2016年11月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Uganda court bans Gates-backed schools

Posted: 04 Nov 2016 07:44 AM PDT

Bridge International, which claims to have 12,000 students in Uganda, said it would challenge the High Court rulingNairobi (AFP) - Uganda's High Court on Friday ordered the closure of a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft and Facebook founders Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.


Colleges Raise Graduation Rates With New Statistical Tools

Posted: 04 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PDT

Five years ago, administrators at Georgia State University in Atlanta were faced with a dilemma: F ewer than half of enrolled students ended up graduating. "In too many cases we were losing students, or [they were] dropping out before we were noticing any problems," says Timothy Renick, vice provost and vice president for enrollment management and student success at GSU.
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