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• Board may request $5M for ND oil country colleges
• Striking Vt teachers, boards reach agreement
• Muskegon Heights, Mich., Teachers Protest 'State of Emergency'
• Shaken by shooting, Chinese still seek US colleges
• Astronaut Underwear Wins Students a Cool $5,000
• Leftist California Professors “Corrupt” Higher Education

Board may request $5M for ND oil country colleges Posted: 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 Posted: 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' Posted: 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 Posted: 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 Posted: 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 Posted: "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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