2012年10月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Fla. Board of Education seeking budget increases

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:39 PM PDT

The State Board of Education voted Tuesday to seek a $643 million, or 4.4 percent, spending increase next year for Florida's public schools and colleges.

Colleges’ Plan B for Diversity

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Many colleges and universities appear to be preparing for alternative methods of increasing racial diversity on their campuses by adopting admissions policies that place more emphasis on class and income.

Supreme Court: If affirmative action is banned, what happens at colleges?

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:22 AM PDT

When universities are barred from using race-based affirmative action, what happens to campus diversity?

Md. students gather data for gas-drilling study

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Some high school students in Frostburg, Md. are monitoring the quality of the area's drinking water in anticipation of natural gas drilling.

As High Court Prepares to Hear Affirmative-Action Case, Issues of Race Equality Remain

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 05:00 AM PDT

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over the legitimacy of using affirmative action as a factor in college admissions, a decision that could potentially redefine how U.S. higher education approaches admissions as a means to further diversify its student body.The case stems from a lawsuit against the University of Texas (Austin), which was sued by prospective student Abigail Fisher, who is white. Fisher alleges she was denied admission in 2008 because of her race, and the lawsuit seeks to remove race as a factor in admissions. ...

Obama's Battleground Boost

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Recent polling in several battleground states shows President Obama running ahead among white women without a college education, a group that usually tilts toward the GOP.
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