The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities 51st General Assembly
THE Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU) opens today its 51st General Assembly at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City, with the theme "New Horizons and Emerging Challenges for Accreditation.??

King bill to require all schools to be ready for tragedy
Colorado could become the first state in the nation to require all schools, colleges and universities to prepare for horrific incidents, such as shootings.

Kulongoski's budget boosts schools, cuts human services
Michelle ColeGov. Ted Kulongoski unveils his proposed 2009-11 budget Monday at the state Capitol. Public schools and colleges would be kept whole, and more people would get health insurance under Gov. Ted Kulongoski's proposed two-year budget, but some elderly and...

Lawmaker: Merge Black, White Colleges
A Georgia lawmaker says merging the state's historically black and white universities would save much-needed money.

Librarian leaves $2.2 million to her colleges
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - A retired Virginia school teacher and librarian who died two years ago left more than $2 million to split between the universities she attended, the schools announced Tuesday.

Multifaith prayer rooms 'should be in Catholic schools'
Catholic schools should set aside multifaith prayer rooms to accommodate Jewish Muslim Hindu and Sikh students according to guidance.

After iSchool, CEON to launch iCampus
Come December and CEON Solutions, a startup company incubated at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)'s Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), is all set to launch its latest software for colleges across the country.

U.S. schools become prime destination
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting, combined with China's booming economy and growing middle class.

'Soft' A-level warning for pupils
Universities and schools should warn students how 'softer' A-level subjects can narrow their degree choices, a report says.

Don't backslide on higher education
All of us will hurt if we backslide in our commitment to higher education. Balancing the state budget on colleges or universities, or on our students, won't lessen the burden.

Schools must return funds to Raleigh
Macon County Schools will be required to send approximately $174,000 back to the state due to the lack of current and anticipated revenues to support operations throughout state government.

State's colleges revamp remedial ed
Every year, more than 15,000 students enter Tennessee colleges unprepared for classwork.

Gaming: It's a career path now
Students flock to classes on video game design at Portland-area high schools and colleges

Some colleges going farther for students
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Colleges in New England and the upper Midwest say they're recruiting in Texas and California as the number of high school graduates decline.

Education cuts delay long-awaited improvements
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick's budget cuts to public schools, colleges and universities have put off, at least for a while, his long-range plans for the state's educational system.

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The Korean Council for University Education, which began overseeing the nation?s university admission this year for the first time, mentioned the possibility of abolishing two of the so-called ?three no policy? ? policies that forbid universities from managing their own admission exams, ranking students based on their high schools and accepting donations for student admissions - introduced by ...

Out-of-state colleges boost recruiting efforts in California
As the population of high school graduates declines nationwide, Midwest and East Coast colleges are hoping to attract California students to keep their enrollment numbers steady. Dory Streett didn't beat around the bush when she spoke to students recently at a high school near downtown Los Angeles about Colby College, a liberal arts school in Maine. It's 3,000 miles from home, there's snow ...

Governments, Schools Set Up Shop In Virtual Worlds
Have you ever dreamed of working with NASA scientists? How about flying through a hurricane or getting a front-row seat at a state department briefing?

Some colleges going farther for students
Colleges in New England and the upper Midwest say they're recruiting in Texas and California as the number of high school graduates decline.After a decade of growth, the nation's high school graduating class is expected to drop 4.5 percentage points overall by 2014, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.The deepest declines -- as much as 20 percent -- are expected to occur in New England and ...

Tertiary Institutions for Health Insurance Scheme
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) said it has extended its services to higher institutions across the country urging management of such schools to ensure that students? payments were collected at the point of entry.