2012年4月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Board may request $5M for ND oil country colleges

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North Dakota's Board of Higher Education may ask lawmakers for $5 million for colleges in the state's western oil country.

Striking Vt teachers, boards reach agreement

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An agreement has been reached between striking Vermont teachers and school administrators in the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union, bringing a six-day strike to a close.

Muskegon Heights, Mich., Teachers Protest 'State of Emergency'

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The debate over the future of the Muskegon Heights Public Schools (MHPS) has heated up, after Gov. Rick Snyder's official declaration Tuesday that the district is in a state of emergency. The declaration paves the way for the appointment of an emergency financial manager (EFM).

Shaken by shooting, Chinese still seek US colleges

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Chinese line up for visa applicants outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 12, 2012. According to U.S.-based Institute of International Education, China sent nearly 160,000 students to U.S. colleges last year. That is more than any other country and accounts for nearly 22 percent of international students, who contribute more than $21 billion to the U.S. economy through tuition and living expenses. (AP Photo/ Vincent Thian)Shaken by the shooting deaths of two Chinese students near the University of Southern California, China is unlikely to slow its pace of sending its students to U.S. universities.


Astronaut Underwear Wins Students a Cool $5,000

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An old NASA idea for keeping astronauts cool could finally become reality. U.S. high school students recently won $5,000 to make spacesuit undergarments using materials that can absorb heat without changing temperature.

Leftist California Professors “Corrupt” Higher Education

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"I don't know any polite way of putting this — but he's lying," said professor John Ellis, president of the National Association of Scholars' California division. Ellis was reacting to a critic's characterization of the NAS's damning report, "A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California."

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