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Their View: Feds should not diminish Pell Grants Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:07AMDebate is intensifying over the federal Pell Grant program. Some see runaway spending that can t be sustained in the face of the mounting national debt; others believe no one with skill and determination should be denied a college education for lack of financial resources. We think it s shortsighted to try to save money by denying people the chance to better themselves, but there is merit in ...
Va higher-ed agency to discuss tuition-aid program Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:58AMThe Associated Press The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. Virginia's higher-education agency plans to make changes to the state's Tuition Assistance Grant program regulations. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is scheduled Tuesday to take up amendments to the program, which provides grants to Virginia residents who attend private schools in the state. Legislation passed in this ...
Ghana: Budget - Worrying Concerns Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:55AMThis report does not aim to provide an in-depth sector-by-sector analysis of the 2011 supplementary budget, or of the master budget volume, to which it is a supplement.
Esophageal cancer risk higher in medically treated GERD patients with fewest symptoms Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:31PM( University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences ) Medically treated patients with mild or no symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at higher risk for developing esophageal cancer than those with severe GERD symptoms, according to a University of Pittsburgh study published in the current issue of Archives of Surgery.
Another danger of secondhand smoke -- hearing loss Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:30PM( NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine ) NYU School of Medicine researchers report in a new study that exposure to tobacco smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among adolescents. The study is published in the July 2011, issue of Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.
Lottery Breaks Record in Spite of Economy Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:58PMCountering a sluggish economy, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation has set new records for its fiscal year, announcing what will be an all-time high transfer of $293.5 million to education programs in the state, an increase of $4.6 million over last year’s previous record.
Vietnam Education Foundation Sponsors U.S. Faculty Scholars to Teach in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:10AMContact: In the United States: Dr. Lynne McNamara, Executive Director, +1-703-351-5053; In Vietnam, Dr. Phuong Nguyen, Country Director, 84-4-3936-3670
How will colleges innovate? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:32AMWith fewer families able to pay for an expensive college education, some institutions may start to rethink the way they conduct business
Newly developed fluorescent protein makes internal organs visible Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:30AM( Albert Einstein College of Medicine ) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed the first fluorescent protein that enables scientists to clearly "see" the internal organs of living animals without the need for a scalpel or imaging techniques that can have side effects or increase radiation exposure.
Group working to connect rural areas with faster Internet connections Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:01AMYAKIMA, Wash. -- The Yakima Valley's rural areas have a traffic problem. No, it's not the two-hour commute variety common in big cities. The traffic is of the virtual kind -- in the radio waves and copper wires that supply Internet access to homes, schools and businesses.
Report: 2011 Budget - Worrying Concerns Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:16PMThis report does not aim to provide an in-depth sector-by-sector analysis of the 2011 supplementary budget, or of the master budget volume, to which it is a supplement.
Chancellor compares SIUC to peers for board Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:42PMMAKANDA - SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng gave new Board of Trustee members a look at how SIUC measures up to peer institutions Thursday at Touch of Nature Environ-mental Center in Makanda.
Keeping a cautious eye out Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:38PMChina Bluestar Group's headquarters in Beijing. The Blackstone Group supported Bluestar's acquisition of a chemical company in northern Europe for $2 billion.
Budget deal must protect Pell Grants, an investment in future Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:34PMThis week congressional leaders and President Obama are working on a budget deal likely to affect the future of our nation for generations to come. As a nation, we are making important decisions about how we conduct our business and how we invest in our future.
More Flexibility Needed for Higher Education Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:18AMWith relatively high tuitions, more students and fewer state dollars at South Carolina’s public colleges and universities, there are whispers about whether the state should consider privatizing these institutions.
UNL takes a hard hit to its standing Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:23AMOmaha World-Herald LINCOLN - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln took a hard blow to its academic reputation when it was kicked out of an organization of the nation's top research universities this week.
Regional EIF refocuses on teaching Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:47AMThe government has taken regional needs on board in drafting guidelines for the latest round of infrastructure funding.
WVU-P rapped in legislative audit Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:37PMCHARLESTON (AP) - West Virginia University-Parkersburg avoided competitive bidding to buy $1.
CO financial computer system has risk of failure Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:59AMA computer system considered the backbone of Colorado’s financial workings is outdated and could trigger a failure that would prevent critical governmental transactions, according to a report released Monday. A collapse of the Colorado Financial Reporting System, known as COFRS, would paralyze the state’s ability to perform several key functions, including processing checks to vendors that [...]
Workday Delivers First Unified Higher Education Administrative Solution in the Cloud Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:00AMPLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - 07/12/11) - Workday, Inc. , the leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for global human resources (HR), payroll , and financial management , today announces a unified administrative solution uniquely designed for higher education. Workday also announces strategic design partners and early customers Georgetown University, Cornell University, Brown University, and ...
East Africa: Somali-Australian Immigrants Have a Bright Future in Their New Country Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:33AMThe feature on Somali-Australians published in the June 27- July 3 edition of The East African Magazine, tells the important story of some first-generation Somali-Australian immigrants in Melbourne. It provides some insights into the challenges that newly arrived migrants can face in re-establishing their lives in a new country -- even a vibrant multicultural society like Australia's. But it ...
TIAA-CREF, Emeriti Team to Deliver Retiree Health Care Savings Solution Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:18AMNEW YORK & NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TIAA-CREF and Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions announce a new collaboration to offer retiree health care benefit products, savings solutions and services for higher education institutions.
University fee increases for Wales Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:56AMEight out of 10 universities in Wales will charge students maximum tuition fees of £9,000 per year for some or all their courses, it is announced.
Gov. Fallin To Headline UC Celebration Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:11AMGov. Mary Fallin will headline the celebration for the new quarters of University Center on Tuesday. Fallin will be accompanied by Chancellor Glen Johnson of the State Regents for Higher Education.
Dispur seeks time for Plus II split Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:00PMGuwahati, July 8: Dispur has decided to approach the University Grants Commission to seek more time to bifurcate Plus II classes from degree colleges despite the fact that a majority of college teachers are getting impatient to be freed of the burden of teaching higher secondary classes.Highly placed sources told The Telegraphthat education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma would himself approach the ...
Facts Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:35PMUCI is one of 63 universities in the U.S. and Canada elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
Group says NM Baby Boomers better educated Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:12AMSANTA FE -- For the first time in state history, New Mexico's older residents are better educated than its younger ones.
Bunker Hill Community College Receives National Award for Climate Leadership Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:30PMBOSTON, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bunker Hill Community College has been acknowledged nationally at the 5th Annual American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) Summit, President Mary L. Fifield announced this week. BHCC is a charter signatory of the Climate Commitment. The summit was held in Washington, D.C., from June 23-24th, 2011.
Senate summons ex-PCSO executives Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:31PMand Jonathan de Santos read more
Empowering PWDs Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:28AMIn the midst of all the public attention attracted by Republic Act (RA) No. 9994 which enhanced the benefits given to senior citizens, an equally important law which provided for similar enhancements to the benefits granted to another marginalized sector of society has quietly slipped under the radar insofar as the general public is concerned.
WSU identified as potential university to benchmark fight against HIV/Aids Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:28AMTHE newly appointed HEAIDS High Education HIV/AIDS Programme Programme Manager, Dr Ramneek Ahluwalia, last week congratulated Walter Sisulu University for her aggressive programme in the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic. Ahluwalia, a physician by qualification, was speaking during his first visit to the institution in East London to introduce himself and to look at ways and means of moving ...
Cabinet secretary points to education deterioriation Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 2:06AMSANTA FE — For the first time in state history, New Mexico's older residents are better educated than its younger ones.
LCCC placed on probation Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:50AMThe Middle States Commission on Higher Education has placed Luzerne County Community College on probation for failing to provide sufficient evidence that the institution has complied with several accreditation standards, according to college officials and the commission’s website.
What's the Most Expensive College? The Least? Education Dept. Puts It All Online Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:47PMStudents and families can compare colleges' tuitions, the pace at which they are rising and the net cost of attending each college on a new Web site the Department of Education made public on Thursday, fulfilling a legislative mandate.
Marwan Alamat Joins Altius Education as Vice President, Information Technology Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 7:28PMAlamat, an ed-tech veteran, will play a major role in evolving the Altius technology portfolio through the creation of innovative online learning platforms. (PRWeb June 30, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8611310.htm
Micro-dragonflies and microvalves make mark at annual MEMS student design contest Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 12:28PM( DOE/Sandia National Laboratories ) A dragonfly as small as a dust mote, its four tiny wings beating like it had momentarily alit on a lily pad, and a highly sensitive microvalve were the big winners in this year's student design contest for extraordinarily tiny devices at Sandia National Laboratories.The winners -- Texas Tech University for the novel insect and Carnegie Mellon University for ...
Former NCCU leaders to fight allegations Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:00AMAudit alleges women took money from program intended to improve minority achievement in schools
NCCU uncovers secret account Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:15PMN.C. Central University has asked state and local prosecutors to help it recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in what state auditors are calling questionable payments from a secret bank account.
Governor O'Malley Releases Jobs Report on Maryland's Life Sciences at BIO 2011 Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 9:00PMLife sciences accounted for one third of all State's job gains between 2002 and 2010Washington, DC -...
Audit: $1 million skimmed at NCCU Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:15AMProgram director and former provost accused of collecting thousands from undisclosed checking account
How 'prestige' colleges slap students Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:27PMThis spring, Syracuse University an nounced that it will withdraw from the prestigious American Association of Universities after 45 years of membership. At the heart of the problem is what qualifies as "prestigious" in higher education today. Syracuse was really heading off a public embarrassment -- the AAU would probably...
Legislature gives Oregon University System freedom from agency status Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:04PMThe House on Monday passed by a large majority a bill to end the Oregon University System's status as a state agency, freeing its seven campuses from bureaucratic regulations.
Fiscal Responsibility Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 1:06AMThe proposed Ohio budget shows the same lack of vision that has plagued the state for decades. Rather than dipping into the state’s billion dollar rainy day fund, the Ohio House of Representatives has cut $800 million out of Gov. Bob Taffy’s proposed budget.
1890 program awards $1.5M in research grants Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:18PMSouth Carolina State University's 1890 Research and Extension Program has awarded $1.5 million in grants to fund research in everything from childhood obesity to livestock emergency response.
Jack McElroy: Econ 101: We get what we pay for Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:00PMThe only thing wrong with the University of Tennessee's 12 percent tuition hike is that it's too small. Families with kids at UT are getting a steal.
EUROPEAN UNION - Delegation of the European Union to the USA - Education Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 9:28AMLoading... "Our youth are the future of Europe and we all need to prepare for this future. Much still requires our efforts...Europe also has an important role to play in breaking down gender stereotypes...All young people should have the chance to spend part of their studies or training abroad."
Advancing U.S.-Caribbean Energy and Climate Cooperation Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 9:26PMDuring her June 22 visit to Jamaica, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced progress on existing programs and new initiatives between the United States and the Caribbean as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) and U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Cooperation.
20. PSD to focus on giving study awards to top pre-university students next year Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:44PMPETALING JAYA: A total policy review for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships will focus on awarding grants to top students who excel at pre-university, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
PSD to focus on giving study awards to top pre-university students next year Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:40PMHe said the review, set to be conducted next year, would gear PSD scholarships towards students who achieved excellent results in their pre-university courses instead of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).
OSHA Accepts Applications for Safety Training Grants Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:14AMOSHA is accepting applications for an available $4.7 million in Susan Harwood Training grants.