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• School nurses save money: study
• Former NY Times editor: Leading newsroom was honor
• Kerry calls on U.S. college graduates to face down climate change
• $6 Million a Year to One Public College President
• Embattled Tucson School District Boss Cries Racism, Fears Students Will Have To Use Paper, Pencils
• UK universities say research funds at risk if Britain leaves EU

School nurses save money: study Posted: 19 May 2014 01:33 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A Massachusetts program that put full-time registered nurses in schools more than paid for itself by averting medical costs and lost work for parents and teachers, according to a new study. Many school districts have cut or reduced the hours of school nurses in recent years, and nationwide less than half of public schools have a full-time nurse, the authors of the report note. To assess the Massachusetts program, the researchers compared money spent putting full-time nurses in schools with money the program saved by reducing doctors' visits and keeping parents at work and teachers in front of the classroom. For the 22 types of procedures school nurses performed during the study, from testing blood sugar to administering physical therapy, the researchers calculated how much it would cost to go to a clinic or hospital for the same care.

Former NY Times editor: Leading newsroom was honor Posted: 19 May 2014 10:55 AM PDT WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — In her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times, former executive editor Jill Abramson compared herself to a new college graduate: "scared but also a little excited."

Kerry calls on U.S. college graduates to face down climate change Posted: 19 May 2014 09:37 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The rapidly changing climate poses a threat of sparking greater global conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday told the graduating class of Boston College, urging the graduates to play a role in pushing for new energy policies. Citing recent reports from the United Nations and White House showing that a rising emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels in contributing to a warming world, he warned of the possibility of climate-related conflict. If there are stronger more powerful storms, things will change in a hurry," Kerry said at Boston College, where he received his law degree in 1976. "Climate change is directly related to the potential of greater conflict and greater instability.

$6 Million a Year to One Public College President Posted: 19 May 2014 09:15 AM PDT A new report from The Chronicle of Higher Education shows that nine presidents of publicly financed colleges and universities received more than $1 million in total compensation in 2012-2013, while one chief executive even made more than $6 million. The report – showing a doubling in the number of college presidents who received more than $1 million over the previous year – comes out at a time when many college students and their parents are overwhelmed by tremendous debt loads in order to keep up with soaring tuition. The median total compensation of the 257 chief executives in The Chronicle's annual survey was $478,896, representing a five percent increase over the previous year. Ohio State University paid E. Gordon Gee an astounding $6 million in total compensation.

Embattled Tucson School District Boss Cries Racism, Fears Students Will Have To Use Paper, Pencils Posted: 19 May 2014 07:20 AM PDT An Arizona school district superintendent who stands accused of falsifying graduation rates broke down at an emergency board meeting on Friday night and dramatically begged board members to buy out the remainder of his lucrative contract. At a prior board meeting last week, school board member Buck Crouch charged that that Manuel Isquierdo, the beleaguered superintendent of Tucson's Sunnyside Unified School District, had submitted graduation percentages that don't corroborate with the rates on the Arizona Department of Education website, reports local CBS affiliate KOLD. Crouch's allegations came amid the run-up to a wild school board recall election, set for Tuesday.

UK universities say research funds at risk if Britain leaves EU Posted: 19 May 2014 04:58 AM PDT British universities warned on Monday that the nation's higher education industry would lose its influence over European funding worth 1.2 billion pounds a year to the research sector if it were to leave the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold a public vote on whether to leave the 28-member bloc by 2017 if he wins an election next year as he tries to stop disgruntled voters turning to the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP). "Without an influential voice in the development of EU policy, the UK would lose its ability to influence policy affecting research and higher education," said Christopher Snowden, president of higher education body Universities UK. The letter, also signed by Universities UK board members, said British universities contribute 73 billion pounds to the country's economy.

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