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news aggregatorAs Credit Woes Mount, Colleges See Hope in Bailout BillSmall private colleges are hoping that the bailout bill President Bush signed on Friday will help stabilize the markets and ease some of the financial pressures on them.
Best Education Practices Found Unlikely to Reach Underserved StudentsThe lower students' achievement levels are when they start college, the more they would benefit from certain educational activities, a study has found.
Update on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 29 UniversitiesThe 29 American universities seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $601.9-million during the last month for which they had data available.
L.A. Unified must start over on Maywood school plansThe district abandons its preferred site for a new high school, citing heavy contamination that would cost at least $22 million to clean up.
Los Angeles school officials are starting over on a high school project in Maywood because the preferred site is so contaminated by industrial chemicals that it would cost at least $22 million to clean up, which would delay construction by as much as six years. Bolshoi Ballet Academy gives young dancer the chance of a lifetimeIt's a long way from San Bernardino to Moscow, but Matthew Leonardi, 14, is making the leap.
In his tough San Bernardino neighborhood, Matthew Leonardi doesn't talk much of his graceful pirouettes or evenings spent dancing with girls in pink tutus. As Credit Crisis Freezes Colleges, Worries MountWhile some colleges face problems caused by the economic downturn, others may benefit from its fallout.
Google and Microsoft Stage Dueling Bus Tours to Promote College E-MailBoth Google and Microsoft took road trips to several colleges last month as they escalated their battle over who provides e-mail and other services to campuses.
Ig Nobel Prizes Salute Faux Crisp Chips and Other Research MilestonesAmid great foolishness and fanfare, scholars from around the globe collected awards Thursday night at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard University.
Opposition party in Egypt faces dissent from withinYoung members argue against religious rigidity in the Muslim Brotherhood, openly criticizing the group in their blogs.
He was a boy in the mosques of Alexandria when the Muslim Brotherhood took him into its fold, inviting him to soccer matches and trips to the seaside. IRS Releases Tax Questionnaire That Asks Colleges to Disclose MoreAs part of its study of various nonprofit sectors, the Internal Revenue Service is asking some 400 colleges to disclose a wide array of financial details, including gains and losses from business activities and perks for executives.
2 New Digital Models Promise Academic Publishing for ProfitNew ventures explore ways for academic publishers to put monographs online without driving themselves out of business.
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