2008年9月11日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Texans can now prepay for college once more (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:01 AM CDT

AP - Once again, Texas parents can lock in current college tuition rates and start paying now — even if their would-be graduates are infants.

First j-school struggles with newspaper's future (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT

University of Missouri graduate student Mary Poletti works on her laptop next to a banner celebrating the journalism school's anniversary Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, in Columbia, Mo. As the University of Missouri School of Journalism celebrates its centennial this week with a flurry of academic seminars and lavish celebrations, the future is uncertain at the Missourian newspaper that for many proud alumni defines the school. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)AP - One hundred years ago, publisher Walter Williams laid out his vision for the world's first journalism school. Foremost among his ideas: a daily newspaper that would cover the world beyond the University of Missouri campus.


Oklahoma campus hopes to be powered by wind by '13 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:27 AM CDT

AP - The University of Oklahoma wants its main campus to be completely powered by wind by 2013, a plan the school's president calls one of the largest renewable energy commitments ever made by a public university in the U.S.

NYC suspends school visits to UN over fire safety (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 07:14 PM CDT

AP - The city and the United Nations, which have tussled for years over parking tickets and property taxes, are now squabbling over schoolchildren — specifically, whether it's safe for them to visit U.N. headquarters.
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