2011年7月11日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Don't Apply to Medical School Without a Purpose (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - Applying to medial school? Take a moment to consider some of the short-term consequences of your enrollment: an intense curriculum coupled with a steep reduction in social and leisure activities, enormous tuition bills with correspondingly large debt, and concerns regarding long-term financial security and medico-legal dangers. It's enough to make any would-be medical student fall prey to at least a few moments of self-doubt.

Judge finds Indiana teen guilty in school shooting (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:02 AM PDT

AP - A central Indiana teenager who insisted for weeks that he hadn't intended to kill a former classmate admitted in court Monday that he had hoped the shots he fired would be fatal, bringing an unexpectedly fast end to his trial.

Nelnet buys residual interest in federal student loan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 05:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Nelnet said it bought a residual interest in $1.9 billion of federal student loan from an affiliate of Greystone & Co Inc.

How Apple turned the fountain of youth into a fountain of cash (Digital Trends)

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 04:45 AM PDT

Digital Trends - College students have never been more popular than today. No, not in terms of Facebook friends, although that’s likely true, too. Rather, it’s because of their role in the consumer electronics market. Every major CE manufacturer is targeting their demographic. David Roman, the new CMO at Lenovo, admitted recently that “the only way to build a consumer brand is to be relevant to the youth market,” however, the youth market tends to be elusive to everyone but Apple.
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