National merit semifinalist: John Rockenbach | Moapa Valley High School Review Journal | ■ What college do you plan on attending and for what major? | I hope to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology and major in computer science. Computer science interests me because I find cybersecurity to be a fascinating and pre...
Coalition warns on school funding ahead of release of Gonski review The Australian | THE Coalition has not ruled out supporting the recommendations of the upcoming Gonski review of school funding, as the Gillard government prepares to accept the long-awaited reform blueprint. | Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne told S...
Mature students feel the chill as fears rise over higher fees The Observer Fewer mature students are likely to apply to university this autumn, according to new figures published byu Ucas. Photograph: Rob Judges/Alamy | New figures out are expected to show that applications from UK pupils to study at university this autumn ...
IN MEMORIUM - DR. LINDA KENNEDY: She put students first Nashville Tennessean | MURFREESBORO — Smyrna Middle Principal Linda Kennedy was remembered Thursday as an educator who put the needs of students first and one willing to listen. | Kennedy, 65, died Thursday following her second battle with cancer in as many years. She wa...
State higher education spending decreases The Examiner | A study released on Jan 23 found that funding for higher education decreased due to recession set backs and an end of federal stimulus funds. The overall decline in spending is around $6 billion, which is a 8% decrease from last year’s ...
Chinese Tourists Return to Japan Wall Street Journal By YUKA HAYASHI | TOKYO—After being scared off by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chinese tourists are visiting Japan in record numbers again, generating much-needed business and optimism for the nation's struggling retail and tourism sectors. | During the Lunar New Year holiday that sent millions of people traveling across Asia and b...
Obama 'putting colleges on notice' on high tuition The Guardian | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Associated Press= ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation's colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they "jack up tuition" every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value. | Obama can't proceed, though, without the OK f...
