House Acts to Overhaul College Loan Regulations
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Congress overwhelmingly approved an overhaul of the nation’s higher education law on Thursday, adding dozens of provisions and programs to help families with soaring college costs. The bill is an effort to keep college costs down through greater transparency — and perhaps shaming — without imposing price controls. It requires colleges and universities to report [...]
End Licence Raj In Higher Education
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The summer of 1991 will be one of those few outstanding and memorable moments in Parliament’s history. After teetering on the precipice of bankruptcy, Manmohan Singh’s first budget that summer blow-torched away all the chains that not only hindered economic growth but created what economists called opportunities for “rent seekingâ€. Sadly, some vestiges of that [...]
Uw Distance Learning Mba Program Listed As Best Buy
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The University of Wyoming College of Business’ distance learning M.B.A. program is rated among the nation’s best buys by a respected national Web-based clearinghouse dedicated exclusively to showcasing accredited online degrees.
UW’s online M.B.A. (master of business administration) program is rated No. 18 in GetEducated.com’s (www.geteducated.com) “Top 30 Ranked Best Buys-Online M.B.A.-AACSB” programs. The Web-based business [...]
Many young adults take chances with food safety
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Dr. Carol Byrd-Bredbenner of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues found that many college students engaged in eating behaviors that could make them sick, like eating raw homemade cookie dough or runny eggs.
While people are becoming increasingly aware of food safety issues, Byrd-Bredbenner and her team note, surveys still show a substantial [...]
Pope and U.S. Catholic educators set for key session
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pope Benedict likely will walk a fine line between trampling on academic freedom and laying down the law on orthodoxy when he meets with top U.S. Catholic educators next month, experts and observers say.
The April 17 session at Catholic University of America in Washington already has prompted some speculation that the German-born [...]
Army offers bursaries to boost recruitment
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The British army is to introduce a bursary scheme for thousands of school leavers in an effort to boost recruitment and raise the calibre of candidates, the Guardian has learned. The scheme, which mirrors the American model where many join up to acquire qualifications, will offer %26pound;1,000 to those who sign up but first wish [...]
City students off to tour the future
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“I’d really like to see Parsons %26#091;The New School for Design%26#093; in New York City. ‘Project Runway’ is there, so I’m psyched for seeing that,” said Lai, 17, a junior at Walter Payton College Prep High School, before boarding a bus that would take her there. [...]
Porn Stars Dr. Ruth `Freaked#39; Parents It#39;s Sex Week at Yale
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Free vibrating toys, a packed
lecture by sex therapist Dr. Ruth, skin-tight latex bodysuits
and a party at a bar named the Toad. Welcome to Sex Week at Yale
University.
The [...]
Stanford Leads U.S. School Fundraising for Third Year (Update1)
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Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Stanford University raised the most
money among academic institutions for the third year in a row,
aided by a $51 million donation from the estate of a 1927
graduate.
Stanford received [...]
USVI students win national newspaper awards
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By Susan Mann Caribbean Net News US Virgin Islands Correspondent Email: susan@caribbeannetnews.com ST THOMAS, USVI: University of the Virgin Islands students and the student newspaper UVI Voice took home four wins, including one, first place award, at the 10th Annual National, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Student Newspaper Conference. Carl A. Christopher won first [...]
