‘Wallace, you have a crisis here’
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U-Md. President Wallace Loh says he knew constructing a new house would rouse emotions.
The other side of higher ed in China
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Hundreds of private colleges and universities have opened in China in the past decade, in response to soaring demand for higher education in the world’s most populous nation.
N.J.’s student drain is region’s gain
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Area schools find the Garden State is ripe for picking students looking to out of state for college.
Start-ups offer virtually free college
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Online entrepreneurs are trying to lower higher education costs to nearly nothing, with influential help.
National Education
Seven misconceptions about how students learn
Here are seven of the biggest myths about learning that, unfortunately, guide the way many schools are organized in this era of standardized test-based public school reform.
Chris Brown, the Grammys and anti-bullying efforts
At a time when schools across the country are struggling to figure out how to stop kids from savagely bullying each other, it seems fair to ask why the producers of the 2012 Grammy Awards thought it was an acceptable message to young people to allow Chris Brown to perform just three years after he famously beat up his girlfriend, Rihanna.
Obama seeks more education funds
For education, the president hopes to increase spending to $69.8 billion in fiscal 2013, which is 2.5 percent more than the current budget of $68.1 billion.
U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs
The Rotunda is crumbling. But the $51 million repair project is one urgent need among many for a higher education system that is a source of both pride and worry for Virginia’s leaders.
Crackdown at Naval Academy
Synthetic marijuana, commonly called “spice,” is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy, some midshipmen say.
College Tour ‘10
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