| Court rules Florida state college students can keep guns in cars Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:59 PM PST  By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Students attending public universities in Florida can keep weapons in their cars while on campus, a state appeals court has ruled. The ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeals came in a case brought by a University of North Florida (UNF) student who challenged the school's policy barring firearms because she wanted to store a gun in her car for self-defense. In a 12-3 ruling on Tuesday, the appeals court said the Florida Legislature ultimately holds the power to regulate guns, trumping local governments and universities. For decades, the Legislature has spurned tighter gun control.
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| California Democrats urge more education spending Posted: 11 Dec 2013 02:51 PM PST  Democrats who control California's Assembly said on Wednesday their priorities for the next state budget include more spending on early childhood and higher education and leaving $2 billion in reserve at the end of the next fiscal year. The plan suggests they would like to tap much of the state's expected surpluses and comes as Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, prepares his initial budget plan for the 2014-2015 fiscal year beginning next July. He will present his plan to the legislature next month, followed by a revised plan in May. After the state's budget watchdog agency last month projected a $5.6 billion reserve for California's next fiscal year if the state's finances improve and its current fiscal policies do not change, Brown urged lawmakers to be cautious in calling for spending increases. California is seeing a budget surplus after years of deficits following austerity measures and tax increases approved by voters last year.
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| Higher education funding proposal announced in Va. Posted: 11 Dec 2013 01:05 PM PST Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing more than $183 million in increased state funding over the next two-year budget cycle for higher education. The governor announced the proposals on Wednesday. Most ... |
| Half of Online College Students Are Playing Hooky Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:46 AM PST  The free education available in massive open online courses (MOOCs) was supposed to revolutionize education. But it seems online students are pretty much the same as regular college kids. They don't bother to go to class, even in cyberspace.
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| Bachelet seen easily defeating childhood playmate in Chile election Posted: 11 Dec 2013 08:34 AM PST  By Alexandra Ulmer SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Red-hot favorite Michelle Bachelet is almost certain to cruise to victory in Chile's presidential runoff election on Sunday, propelled by her warm style and vows to redress steep income inequality. Bachelet's right-wing opponent Evelyn Matthei is likely to take a beating, hurt by her ties with the unpopular government of outgoing president Sebastian Pinera and with the 1973-1990 dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In a twist that has captivated Chile, Bachelet and Matthei were neighbors and playmates as children on an air force base, though the brutal 1973 coup later divided the two military families. Bachelet, a center-leftist who was president from 2006 to 2010, has promised to hike corporate taxes to reform Chile's higher education system, shred the dictatorship-era constitution and legalize abortion under certain circumstances.
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| Millennial women have seriously narrowed the wage gap with men Posted: 11 Dec 2013 04:59 AM PST  Millennial women are off to a record breaking start in the work force. Not only do they earn more advanced degrees than their male counterparts, but they appear to have taken a significant bite out of the gender wage gap, says a new Pew Research Center study. It looks like millennial women have a lot to feel optimistic about. In fact, more than half of the young women Pew surveyed said society still favors men over women, while just six percent say society favors women over men — a nearly identical split to their older female counterparts.
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