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"A Brutal Wakeup Call for Part-Time B-Schools" (In Depth, Nov. 16, 2009)

BusinessWeek 4 days ago

"A Brutal Wakeup Call for Part-Time B-Schools" (In Depth, Nov. 16, 2009) "A Brutal Wakeup Call for Part-Time B-Schools" (In Depth, Nov. 16) misidentified Gordon Armstrong. He is the director of marketing communication and competitive intelligence at Duke Corporate Copyright 2009 BusinessWeek

Miss. proposal to merge black schools draws fire

AP News 4 days ago

Opposition strong to Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's 3 black universities into 1 Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long ...

Anatomy drawings owned by Ben Franklin on display

AP Features 4 days ago

Centuries before X-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds gave doctors a view inside the human body, the best images medical students often had were illustrations drawn by artists of bodies in a morgue. The country's oldest hospital has unveiled a new exhibit of ...

Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality

AP News 4 days ago

Gates Foundation commits $335M for teacher quality experiments in 4 states, national research Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality — from paying new teachers to ...

Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination

AP News 4 days ago

Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination in 2010 as Otter seeks to balance $52M gap Two months before the 2010 Idaho Legislature convenes, the session's bitter tenor is set: Public education funding is due to be slashed again and state agencies ...

Study charts use of 'swap' deals by Pa. schools

AP News 4 days ago

Auditor general says one-fifth of Pa. school districts involved in risky 'swap' investments Auditor General Jack Wagner said about one-fifth of Pennsylvania's school districts have recently been involved with interest rate "swaps," a practice he said the Legislature should ban. Wagner said ...

Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding

AP News 4 days ago

Second Fla. lawsuit in as many weeks accuses state of shortchanging state's public schools State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high ...

Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges

AP News 5 days ago

Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges after uproar over Notre Dame's honor of Obama Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights. The U.S. Conference of ...

Missouri to freeze higher education tuition

AP News 5 days ago

Gov. Nixon: Missouri will freeze public higher education tuition for second straight year Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday. Nixon said he will have ...

Supreme Court Scalia

AP News 6 days ago

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks during a symposium on the Constitution at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) Copyright 2009 AP News

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