2016年6月23日星期四

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News

Panel votes against accreditor of for-profit colleges

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 05:20 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016 photo a sign rests near Lincoln Technical Institute, in Somerville, Mass. The nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges faces a vote Thursday that could lead to its demise, leaving hundreds of thousands of students at risk of losing access to federal financial aid. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON (AP) — An advisory panel to the Education Department voted Thursday to recommend the government sever ties with a group that accredits many of the nation's for-profit colleges, including schools once owned by the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. — a critical vote that could lead schools to close their doors and threaten financial aid to hundreds of thousands of students.

Kansas GOP lawmakers advance plan to avert school closings

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 05:00 PM PDT

Protestors gather for a rally near the south steps of the Kansas Statehouse at the same time a joint meeting of the House and Senate budget committees is underway to address the issue of school finance funding, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Topeka, (Nick Krug /The Lawrence Journal-World via AP) MANDATORY CREDITTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republicans advanced an education funding plan Thursday in the Kansas Legislature as the best way to satisfy a court mandate, pushing past doubts that it would avert a threatened shutdown of the state's public schools.

Abigail Fisher Lost, but Challenges to Affirmative Action Aren’t Over

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 04:53 PM PDT

Abigail Fisher Lost, but Challenges to Affirmative Action Aren't OverIt was a case intended to be a wrecking ball for affirmative action in college admissions. The opinion, authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, supports diversity as "a critically important mission" in higher education while "closing off many of the doors that [affirmative action foes] had hoped would remain open," Ifill said.

Mexican government meets with radical teachers' union

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 09:39 AM PDT

Protesting teachers, accompanied by a mediation commission, huddle together in discussion inside the courtyard of the Interior Ministry, as they await the start of a meeting with Secretary of the Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The negotiations between the striking radical teachers and the government come three days after a clash between protestors and police in Oaxaca state left eight dead. Though who started shooting is disputed, journalists filmed police firing their weapons in the confrontation, which also left more than 100 injured. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Leaders of a radical teachers union met with Mexican government representatives late Wednesday to try to defuse tensions after eight people died in clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca, but managed only to schedule another meeting for Monday.

Swiss college students set a new world record for the fastest electric car

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 08:49 AM PDT

Swiss college students set a new world record for the fastest electric carStudents from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University have developed the world's fastest electric car, much faster than any production electric or gas engine car. The Grimsel ran a time of 1.5 seconds from 0-to-62 in just 100 feet.

Amid campaign worries, Trump to check on courses in Scotland

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 08:42 AM PDT

In this June 22, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York. The nation's framework for economic security and health care in retirement is financially unsustainable, but you wouldn't know it from listening to the presidential candidates. Unusual for a Republican, Trump has promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK (AP) — Facing questions about meager fundraising, slipping poll numbers and campaign instability, Donald Trump is tending to business — in Scotland.

Affirmative Action Survives at the Supreme Court

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 07:35 AM PDT

Updated at 2:16 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Thursday the University of Texas at Austin's plan to increase student diversity, defeating a conservative challenge that sought to imperil affirmative-action programs in higher education.

3 teachers resign over insulting chat messages about kids

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:49 AM PDT

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) — Three teachers at a Rhode Island charter school have resigned for exchanging disparaging and profanity-laden chat messages about students.

What Employers Think About Your Online IT Degree

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:30 AM PDT

When Reza B'Far completed his online master's degree in computer science through University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, he watched the same lectures as the on-campus students. "The degree that you got was the equivalent of a normal college degree," says the 44-year-old, who now works as vice president of development for the computer technology corporation Oracle. In recent years, employers have become more accepting of online bachelor's and master's degrees in information technology and related fields, like computer science, recruiters say -- though not all are totally comfortable with them.

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