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First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 3 reports

Rs 50 crore sanctioned for Punjab govt colleges

Chandigarh: Punjab government on Saturday sanctioned Rs 50 crore for the upgradation of infrastructure in government colleges across the state.Presiding over a meeting of the principals of government colleges in Chandigarh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh ... [Published zeenews.com - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Chandigarh, Higher Education, Sardar Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Government

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Need for centre of excellence in every varsity: Mukherjee (Lead)

Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) Expressing concern over the declining standards of higher education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for identifying at least one department in each university that could be made a centre of excellen ... [Published ProKerala.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Pranab Mukherjee, Higher Education, Education, Baddi (India)

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Pranab Mukherjee

President concerned over crime against women

SHIMLA: Expressing concern over rising incidents of crime against women and children, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called for effective measures to ensure their safety and security.Underlining the need for arresting the moral decline in society, ... [Published The Gulf Today - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Pranab Mukherjee, Higher Education, Crime

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Mark Dayton

Governor Dayton Takes Action on Higher Education Bill

Today, Governor Mark Dayton signed Chapter 99, Senate File 1236, The Omnibus Higher Education Bill, with the exception of a line item veto on Pages 5, line 5.29. The Governor’s letter regarding the line item veto is attached here.Budget for a Better Minnesota: ... [Published Office of the Governor of Minnesota - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Higher Education, Mark Dayton, Action, University of Minnesota

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 4 reports

Office For National Statistics

Statistics show another sharp fall in net migration numbers

The Office for National Statistics published itsd quarterly report on immigration yesterday, featuring figures which show a net inflow of 153,000 people to the UK in the 12 months ending September 2012. This is significantly lower that then 242,000 inflow ... [Published Migrants Rights Network - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, United Kingdom, Institute For Public Policy Research, Office For National Statistics, Abuse

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 reports

John Tierney

Over a Million Signatures in Support for Sen. Warren's Student Loan Bill

Warren's inaugural bill endorsed by universities, Nobel laureates and political organizations- Lauren McCauley, staff writerSenator Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) call to lower student loan interest rates to the same "discounted rates" given to big banks ... [Published Common Dreams - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Student Loan Corporation, Joseph Stiglitz, student loan, John Tierney

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 reports

Sheila Dikshit

15 get outstanding college teacher award

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today presented awards to "outstanding" college teachers for the year 2012-13.Teachers in 28 colleges funded by the Delhi government and affiliated to DU were considered for the award.Fifteen associate ... [Published Press Trust of India - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Sheila Dikshit, New Delhi (India), Higher Education

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Lack of information hampers decisions

One reason SA is struggling to deal with problems in higher education is that government lacks reliable information on which to base policy decisions. The result is an education system that fails to produce useful graduates and leads to a skills mismatch ... [Published Biz Community - May 24 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, Peliwe Lolwana, Education

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

N.D. higher education officials to revisit tuition

TweetSource:The state Board of Higher Education might put tuition back on the drawing board.The board approved a plan earlier this month allows colleges the option of increasing tuition at various rates, from 2.13 percent at Lake Region State College ... [Published University Business - May 23 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, Lake Region State College, Inflation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Diederich elected president of SBHE

FARGO, N.D.-- North Dakota's embattled State Board of Higher Education will soon have a new president.FARGO, N.D.-- North Dakota's embattled State Board of Higher Education will soon have a new president.During a special meeting Thursday on the North ... [Published Prairie Business - May 23 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

Higher ed system increasingly separate and unequal, new report says

The nation’s community colleges are serving poorer and increasingly more African-American and Latino students, but getting a smaller piece of the federal aid pie, according to by the Century Foundation.The resulting separate and unequal higher education ... [Published Capital Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Affirmative Action

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

J-K's higher education department to go paperless

The higher education department in Jammu and Kashmir will go paperless within the next six months. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 23 2013]

Entities: Higher Education

Quotes

...Committee, Najith Indika, said students would continue the protest until the government stopped admitting outside students to state universities. "If the government does not stop this after our protest, we will launch class boycotting as the next phase of the protest" he said

More foreign students, scholarships in pursuit of hub [Published University World News - 39 mins ago]

...& Industry and the sponsors have provided to our students," said Sue Kong, Assistant Professor - College of Business at Kutztown University. "By participating in this Business Idea Challenge, my students have expanded their entrepreneurial vision and sharpened their presentation skills."

Kutztown idea wins business challenge [Published Lehigh Valley Business - 1 hour ago]

"International experience shows private sector and alumni participation is behind the success of top universities like Harvard, Yale and Stanford. Even today, private institutions account for nearly 60 percent of the total enrolment in our country. But there is a need for better management" he said

Need for centre of excellence in every varsity: Mukherjee (Lead) [Published ProKerala.com - 1 hour ago]

...On the contrary, you get more people interested in France, more people interested in the ideas that French intellectuals have," he says. "They get passionate about the place. And so France carries on living in their imaginations when they've left France again."

War Of Words: France Debates Teaching Courses In English [Published WKAR - 1 hour ago]

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Graduation information; end-of-year calendar re... [Published Southern Maryland Online - 18 mins ago]
Rs 50 crore sanctioned for Punjab govt colleges [Published zeenews.com - 24 mins ago]
Senior stepping back but will still be around CTU [Published Catholic New World - 30 mins ago]
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Joblessness fears as seven million graduates hi... [Published University World News - 39 mins ago]
More foreign students, scholarships in pursuit ... [Published University World News - 39 mins ago]
‘India’s growth strategy holds lessons for deve... [Published Hindu Business Line - 46 mins ago]
Good things come to those who wait [Published University World News - 51 mins ago]
Rs 50 cr sanctioned for govt colleges [Published Press Trust of India - 51 mins ago]
Speech by the Honble President at the Inaugurat... [Published Press Information Bureau - 53 mins ago]
Dominick's Awards $25,000 to Alpha Kappa Alpha ... [Published Prlog - 59 mins ago]
Congratulations, graduates [Published Wilkes Journal Patriot - 1 hour ago]
Our View: Higher education shines here [Published Merced Sun-Star - 1 hour ago]
221 Receive Pahang Medals And State Awards [Published Bernama - 1 hour ago]
Kutztown idea wins business challenge [Published Lehigh Valley Business - 1 hour ago]
California Community Colleges begin to expand s... [Published Lake County News - 1 hour ago]
Need for centre of excellence in every varsity:... [Published ProKerala.com - 1 hour ago]
War Of Words: France Debates Teaching Courses I... [Published WKAR - 1 hour ago]
US, India to streamline education visa process [Published GG2.net - 1 hour ago]
CHED acts vs. maritime schools [Published Visayan Daily Star - 1 hour ago]
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Facing education reality [Published Santa Maria Times - 3 hours ago]
President calls for centre of excellence in eve... [Published Business Standard India - 3 hours ago]
President calls for centre of excellence in eve... [Published Mangalorean - 3 hours ago]
Foundation honours McDonald, Bales for supporti... [Published Brandon Sun - 3 hours ago]

Blogs

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5 Sneaky Ways to Get In-State Tuition for Your ... [Published EquityJungle - v0.1 - 6 hours ago] Filed under: Student Loans , Family Money , College , Financial Aid , Education Alamy Great news! Your daughter is ready to go off to college, and you just heard back that she's been accepted to the University of Virginia, where in-state tuition ...
J. J. Abrams: To Boldly Serve -- How Star Trek ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11 hours ago] When we began work on Star Trek Into Darkness, we realized it would be released in May 2013, a moment when our nation would have the opportunity and responsibility to make sure we help these post-9/11 veterans transition back to jobs, higher education, ...
America's Top Colleges Have A Rich-Kid Problem [Published Clusterstock - 13 hours ago] In case you ever wondered just how much wealthy students dominate America's top colleges, here's a nice illustration from a new report by the Century Foundation. At the most selective schools in the country,* 70 percent of students come from the wealthiest ...
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Tyranny Of ... [Published Instapundit - 18 hours ago] HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Tyranny Of College. “College isn’t for everyone, and there’s data to prove it. During the 2011-12 academic year, the number of students enrolled in American colleges and universities dropped by 1.6 percent, while ...
Custodian, vet tech and other staffers earn deg... [Published Cornell News Highlights - 19 hours ago] Staff members completing degrees in institutions of higher education celebrated with family and friends at the Staff Graduate Reception May 20. ...

Audio/Video

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Rep. Luke Messer Urges Support for Legislation ... [Published Education and Labor Republicans - YouTube Channel - May 23 2013]
NEWSMAKER: Larry Summers on challenges to the e... [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 17 2013]
Students Discuss Need for Transparency in Colle... [Published Senator Ron Wyden - YouTube Channel - May 09 2013]
HIV/AIDS and Higher Education [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - Apr 30 2013]
Keeping College Within Reach [Published Rep. Virginia Foxx - YouTube Channel - Apr 25 2013]

Press Releases

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Las Vegas Entrepreneur and Managing Partner of ... [Published Business Wire - 11 hours ago]
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Verizon Wireless Announces Finalists in Mobile ... [Published Business Wire Technology News - 22 hours ago]
Encouraging young Victorians to take up higher ... [Published Premier of Victoria - May 24 2013]