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• UC Berkeley students arrested in campus protest (AP)
• Student, 18, wounded in shooting at La. school (AP)
• Alabama schools spend savings to stay open (AP)
• Harvard Univ. to halt science center construction (AP)
• Business School: Experienced Applicants Only (BusinessWeek)
• States Should Change Laws Impeding Education Goals, Duncan Says (Bloomberg)

UC Berkeley students arrested in campus protest (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST AP - Police on Friday arrested 65 protesters inside a classroom building that was partially taken over for several days at the University of California, Berkeley.

Student, 18, wounded in shooting at La. school (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 11:08 AM PST AP - Police in the northwestern Louisiana city of Shreveport say a female student was shot on the grounds of a high school and a suspect was arrested.

Alabama schools spend savings to stay open (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:00 AM PST AP - Alabama's public schools spent nearly $222 million more than they received in revenues in the last fiscal year, which required raiding their savings accounts and borrowing money to keep doors open and teachers paid during the recession.

Harvard Univ. to halt science center construction (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:52 AM PST AP - Harvard University will halt construction of a new science complex in Boston's Allston neighborhood after completing the building's foundation, university president Drew Faust said Thursday, citing the Ivy League school's "altered financial landscape."

Business School: Experienced Applicants Only (BusinessWeek) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:08 AM PST BusinessWeek - Over the past few decades, work experience has increasingly been a factor in MBA admissions, with many business schools now expecting applicants to have a minimum of five years before applying. In the 1960s and 1970s, most students pursued their MBA immediately after their undergraduate program. Ten years ago, the average age of a first-year MBA was 25. Today it is 28. While this has enhanced the profile of many business school classes (in terms of higher salaries and positions), the net impact on students has not been adequately determined.

States Should Change Laws Impeding Education Goals, Duncan Says (Bloomberg) Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST Bloomberg - Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- States should rewrite laws that impede Obama administration priorities such as tying teacher pay to student performance and lengthening the school year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

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