2009年8月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Duncan Says Colleges Must Curb ‘Out of Whack’ Prices (Bloomberg)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Bloomberg - Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Private colleges risk pricing themselves out of the market if they don’t restrain tuition increases, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

2nd lawsuit filed in Conn. prep school sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - A second lawsuit has been filed against an exclusive Connecticut boarding school where a former dean has been charged with molesting three students.

University president warns of steep budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:16 PM PDT

AP - University of California President Mark Yudof says steep budget cuts are ahead for the 10-campus system when federal stimulus money runs out next year.

Veterans start over as colleges ignore experience (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:16 PM PDT

AP - Twelve years of military service left Donald Spradling highly trained in satellite imagery, nuclear engineering and foreign intelligence analysis. None of that made a difference to the University of Missouri.

NC child hit, killed after getting off school bus (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 01:27 PM PDT

AP - A 6-year-old North Carolina girl has died after being hit by a sport utility vehicle driven by an 83-year-old woman.

Parents pay college costs amid recession: study (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:08 PM PDT

Reuters - More than half of U.S. parents use their current income to pay all or part of college costs for their children and are confident they can continue to support them amid the country's recession, a Gallup poll found.

Teach for America eligible for stimulus (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 09:55 AM PDT

AP - Teach for America and programs like it could benefit from a $650 million competitive grant fund for school reforms pushed by President Barack Obama.

NY teen pulls brake after school bus driver dies (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:10 AM PDT

AP - A 16-year-old camp counselor in New York is being hailed as a hero for stopping a school bus carrying nine children after the driver collapsed behind the wheel and died.

Harvard, Princeton top college rankings again (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT

AP - Perennial contenders Harvard and Princeton share the top spot in the latest edition of the influential U.S. News & World Report university rankings. Williams heads the list of liberal arts colleges while Dartmouth wins a new category ranking commitment to undergraduate teaching.
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