2012年4月18日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Top U.S. colleges to offer free classes online

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Students and visitors sit in front of a fountain at Harvard University in Cambridge(Reuters) - Five prestigious U.S. universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced Wednesday. The two founders, both professors of computer science at Stanford University, also announced that they had received $16 million in financing from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Coursera will offer more than three dozen college courses in the coming year through its website at coursera. ...

Should teachers and students be Facebook friends?

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In this April 4, 2012 photo, Nkomo Morris, a teacher at Brooklyn's Art and Media High School, works on her classroom computer in New York. Morris, who teaches English and journalism, said she has about 50 current and former students as Facebook friends. That could be a problem if the new rules instruct teachers not to friend students. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking.

Recruitment ads by for-profit colleges targeted

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FILE - In this Nov 24, 2009 file photo, a University of Phoenix billboard is shown in Chandler, Ariz. Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sn. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit colleges of all kinds from using dollars from federal student assistance programs to pay for advertising. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)Where do for-profit colleges get the money they spend on all those highway billboards and television and radio ads?

Summary Box: Teachers, kids as Facebook friends?

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In this April 4, 2012 photo, Nkomo Morris, a teacher at Brooklyn's Art and Media High School, works on her classroom computer in New York. Morris, who teaches English and journalism, said she has about 50 current and former students as Facebook friends. That could be a problem if the new rules instruct teachers not to friend students. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)THE BIG QUESTION: Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook?

Recruitment by for-profit colleges targeted

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FILE - In this Nov 24, 2009 file photo, a University of Phoenix billboard is shown in Chandler, Ariz. Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sn. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit colleges of all kinds from using dollars from federal student assistance programs to pay for advertising. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)Ever wonder where for-profit colleges get the money they spend on all those high billboards and television and radio ads?

Declining Investment in Higher Education Hurts Students

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Last week, Rep. Virginia Foxx expressed her lack of tolerance for people with student loans. Having worked her way through school without borrowing a dime, Foxx believes there is no reason students should have large amounts of student debt.

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