2015年9月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Business expert picked as next University of Iowa president

Posted: 03 Sep 2015 04:06 PM PDT

The University of Iowa's governing board on Thursday named a corporate management expert with little higher education experience as the school's next president, an unusual choice meant to shake up the ...

Students ask Education Department to discharge college debt

Posted: 03 Sep 2015 01:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2015 file photo, students wait outside Everest College in Industry, Calif., hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools. Almost 12,000 students are asking the federal government to discharge their college loan debt, asserting that their school either closed or lied to them about job prospects, according to government data released Thursday. The figure represents an unprecedented spike in what's called a "borrower's defense" claim following the collapse of Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit college chain that had become a symbol of fraud in the world of higher education. Under higher education law, students who believe they were victims of fraud can apply to have their loans discharged. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3,000 former Corinthian College students will have their college loans erased, the first wave of debt relief tied to the collapse of the for-profit higher education chain. The potential cost to taxpayers if all Corinthian students seek relief: $3.2 billion.


Business executive named University of Iowa president

Posted: 03 Sep 2015 01:06 PM PDT

The University of Iowa's governing board on Thursday named a corporate management expert with little higher education experience as the school's next president, an unusual choice meant to shake up the ...

Be a Competitive Human Resources Professional With an MBA

Posted: 03 Sep 2015 06:00 AM PDT

"My dad actually owned a business," says Mansdoerfer, who's a student at the Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University and J.D. candidate at the university's law school. In human resources classes, students learn about training and developing employees, recruiting and other skills that human resources managers need to bring in and keep strong workers. Many schools offer a specialized master's degree in human resources as well as an MBA with a human resources focus, but choosing the latter option gives students a wider knowledge of general business practices as well as human resources skills, experts say.

2016 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 Public Universities

Posted: 03 Sep 2015 05:30 AM PDT

Applying to college is a journey that involves finding the right school, submitting applications and then -- if you're lucky -- choosing among the acceptance letters and financial aid awards to find that place you'll call home for the next few years.

NYU Removes Bill Cosby's Name from Film Workshop

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT

In the last two weeks, the University removed "William H. Cosby" from the name of its Future Filmmakers Workshop for high school students, "in light of recent events."
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