Month: February 2010

Decreasing state aid to Washington’s universities and the corresponding tuition increases have put a premium on earning diplomas as quickly as possible. It’s simple math. Getting a bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four cuts costs by …
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But regular exercise can significantly reduce … help their patients feel less anxious,” said lead author Matthew Herring, a doctoral student in the department of kinesiology, part of the UGA College of Education. Herring pointed out that while the …
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Lovelock — Rory Reid knows a few things about cows. He once helped save three dozen of them with a garden hose and a knife. The story is the comical cap to a campaign stump speech intended to show that the Clark County Commission chairman is, at …
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WASHINGTON – On the recession’s front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth. “The worst probably is …
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… a fourth Lynn University student was found in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Haiti … faculty members, Richard Bruno, 59, had been officially declared dead. Bruno, an assistant professor in Lynn’s College of Liberal Education, joined the …
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Johnny Hunter, national director of the Life Education and Resource Network, a North Carolina-based anti-abortion group aimed at African-Americans that operates in 27 states. “This campaign is in your face, and nobody can ignore it.” The billboards …
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s higher education board is opposing legislation that would change the scholarship amounts available to students at public and private colleges. Under current law, the Access Missouri scholarship provides up to …
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BusinessWire – In the first-ever analysis of the impacts of charter school attendance on educational attainment, educational researchers Kevin Booker and Brian Gill of Mathematica Policy Research, Tim R. Sass of Florida State University, and Ron Zimmer of Michigan State University find that
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In Charlotte, N.C., the best principals and teachers are handpicked to lead the worst schools. In Washington, D.C., the mayor appoints the schools chancellor. In New York, Wisconsin and Florida, parents on public assistance lose a chunk of their …
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The rapid rise in immigration , and the strain it has imposed on public services like education, medical care and the welfare … the Nigerian was rejected because he had applied to study at a “bogus college” not on a visa-approval list, not …
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It was the fourth round of spending cuts he has made since the fiscal year started July 1, and the total … House Education Committee Chairman Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, who’s also a key member of that chamber’s Appropriations Committee, said the …
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Melbourne: In the aftermath of a series of racial attacks on Indian students, Australia’s vocational colleges are set to bear the brunt of the damage to the country’s reputation as an education destination, as student visa applications for this …
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