2013年11月26日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Colleges With the Highest Freshman Retention Rates

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:42 AM PST

The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matters to you in your college or grad school search.

How Inflation Affects Your Financial Future

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 08:22 AM PST

People retiring today can expect to live another 20 years, according to Social Security figures. There are no more raises, bonuses or employer contributions to your retirement plan. In 1983 the average college tuition was less than $4,000 a year. If your kids are grown up, you no longer have to worry about college tuition.

21st Century Teaching with the Cloud: A Podcast for Educators

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:05 AM PST

21st Century Teaching with the Cloud: A Podcast for EducatorsMarty Neuhard is a an HP Cloud Engineer who happens to spend his free time as an Adjunct Lecturer at Binghamton University in Vestal, NY for Basics in Web Application Development. Students in this course leverage their own equipment to learn the fundamentals of web development and are expected to build customized websites as part of the learning experience.


11 Pakistani teachers kidnapped during polio campaign released: officials

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:05 AM PST

By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants released on Tuesday 11 teachers who had been kidnapped in Pakistan's lawless northwest during a polio vaccination campaign last week, local officials said. The teachers were seized by Islamist militants on November 21 from a school in the Khyber tribal agency, one of the semi autonomous tribal areas along border with Afghanistan. They were abducted just after a team giving polio vaccinations had left the school and the militants may have mistaken them for the polio team, Khyber official Niaz Ahmad Khan said. A tribal elder, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the militants freed the teachers on condition the government stop sending polio teams to the area.

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