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As college tuition soars, fairness questions arise
Source: www.californiawatch.org
By: Jon Marcus
Date: 8/29/12
Michael Short/California WatchFreshman Howard Chiao (center), who is from Taiwan, said UC Berkeley takes advantage of international students by charging high tuition.
A sophomore at UC Berkeley, June Ahn comes from a family whose…
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6 Predictions on the Future of Higher Education
Added by Mary Kavanow on August 2, 2012 at 12:51am — No Comments
Yale Professor - Turns Out to be Impostor (Beijing University)
Added by Mary Kavanow on July 30, 2012 at 12:00am — No Comments
Is Khan Academy Founder On? Or Off?
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
By: Valerie Strauss
Date: 7/23/12
This was written by Karim Kai Ani, a former middle school teacher and math coach, and the founder of Mathalicious, which is rewriting the middle school math curriculum around real-world topics.
By Karim Kai Ani
In a new profile in Time magazine, Sal Khan, founder of the…
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End of Empire for Western Universities?
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
By: Sean Coughlan
Date: 7/11/12
By the end of this decade, four out of every 10 of the world's young graduates are going to come from just two…
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University of Kentucky Professor Cited in Healthcare Ruling
Source: www.bizlex.com
By: Brian Powers
Date: 7/5/12
Local attorney assess implications for business
In the larger news surrounding the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care act, a local law professor found herself sharing a small part of the limelight. Nicole Huberfeld, University of Kentucky Gallion & Baker Professor of Law, was cited by Justice Ruth…
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Student Sues Nevada College, Claiming Sex Class Assignments Equaled Harassment
Source: www.abcnews.go.com
By: Alyssa Newcomb
Date: 6/29/12
Students taking a human sexuality course at Western Nevada College were allegedly required to masturbate, keep sex journals for class discussion and share personal details of their sexual histories, including sexual abuse, for a term paper as a…
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Firings & Resignations Among Public University Leaders - The Transformation of Academia Has Begun
Source: www.nytimes.com
By: Tamar Lewin
Date 6/25/12
Public Universities See Familiar Fight at Virginia:
The tumult at the University of Virginia — with the sudden ouster of President Teresa Sullivan on June 10, and the widespread anticipation that she will be reinstated on Tuesday — reflects a low-grade panic now spreading through much of…
Added by Mary Kavanow on June 26, 2012 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment
Swedish University Professor Charged For Cutting Off Wife's Lips
Source: www.myfoxdfw.com
Via NewsCore
Date: 6/25/12
STOCKHOLM -- A Swedish university professor sliced off his estranged wife's lip and ate it -- so she could "never kiss again."
The unnamed 52-year-old, who is a respected researcher at Stockholm's famous Karolinska Institute, was charged with aggravated assault for the May attack, Aftonbladet reported.
The professor was…
Added by Mary Kavanow on June 25, 2012 at 6:37pm — No Comments
University of Texas Professor Arrested and Released.
Source: www.themonitor.com
By: Ildefonso Ortiz
Date: 6/24/12
EDINBURG — A professor with the University of Texas-Pan American is free on a personal recognizance bond after being accused of planting a recording device in a colleague’s office.
UTPA police arrested chemistry professor Hassan Ahmad on Thursday, according to a news release from the university. Ahmad appeared before an Edinburg municipal judge who…
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ACLJ Files Suit Against UCLA After Professor Is Fired For Blowing Whistle On Junk Science
Source: www.marketwatch.com
Via PRNewswire
Date: 6/14/12
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed suit on behalf of Dr. James E. Enstrom, a UCLA research professor who was terminated after he blew the whistle on junk environmental science and scientific misconduct at the University of California (UC).
"The facts of this case…
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State Department to Host the U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue
Source: www.state.gov
By: Office of the Spokesperson
Date: 6/11/12
On Tuesday, June 12 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal will co-chair the U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue at the State Department. Secretary Clinton and Minister Sibal will deliver opening remarks.
The United States envisions a robust role for the U.S. and…
Added by Mary Kavanow on June 11, 2012 at 2:21pm — No Comments
Louisiana Colleges Hit With New Round of Budget Cuts
Source: www.fox8live.com
By: Melinda Delslatte
Date: 6/6/12
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's colleges are bracing for the newest rounds of budget cuts, doled out in the spending plans cobbled together by lawmakers in the final days of the just-concluded legislative session.
Higher education was hit with a $25 million cut in the final month of the fiscal year that ends June 30, to help rebalance the budget…
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BREAKING NEWS: New Jersey Higher Ed Re-Org?
Source: www.politickernj.com
Date: 6/4/12
By: Politicker Staff
Senate President Steve Sweeney, along with state Sens. Donald Norcross and Joe Vitale today proposed a sweeping plan for the reorganization of higher education in the state of New Jersey.
The plan calls for Rutgers-Camden to be granted autonomy and operate under its own board of governors, a key sticking point to the plan proposed by the…
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Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books
Source: www.techcrunch.com
Date: 5/30/12
By: Ingrid Lunden
Barnes & Noble has found a new, major partner in its fight to get an edge over Amazon and Apple in the market for e-books and the devices being used to consume them: it is teaming up with Microsoft in what the two are calling a strategic partnership, name yet to be determined.
It will come in the form of a new subsidiary of B&N that will…
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Chile: Students Protest Education System
Source: www.upi.com
Date: 5/17/12
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 17 (UPI) -- Activists say some 100,000 students and supporters took to the streets of Santiago to protest Chile's class-based education system.
The march, organized by the Confederation of University Students of Chile, was the second of its kind this year.
Thousands of protests were held last year by high school and college students…
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Former Professor Now Earns 40 Dollars A Week
Source: www.reuters.com
By: Susan Heavey
Date: 5/15/12
(Reuters) - Jean Coyle, 67, has a new kind of ministry.
The former professor had just begun a career as a Presbyterian minister in Virginia when the economic downturn forced her church to let her go in 2007. After that, she found only temporary work.
She relied on savings while job hunting, but at 64, had to dip into her Social Security benefits. She…
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BREAKING NEWS: Three Boston U. students killed, five injured in van crash in New Zealand
Source: www.boston.com
By: Amanda Cedrone
Date: 5/11/12
Three Boston University students studying abroad in New Zealand were killed and five other students from the school were injured outside the town of Taupo when a van they were riding in swerved off the road and crashed, officials said.
The accident occurred outside the town of Taupo on Friday…
Added by Mary Kavanow on May 11, 2012 at 11:59pm — No Comments
The 25 Best Professors In America
By Abby Rogers and Andrew Shen
Source: www.businessinsider.com
The best professors in America are not necessarily the most famous and they don't all teach at Ivy League schools.
RateMyProfessor.com publishes an annual list of the highest rated professor based on student ratings and reviews.
The best teachers include David Mease, a business professor at San Jose…
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell allocates $100M in higher education funding
Source: www.wtvr.com
Creates Incentives for More Degrees in ¿Top Jobs¿ Sectors Like Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Healthcare while Promoting Cost-Saving, Efficiency and Innovation on Campus
From a news release from the Office of Governor McDonnell:
RICHMOND — Surrounded by students,…
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