2011年11月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Police: Man shot at UC Berkeley acted strangely (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 04:53 PM PST

AP - The University of California, Berkeley undergraduate who was fatally shot when he pointed a loaded gun at campus police officers had been acting strangely in recent weeks, investigators said Wednesday.

Calif. faces $13B deficit, faces midyear cuts (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:16 PM PST

Demonstrators raise their hands as they vote on petitions at Sproul Plaza on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 in Berkeley, Calif. Protesters have descended upon the campus after ReFund California, a coalition of student groups and university employee unions, called for a campus strike to protest banks and budget cuts to higher education.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - California faces $2 billion in automatic spending cuts at the first of the year that will reduce funding for public schools, higher education and a range of state services, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis released Wednesday.


Consumer regulator looking at student loans (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - The new consumer financial agency is setting its sites on the private student lending industry, announcing on Wednesday that it is seeking information on how to oversee these lenders.

East Carolina University lifts campus lock-down (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:55 AM PST

Reuters - East Carolina University lifted its locked-down status on Wednesday after reports of a man carrying a rifle near the campus proved "unfounded," the school said on its website.

How Harvard Business School Leverages Social Media to Boost Its Brand (Mashable)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:30 AM PST

Mashable - The Social CMO Series is supported by the Discover Digital Group, a unique consultancy that focuses on identifying new e-revenue opportunities for both Fortune 1000 and startup clients alike. Follow DDG on Facebook to get a taste of the insights that are offered. Ever heard of Harvard Business School? Odds are that you have, since brand awareness has never been a Harvard problem. What was a Harvard problem was the perception of the school as a stuffy, arrogant, blue-blood playground. And so, back in 2008, Harvard Business School hired Brian Kenny to be its first chief marketing and communications officer and to help tell the Harvard story to alumni and prospective students.
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