Education in Cumbria has been dealt a devastating double blow with a £30 million college transformation plan shelved and more than 70 university jobs set to go. The separate setbacks affecting Carlisle College and the University of Cumbria emerged …
source:http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/70_education_jobs_to_go_and_30_million_project_shelved_1_574927?referrerPath=/1.96082

Hundreds of cities and towns will see another huge cut in local aid next fiscal year if the state slashes funding for a $100 million program that provides extra pay to police officers with college degrees. The Police Career Incentive Pay Program …
source:http://www.telegram.com/article/20090629/NEWS/906290374/1116

Education in Cumbria has been dealt a devastating double blow with a £30 million college transformation plan shelved and more than 70 university jobs set to go. The separate setbacks affecting Carlisle College and the University of Cumbria emerged …
source:http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria_education_disaster_70_jobs_to_go_and_30_million_project_shelved_1_574927?referrerPath=news/1.87555

A reader asked me to explain the difference between public spending and public investment from an economist’s perspective. I am going to try using two issues often discussed on Town Square—high speed rail (HSR) and education. For purposes of this …
source:http://www.paloaltoonline.com/square/index.php?i=3&d=&t=8447