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For-profit schools cry foul on loan rules (Reuters)

Published on November 4, 2010 By

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For-profit schools are opposing what they argue is a “retroactive” crackdown on student loan defaults, and said on Thursday that they may challenge the U.S. Education Department in court. The fight over whether the department can look at default data of students who left school three years ago is the latest twist in a larger battle over new rules aimed at cracking down on tuition loan abuses and ensuring courses lead to gainful employment.

Court to decide university patent case (AP)

Published on November 1, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will decide whether patents on inventions that arise from federally-funded research must go to the university where the inventor worked. The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Stanford University

New federal regulations target for-profit colleges (AP)

Published on October 28, 2010 By

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday will release finalized regulations targeting for-profit colleges that give the government a stronger hand overseeing the fast-growing sector — including new rules reining in how recruiters are paid and a controversial attempt to define credit hours.

Obama to test Archimedes solar ray legend (AFP)

Published on October 18, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Monday he will star on reality show “Mythbusters” next month but lamented that he will not get to blow anything up on the explosives-prone program.

Gates Foundation Announces $20 Million Fund to Improve Education with Tech (Mashable)

Published on October 12, 2010 By rohit

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has announced that his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is launching a $20 million grant designed to get entrepreneurs to develop new technologies to help students obtain their college degrees. The Gates Foundation is seeking to get entrepreneurs involved in tackling the issues surrounding America’s struggling education system.

Gates Foundation Launches $20M Grant for Online Ed (PC Magazine)

Published on October 12, 2010 By rohit

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced a $20 million grant program to improve college graduation rates via technology, which will probably be oriented around online education and learning programs. Next year, the focus will be expanded to K-12 programs, Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft and the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said in a conference call

Egypt’s education system needs an overhaul (Reuters)

Published on October 6, 2010 By

CAIRO (Reuters) – Sawsan Gomaa, 18, thought memorizing vocabulary and grammar from the ministry textbook would be enough to ace Egypt’s yearly national language exam for high school graduates, the main gateway to university.

Have You Been Burned By Wall Street? (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on September 30, 2010 By

During his summer break from college, my son tried to sell me on the merits of the popular television series Burn Notice . In this TV drama, Jeffrey Donovan plays Michael Westen, a former covert operative who unjustly receives a “burn notice”–an espionage-style termination that results in the immediate eradication of his assets and influence, leaving him isolated and alone. The finance industry has a similar practice.

Audit says Mo. schools could have gotten $21M more (AP)

Published on September 23, 2010 By

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

Newark, NJ, schools to get $100M Facebook donation (AP)

Published on September 23, 2010 By

NEWARK, N.J. – Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old wunderkind behind Facebook is making a move to become a player in philanthropy just before the opening of a film that portrays him as less than charitable. The recipient of his $100 million donation — thought to be the biggest of his young life — is the Newark public schools, a long-struggling district that could use the money to become a laboratory for reforms