India needs 800 more universities: Sibal

NEW DELHI – India needs at least 800 more universities in addition to its current number of 480 to boost higher education, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.

“Currently the gross enrolment ratio (GER) in India is 12.4 percent, and we intend to take it to 30 percent in the next few years,” Sibal … Read this article on Gaea Times at : India needs 800 more universities: Sibal.

Right to Education to start with deficit budget

NEW DELHI – The Right to Education (RTE) Act, which aims to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to Class 8, may not start with a bang as the scheme is facing several hurdles, including a shortage of around Rs.7,000 crore (Rs.70 billion), in the first year of implementation.

A senior official of …. Read the original article  : Right to Education to start with deficit budget.

Thanks to health care, private lenders set to lose student lending business worth billions

Banks on verge of losing student lending business
WASHINGTON – Banks and other private lenders are about to lose a $70 billion-a-year student loan business, part of a massive overhaul of college assistance programs that has received an unexpected boost from President Barack Obama’s health care success.
Industry lobbyists have watched helplessly as Democrats and …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Thanks to health care, private lenders set to lose student lending business worth billions.

ND lawyer says board can drop Fighting Sioux name, tribal members want time to voice opinions

Lawyer: ND board can drop Fighting Sioux nickname

BISMARCK, N.D. – An attorney for North Dakota says the state higher education board can drop the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname before the deadline in a court settlement.
But an attorney for eight Spirit Lake Sioux tribal members told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : ND lawyer says board can drop Fighting Sioux name, tribal members want time to voice opinions.

Reform Title IX or law misinterpreted? Man who wrote law, college chancellor agree it works

Official says football Title IX’s biggest problem

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A wrestling coach sees Title IX being used to discriminate against men. The man who wrote the original legislation thinks it’s working well with the numbers of both men and women playing college sports up greatly over the past four decades.
The head of an athletic department …. Read the original article  : here.

How young is too young? Recruiting is the game within the game of college basketball

Recruiting young hoopsters draws scrutiny
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – When Tyus Jones took the floor for his first varsity practice last fall, Tubby Smith was there to watch the budding star – who happens to be an eighth grader.

For kids like Jones, who plays at Apple Valley High School in this Minneapolis suburb, it’s not unusual …. Source  : How young is too young? Recruiting is the game within the game of college basketball.

St. John’s receives permission to interview Georgia Tech’s Paul Hewitt

St. John’s receives permission to interview Hewitt

ATLANTA – Georgia Tech has granted permission for St. John’s to interview Yellow Jackets coach Paul Hewitt.
Georgia Tech associate athletic director Wayne Hogan said St. John’s was given the OK on Tuesday to speak with Hewitt. Hogan said he did not know when the interview will take place.
Hogan said …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

No protests as pacifist Indiana college begins playing national anthem at sporting events

Pacifist college begins playing national anthem

GOSHEN, Ind. – Fans packed the stands and an American flag fluttered in a spring breeze as strains of the national anthem floated over the baseball field at Goshen College in what is typical pregame ritual for most Americans.
But both the flagpole and the anthem were new Tuesday to the …. Read the original article  : here.

With budgets getting bleaker, school leaders face unpopular idea of closing schools

Bleak budgets force schools to consider closure

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In a neighborhood dotted with boarded up homes, trash and gang graffiti, McCoy Elementary has been an oasis.
Now that the 94-year-old school is closing, residents are fearful that the neighborhood could become even worse, attracting drug dealers and vandals when the children are gone. McCoy [..] Read the original article: here.

RBC makes Grand Canyon Eductation ‘Top Pick,’ lifts price target; Strayer Education downgraded

RBC names Grand Canyon Education ‘Top Pick’

NEW YORK – An RBC analyst named Grand Canyon Education Inc. a “Top Pick” Tuesday, saying the for-profit school’s decision to charge for more credit hours will accelerate earnings growth.
In a client note, analyst Robert Wetenhall wrote investors are underestimating the benefit of Grand Canyon’s switch to charging for …. Read the original article  : RBC makes Grand Canyon Eductation ‘Top Pick,’ lifts price target; Strayer Education downgraded.

Huntington officials continue push on Google to make W.Va. city an ultra-fast broadband site

W.Va. city wants to be test site for fast Internet

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Mayor Kim Wolfe has trotted out an old campaign prop to help the city’s effort to win over Google and become a test site for the company’s ultra-fast broadband experiment.
Wolfe, a former mounted police officer, says a video showing him riding a horse …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Huntington officials continue push on Google to make W.Va. city an ultra-fast broadband site.

More Americans hit the river banks instead of the money banks to have free time fun

Gone fishing? More Americans did in ‘09
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – At a time when the economy has shaken big-time sports from the PGA to the NFL, the low-key pastime of fishing has enjoyed a quiet resurgence.

A pair of recent studies indicate that families have been turning to fishing, which can be as simple as standing on … Original source on Gaea Times at : More Americans hit the river banks instead of the money banks to have free time fun.

‘Patty Duke Show’ cast reunites in ad touting Social Security online applications

‘Patty Duke Show’ cast reunites for ad
LOS ANGELES – The cast of TV’s 1960s comedy “The Patty Duke Show” is reuniting to promote the Social Security Administration’s new online service aimed at baby boomers.

Duke and Social Security commissioner Michael J. Astrue were in Los Angeles on Tuesday to debut the public service announcement.
The Social Security …. Source  : ‘Patty Duke Show’ cast reunites in ad touting Social Security online applications.

Duke Energy top executive Rogers receives 2009 compensation of $6.5 million

Duke CEO receives 2009 compensation of $6.5M

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The top executive of one of the nation’s largest power companies received total compensation of $6.5 million in 2009, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing.
Almost all of the compensation, $6.1 million, for Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of …. Read the original article  : Duke Energy top executive Rogers receives 2009 compensation of $6.5 million.

Sibal advocates public-private partnerships in education

NEW DELHI – From outsourcing infrastructure development of educational institutions to adopting the no work no pay principle in government institutes, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday called for a better tie-up with the private sector.

This will have the advantage of mitigating government capex (capacity expansion), so that extensive infrastructure can be built very …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Supreme Court rules for bankrupt student in dispute over loan repayment

Court sides with debtor in student loan case

WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a man who wanted his student loans dismissed through bankruptcy without having to prove that paying the money back would cause an “undue hardship.”
Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday in his opinion for the court that debtors must …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Supreme Court rules for bankrupt student in dispute over loan repayment.

Ex-Princeton donors announce new foundation to give scholarships at variety of universities

Donors who sued Princeton announce new foundation

PRINCETON, N.J. – A foundation formed in the aftermath of a legal settlement between Princeton University and disgruntled donors says it will fund scholarships for students planning careers in federal government service.
The Robertson Foundation for Government says its scholarships won’t be limited to graduate students at any one university.
Princeton …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

MAT to continue with online, paper-pencil formats

CHANDIGARH – The Centre for Management Services (CMS), which conducts the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) across India, is in no mood to completely switch over to the online version and will continue with both paper-pencil and online formats of the exam.

Keeping various factors in mind, we have decided to continue MAT in both paper-pencil and …. Read the original article  : MAT to continue with online, paper-pencil formats.

Proposed Knowledge Park on Hyderabad campus sparks row

HYDERABAD – The decision of the University of Hyderabad to lease out 200 acres of land for Knowledge and Innovation Park (KIP) on the campus has sparked a row with a section of teachers and students strongly opposing the move.

The protest by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the faculty, non-teaching staff and students and … Read more »».

Indian owned college collapses in Australia

MELBOURNE – Hundreds of international students, including many Indians, have been left clueless about their future as a college owned by an Indian collapsed in Australia.

With Sydney-based Austech Institute for Further Studies going for voluntary liquidation late last week, over 750 international students are looking at an uncertain future.
The hospitality college, owned by … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Indian owned college collapses in Australia.