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Australia: Maths, physics fail to get the numbers at school

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 24, Clicks: 5)  
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Data prepared for The Sunday Age by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, which oversees the VCE, show a significant decline in enrolments for the more difficult maths subjects - maths methods and specialist maths - over the past decade.

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Australia: Policies 'deter' overseas students

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 29, Clicks: 5)  
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Private education providers are struggling, largely because of federal government policies that have made it harder for foreigners to study in Australia, said Shruti Nargundkar, chief executive of one provider.

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Top Oklahoma education official criticizes Obama's plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 5)  
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Oklahoma's top higher education official says he thinks the Obama administration's higher education agenda is the wrong approach to ensuring college affordability.

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College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://seattletimes.nwsource.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

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Canadian 2-year colleges show path to jobs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)  
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Hugely popular for emphasizing practical skills that lead directly to careers, community colleges — most of which simply call themselves colleges, as opposed to universities — get much of the credit for making Canada second in the world in the percentage of young people ages 25 to 34 who hold some sort of postsecondary degree, according to a 2011 report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.

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College leaders question Obama’s tuition plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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Daniel de Vise -- According to a White House fact sheet, the president’s proposal would reward colleges that set “responsible tuition policy,” either by “offering relatively lower net tuition prices” or “restraining tuition growth”. Colleges would be judged on two other factors: how well they prepare graduates to get jobs and repay student loans, and their performance in enrolling and graduating low-income students.

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Obama decries rising cost of college education

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 7)  
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President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds.

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State higher education spending sees big decline

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.miamiherald.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 4)  
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State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday.

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Obama to target rising college tuition costs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 5)  
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President Barack Obama wants to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that aren't controlling tuition costs to those that are. He's also proposing competitions among higher education institutions to encourage them to run more efficiently.

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Obama to target rising college tuition costs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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On Tuesday during his State of the Union address, Obama put colleges and universities on notice to control soaring tuition costs or face losing federal dollars.

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More college freshmen see getting good job as key goal, poll finds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)  
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The UCLA survey asks first-year students to select reasons they are pursuing higher education. The 85.9% who cite job concerns is the most in the 40 years the question has been asked.

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Bill to align colleges, labor data wins approval

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.miamiherald.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)  
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Colorado's colleges would have to work with labor experts to find out where jobs are under a bill that received bipartisan backing in a state House committee Wednesday.

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Former Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor picks Harvard fellowship over shot at TU presidency

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.allvoices.com (Views: 50, Clicks: 6)  
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Former Mayor Kathy Taylor will not be seeking the University of Tulsa presidency because she is participating in a fellowship program at Harvard University's Institute of Politics this spring.

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Additional $34 million sought for higher education in Oklahoma

Buldog sumitted ago via http://www.allvoices.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 5)  
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State Chancellor Glen Johnson is traveling across the state touting the accomplishments of Oklahoma's colleges to lawmakers and legislators and making the case for a budget increase for higher education in 2012-13.

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Va. students object to Martin Luther King Jr. Day classes

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)  
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Washington and Lee University will hold classes Monday over the objections of David Knoespel and some of his law school classmates, who unsuccessfully petitioned their institution to shut down for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

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