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As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug (AP)

Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:50:58 PM CST

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 photo, students walk through the campus of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. When US News & World Report debuted its list of “America's Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. Arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves. A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna, a highly regarded California liberal arts college, resigned after acknowledging he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to rankings publications such as US News. The scale was small: submitting scores just 10 or 20 points higher on the 1600-point SAT math and reading exams. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.


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Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)

Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:44:29 PM CST

In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, archived editions of the Brown University Herald used by Brown senior Malcolm Burnley, 22, sit on a shelf at the John Hay Library on campus in Providence, R.I. Burnley discovered a long-lost tape recording of a 1961 address by Malcolm X at Brown while Burnley was combing through archived editions of the Herald conducting research for a nonfiction writing class. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.


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Year-over-year jobs data by race and education (AP)

Friday, February 3, 2012 3:00:40 PM CST

AP - Year-over-year jobs data by race and education

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Former Ala. professor's lawyers want trial delayed (AP)

Friday, February 3, 2012 11:01:01 AM CST

AP - Lawyers for a former Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting want a state appeals court to delay her March trial because officials haven't paid for expert witnesses or testing by a neurologist.

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Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation (Reuters)

Friday, February 3, 2012 9:15:33 AM CST

Reuters - Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate in fewer semesters.

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AP source: Facebook IPO won't affect Newark pledge (AP)

Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:21:40 PM CST

An illustration picture shows a woman looking at the Facebook website on a computer in Munich February 2, 2012. Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)AP - Facebook's public stock offering apparently will not affect its company co-founder's pledge of shares worth $100 million to the Newark, N.J., school system.


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Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments (AP)

Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:29:25 PM CST

AP - Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.

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Summary Box: Sallie Mae changes policy on loan fee (AP)

Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:05:51 PM CST

AP - THE NEWS: Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee that struggling borrowers must pay to temporarily suspend payments.

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Lawmakers delay hearing on school trans fat ban (AP)

Thursday, February 2, 2012 1:11:28 PM CST

In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, Alexes Garcia makes cinnamon rolls for student's lunch in the kitchen at Kepner Middle School in Denver. The rolls are made using apple sauce instead of trans fats. Junk food in school cafeterias has been under attack for years. Now Colorado is considering the nation's toughest ban on unhealthy fats in school foods, a ban that could endanger pizza, french fries and other childhood favorites. A bill pending in the state Legislature would make margarine, vegetable shortening and other traditional trans fats off-limits. The ban would apply to school lunches, school breakfasts, a la carte side items and vending machines. Schools could still serve fried foods, but not using traditional oils containing artery-clogging trans fats. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.


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Stomach illness strikes 300 San Francisco students (Reuters)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:37:14 PM CST

Reuters - A Jesuit high school in San Francisco was closed for the rest of the week on Wednesday after about 300 students and 30 faculty were stricken by a stomach ailment marked by nausea and vomiting, officials there said.

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When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students (Time.com)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 2:10:00 AM CST

Time.com - States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good

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Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged (AP)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:59:32 PM CST

AP - Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.

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Authorities probe use of seclusion rooms for disabled (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:15:22 PM CST

Reuters - Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday.

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$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:57:40 PM CST

AP - Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys' fees.

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Education: States should do more to reach students (AP)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:28:30 PM CST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about No Child Left Behind Reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Department of Education highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students. The Obama administration praised the states for their high academic standards. But nearly every application was critiqued for being loose on setting high goals and, when necessary, interventions, for all student groups — including minorities, the disabled and low-income — or failing to create sufficient incentives to close the achievement gap. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.


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Suggestions to Fix Higher Education (ContributorNetwork)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:14:46 PM CST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Time.com, President Barack Obama has a tough road ahead in convincing colleges and universities to lower tuition rates and increasing infrastructure costs for schools.

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Michigan School District Files Lawsuit, Forms Coalition to Block EFM (ContributorNetwork)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:14:45 PM CST

ContributorNetwork - Highland Park (Mich.) School District, which was placed under the auspices of an emergency financial manager on Monday, announced the formation of a coalition designed to oppose state control and decide upon alternative measures, according to Michigan Radio.

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Charter Schools -- Unsafe Pressure-Release Valves We Don't Need (ContributorNetwork)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:14:44 PM CST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Butrymowicz on Time.com reports about myriad difficulties facing charter schools and the families of their students when those schools are forced to close. Charter schools are defined in as schools that "get public funds but operate without usual bureaucratic constraints." The purpose, to be sure, is noble: Help students who are not thriving in traditional public schools pursue academic success in smaller, more supportive environments.

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19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift (AP)

Monday, January 30, 2012 2:57:48 PM CST

AP - A 19-year-old University of Utah student likely suffered a medical episode before she fell from a popular Park City ski resort and died, an official said Monday.

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College Tuition Controversy Highlights Challenges (ContributorNetwork)

Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:40:53 AM CST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to the Associated Press, President Barack Obama is upset with colleges and universities that have been raising their tuition rates, forcing an increasing number of students into debt as college degrees are worth less in a down economy. He has threatened to cut federal dollars for these schools and transfer the money to schools that offer good education for a reasonable price.



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