Girl critically injured in beating by boy at Florida middle school

Girl critically injured in beating at Fla. school

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Authorities say a 15-year-old girl was savagely beaten by a teenage boy while waiting for her bus outside a Florida middle school.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office says the 15-year-old boy who attends a nearby high school came looking for the girl at Deerfield Beach Middle …. Original source  : Girl critically injured in beating by boy at Florida middle school.

Black NY professor who reported noose on her door loses lawsuit over firing; 2 others continue

NYC prof who reported noose loses suit over firing

NEW YORK – A black former college professor who reported finding a noose on her New York City office door has lost one of her three lawsuits surrounding plagiarism accusations that got her fired.
A Manhattan judge’s ruling says Teachers College officials acted within their authority in dismissing … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Black NY professor who reported noose on her door loses lawsuit over firing; 2 others continue.

Investor group buying Dana College in Neb., hope to double enrollment at small, private school

Investors buy private Dana College in Neb.

OMAHA, Neb. – Dana College will soon join the handful of private colleges that have been sold in recent years and converted from nonprofit organizations to for-profit corporations.
College officials announced Wednesday that a group of investors and an unnamed private equity firm agreed to buy the school in Blair. …. Read the original article  : Investor group buying Dana College in Neb., hope to double enrollment at small, private school.

Teams with low graduation rates should be barred from NCAA tourney, Education Secretary says

Ed secretary: ban NCAA teams with low grad rates

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed a proposal Wednesday to bar men’s college basketball teams from postseason play if they fail to graduate 40 percent of their players, an idea that didn’t go over well with the NCAA and coaches preparing for March Madness.
If put into … Read : Teams with low graduation rates should be barred from NCAA tourney, Education Secretary says.

Detroit district to close more than a quarter of its schools in June amid falling enrollment

44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June

DETROIT – Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit’s 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday.
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After spate of student deaths in signature gorges, Cornell fights its stigma of suicides

Cornell, campus of gorges, fights suicide stigma

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.
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New plan calls for 45 more Detroit schools to close as district confronts enrollment losses

45 Detroit schools slated for closing under plan

DETROIT – Detroit Public Schools are considering closing 45 schools in the next five years because students are leaving the district.
The district’s emergency financial manager Robert Bobb on Wednesday plans to release the possible closing dates. His $1 billion plan calls for closing the schools between 2010-2015, renovating … Original source on Gaea Times at : New plan calls for 45 more Detroit schools to close as district confronts enrollment losses.

Princeton author-scholar is re-elected as president of PEN literary and human rights group

Princeton scholar re-elected as PEN president

NEW YORK – Author-scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah has been elected to a second one-year term as president of the PEN American Center.
In a statement released Wednesday by the literary and human rights organization, Appiah said he was proud of PEN’s support for Chinese author-activist Liu Xiaobo and other imprisoned writers, … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Princeton author-scholar is re-elected as president of PEN literary and human rights group.