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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:46 PM

Higher Education

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Name: Higher Education

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Universities warned to expect heavy cuts

Universities have been warned to expect heavy cuts next year as the head of their funding body told them that the golden age of rising budgets was over.Fields for research funding would become more limited, money for teaching would be scaled back and ... [Times Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Teaching, Alan Langlands, Higher Education

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents

Tennessee collegians likely to face at least 5 percent hike in tuition

(The Commercial Appeal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --Students at Tennessee's public colleges and universities can plan on a tuition hike of at least 5 percent next fall and possibly fewer course offerings as a result of further ... [Individual.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Higher Education

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Regents Raise Tuition In Calif. by 32 Percent

As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression, every professor, administrator and clerical worker has been put on furlough amounting to an average pay cut of 8 percent.In chemistry ... [Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Higher Education, Berkeley (California, United States), UCLA, Kevin Starr

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Gary Forsee

But UM campuses and others would have to cut 5.2% from their budgets.

would not see a tuition or fee increase next school year in a plan being forwarded by Gov. Jay Nixon.Under the agreement between the universities and the governor, the state would maintain higher education funding at about 95 percent of the current fiscal ... [STLtoday.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Higher Education, Ron Richard, Gary Forsee, Jay Nixon, Chris Kelly

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

Knight Frank LLP

University of Nottingham deal offers lesson in developing property with little risk

Universities Partnerships Programme (UPP) has signed a 115 million deal with the University of Nottingham to provide 850 student bedrooms.The deal, backed by Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland, reflects the appeal of student accommodation ... [Times Online - 23 hours ago]

Entities: University of Nottingham, Knight Frank LLP, UNITE Group plc, Higher Education

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

The high cost of budget cuts

NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. NYSUT represents more than 600,000 teachers, school-related professionals, academic and professional faculty in higher education, professionals in education and health care and retirees. NYSUT is affiliated with the American ... [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]

Entities: New York State United Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, Service Mark

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

PCHE's Response to Mayor Ravenstahl's News Conference

Pittsburgh - The Presidents of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education (PCHE) institutions have offered to meet with the Mayor and with City Council to discuss our concerns about the proposed 1% Tuition Tax on students which they are planning to pursue. ... [Street Insider - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taxes, Pittsburgh, La Roche College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

STUDY EXPLAINS THE OXBRIDGE DIFFERENCE

A new report says Oxford and Cambridge are qualitatively different from other UK universities but suggests they could follow some American institutions in being explicit about their aims to achieve the best social and ethnic mix of students. The independent ... [PublicNet - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Cambridge (United Kingdom), Higher Education, United Kingdom

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

ASU among top universities chosen by international students

ASU is once again among the top choices for international students, placing 18th in the nation among all colleges and universities, according to a report released this week from the Institute of International Education.ASU has 3,549 international students ... [Arizona State University - 11/19/2009]

Entities: China, Higher Education, India, Institute of International Education

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Industrial energy efficiency projects land $155M; Chamber advises cutting capital gains for startups

Industrial energy efficiency projects receive $155 millionThe Department of Energy awarded $155 million in economic stimulus funds for 41 projects to improve energy efficiency at industrial facilities. The industrial sector accounts for more than 30 percent ... [Mass High Tech - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Capital Gain, Startup, Higher Education

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

A Tale of Two Lobbying Firms

My university for three years employed two different Washington lobbying firms. That is not particularly unusual for a large research university with an enrollment of more than 20,000 students and assorted professional schools.I'm not going to elaborate ... [Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Washington DC, Higher Education, Obama Administration, Recession

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Pricey Private College Perception Fades for Some

You may think that the private college or university on your list (or maybe in the back of your mind as a dream school) is too expensive. But that may no longer be the case, as some private schools are cutting tuition and offering more financial aid to ... [College Bound Teen - 11/19/2009]

Entities: National Association of Independent Colleges an..., Barry University, University of San Francisco

Quotes

...Most of the delegates are visiting the Sultanate for the first time. "I am impressed with the university and surprised that so many Omani female students are studying in all departments" said Dr Mai Thewes, consultant for arabianexpatcoach

German business delegation visits GUtech [Oman Observer - 7 mins ago]

James Bywater, head psychologist at talent assessment company SHL, told the newspaper that a lack of graduate jobs has "led many students to widen their search and apply for roles they hadn't originally considered because they can no longer afford to put all their eggs in one basket." The newspaper cited research from the HigherHigher Education Careers Services Unit, which places architecture and construction students as the worst...

Graduate job hunters 'must be flexible' [Gradplus.com - 2 hours ago]

...other states, and just in the state of Michoacan for example, 11,000 schools went on strike, as well all the higherhigher education institutions. "It's also necessary to consider the amount of disorganization and domination which the large part of the Mexican working class has found itself in. What happened today signifies, without any doubt, a 'leap' in the consciousness of the Mexican working class. We need to be patient, but it seems to me that we're on the threshold of qualitative change."

A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day [Upside Down World - 7 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Making allowances for childcare \| Benjamin Dierks [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago] Cash incentives alone won't solve childcare – perhaps Gordon Brown should look at Germany's response to a 'stove premium'While Gordon Brown has had to rethink his ...
Mo. governor: Community colleges to freeze tuition [Economy-Finance - 20 hours ago] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— Community colleges have joined Missouri’s four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials ...
Ramon Resa, MD: Flee the Toxic Parents, the Tox... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] Danny, a sixteen-year old, came into my office exhibiting signs of depression. No wonder, his mother had just fled the household to escape her abusive ...
Allison Kilkenny: University of California: Whe... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] Chaos descended upon the University of California campus this week when thousands of student protesters faced off against armed police after UC's Board ...
Undoing Reagan - Restoring the California Dream [MyDD - 11/20/2009] Ronald Reagan launched his political career in 1966 in his run for the governorship in California by targeting UC Berkeley's student peace activists, its professors, ...

Audio/Video

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Intellectual Disabilities and College [UC Television - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
The Evil of Banality [Slate Magazine - 10/30/2009]
Troubling new revelations about Arendt and Heid... [Slate Magazine - 10/30/2009]
TERRA 526: Climate Change in the Carribean, Par... [Mefeedia Video Tag : physi - 10/21/2009]
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