2015年9月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Food pantry provides support for Durham Tech students

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 01:38 PM PDT

Food pantry provides support for Durham Tech studentsCollege students and the parents will tell you about the rising costs of a higher education. That burden can be especially hard on those who attend community colleges.


Is college still the ticket to the good life?

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 01:25 PM PDT

Google doesn't seem to think so. Later on, only 50 percent will say college was worth it, according to a Purdue-Gallup survey released today. The two-year, 60,000-person poll, conducted by Purdue University, the Lumina Foundation, and Gallup, asked grads about their satisfaction with their college education.

US colleges seek to integrate Chinese students better

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:16 AM PDT

In this Friday, Sept.18, 2015 photo, University of Connecticut sophomore, Anyi Yang of Beijing, poses for a photograph next to her American name Vivian on the door of her dorm, in Storrs, Conn. A surge of students from China is leading U.S. universities to confront the challenges of integrating them more into American campus life. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate — including broadcasting football games in Mandarin and giving them orientation before they even leave Asia.


US colleges seek better integration for Chinese students

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:54 PM PDT

In this Friday, Sept.18, 2015 photo, University of Connecticut sophomore, Anyi Yang of Beijing, poses for a photograph next to her American name Vivian on the door of her dorm, in Storrs, Conn. A surge of students from China is leading U.S. universities to confront the challenges of integrating them more into American campus life. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)STORRS, Conn. (AP) — American universities that have seen a huge rise in the enrollment of Chinese students are devising new strategies to help them integrate on campus.


Brown University Rescinds Bill Cosby's Honorary Degree

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT

The school's board has revoked the doctorate of humane letters it gave Cosby in 1985, joining Fordham and Marquette in taking such action.

Brown University rescinds honorary degree it gave Cosby

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 08:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, comedian and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony in Philadelphia. Brown University President Christina H. Paxson says the university's board Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, revoked the doctorate of humane letters it granted Cosby in 1985. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has rescinded the honorary degree it granted Bill Cosby, becoming the third university to take such action in less than a week.


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