Calcutta Business School Unveils New Courses

KOLKATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)-Calcutta Business School which is a S K Birla institute is going to launch a special management program aimed at the working executives. This is a step taken in the lines of premier institutions like IIM. The one year and there month long executive MBA program will be offered by the institute from …. Original source  : Calcutta Business School Unveils New Courses.

More students to take DU online exam this year

NEW DELHI – The number of students who will take Delhi University’s online exam for environmental studies this year will go up to 3,281, an official said Friday.

According to A.K. Bakshi, director of the Institute for Lifelong Learning in the university, 2,300 students appeared for the online exam in 2009. This year’s exam is due …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : More students to take DU online exam this year.

Telling lies gets higher grades, say Chinese

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BEIJING – A majority of Chinese people say they lie about their real life experiences, while almost half of them say lying helps get better grades in school.

Many students \”fictionalise\” their real life experiences in order to satisfy the strict composition formula that teachers insist on in order to get a high grade, …. Read the original article  : here.

Rachael Ray, NYC mayor join forces to ‘empower kids to cook’ and grow their own food

Rachael Ray, NYC mayor ‘empower kids to cook’

NEW YORK – Rachael Ray is putting her “big mouth” to good use – to teach schoolkids to grow and eat healthier food.
The star TV chef and author joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday at a Brooklyn school – one of 25 in the city …. Read the original article  : Rachael Ray, NYC mayor join forces to ‘empower kids to cook’ and grow their own food.

Alabama girl jumps to her death off overpass amid school bullying, grief over sister’s death

Ala. girl jumps to death; bullying investigated

JEMISON, Ala. – Authorities say a 15-year-old Alabama girl who jumped to her death from an interstate overpass had complained of bullying at school and never got over the death of her sister in a freak accident.
Chilton County Coroner Randall Yeargan says Alex Moore of Jemison jumped from an … Original article on : Alabama girl jumps to her death off overpass amid school bullying, grief over sister’s death.

Woman reported missing near Los Angeles found safe in central California; no crime suspected

Missing woman found safe 275 miles from home

GLENDALE, Calif. – A woman whose disappearance sparked a massive search in the canyons northeast of Los Angeles was found safe Thursday in central California but it’s unclear how or why she ended up nearly 300 miles from her home, police said.
Nancy Salas, 22, was in the custody …. Source article  : Woman reported missing near Los Angeles found safe in central California; no crime suspected.

Woman reported missing in Los Angeles found safe in central California; no crime suspected

Missing Calif. woman found safe 275 miles away

GLENDALE, Calif. – Police say a woman whose disappearance sparked a massive search in the canyons northeast of Los Angeles has been found alive and well in central California.
Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 22-year-old Nancy Salas was in the custody of police in Merced, about 275 miles [..] Read the original article: here.

New Mexico medical officials concerned after mistakes made during glucose testing

Blood sugar test goes bad at New Mexico event

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A group of New Mexico medical school students failed to properly change needles on devices used for blood glucose testing, and now officials say a few dozen people might be at risk for contracting serious diseases.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine officials made …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

About 200 people join protest over Nevada jobs going to out-of-state companies, employees

200 protest NV jobs going to out-of-state workers

RENO, Nev. – About 200 people, many of them unemployed, joined a protest in Reno over what they call an “epidemic” of jobs in economically troubled Nevada going to out-of-state companies and workers.
Demonstrators marched Thursday about a mile from downtown to the University of Nevada-Reno campus. Speakers at …. Original article  : About 200 people join protest over Nevada jobs going to out-of-state companies, employees.

Police: Woman reported missing during morning run had lied to family about attending UCLA

Police: Missing woman lied about attending UCLA

GLENDALE, Calif. – A 22-year-old woman whose disappearance led to a massive canyon search had lied to her family and claimed that she was attending UCLA when she actually quit more than a year ago, authorities said Thursday.
The latest discrepancy added yet another layer of mystery to the disappearance …. Original article  : Police: Woman reported missing during morning run had lied to family about attending UCLA.

Boston archdiocese offers to help find new Catholic school for lesbians’ son who was rejected

Mass. church to help find school for gays’ son

BOSTON – The head of education for the Boston Archdiocese offered Thursday to help find a different Catholic school for a boy denied acceptance at a Hingham Catholic school because his parents are gay.
In a statement, superintendent Mary Grassa O’Neill said she spoke with a parent of …. Source  : Boston archdiocese offers to help find new Catholic school for lesbians’ son who was rejected.

Report: 1 in 10 Hispanic high school dropouts earn a GED, less than black or white students

Report: Few Hispanic high school dropouts earn GED

MIAMI – A report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center found that one in 10 Hispanic students who drop out of high school go on to earn a General Equivalency Development degree.
Educators and students say limited outreach, immigration and pressure to work may be to blame.
Using data [..] Read the original article: here.

Cal State campuses set to grant honorary degrees to Japanese-Americans interned during WWII

Cal State to grant degrees to WWII internees

LONG BEACH, Calif. – More than 70 Japanese-Americans whose college careers at California State University campuses were derailed when they were sent to World War II internment camps are getting their diplomas.
Six CSU campuses are awarding honorary degrees over the next three weeks to former students who were …. Read the original article  : Cal State campuses set to grant honorary degrees to Japanese-Americans interned during WWII.

Hawaii ends shortened school year with no deal to restore class time next year

Hawaii wraps up a year of short school weeks

HONOLULU – When Hawaii ran short on money, it made students and teachers pay by slashing 17 Fridays from the school calendar, resulting in three-day weekends and the nation’s shortest school year.
More than 170,000 students in the nation’s only statewide school district spent their so-called “furlough Fridays” …. Source  : Hawaii ends shortened school year with no deal to restore class time next year.

Company says it had fired 9 employees now charged with accessing Obama loan records

Company fired 9 charged with accessing Obama loans
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A Department of Education contractor in Iowa says it had fired nine employees who now face federal charges for accessing President Barack Obama’s student loan records.
Vangent Inc. spokeswoman Eileen Rivera says the workers were fired last June after the company learned of …. Original source  : Company says it had fired 9 employees now charged with accessing Obama loan records.

Neighbors thought China school attacker who slashed and killed 9 was a good, quiet man

Neighbors thought China attacker was a good man

LINCHENG, China – Neighbors in this lush but poor farm village say Wu Jianming seemed like a good, quiet man. They struggle now to understand how he could fly into a rage over unpaid rent, slashing and killing seven preschoolers and two adults with a cleaver.
Neighbors heard screams [..] Read the original article: here.

This graduation season, some experts challenge whether four-year degree is path to success

College for all? Experts say not necessarily
COLUMBIA, Mo. – In a town dominated by the University of Missouri’s flagship campus and two smaller colleges, higher education is practically a birthright for high school seniors like Kate Hodges.
She has a 3.5 grade-point-average, a college savings account and a family tree teeming …. Read the original article  : This graduation season, some experts challenge whether four-year degree is path to success.

Search on for UCLA student; Calif. police call disappearance ’suspicious’

Search on for UCLA student missing after run

GLENDALE, Calif. – Police are searching for a 22-year-old UCLA student who went missing after a run in a canyon northeast of Los Angeles.
Glendale police are treating the disappearance of Nancy Salas as suspicious. Officers resumed searching for her Thursday morning and investigators planned to examine her cell … Read more >>.

Ford agrees to restore tuition help for union workers in effort to settle dispute

Ford to restore tuition help for union workers

DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. will restore college tuition help for factory workers as it tries to settle a dispute over benefits with the United Auto Workers union.
The company notified union Vice President Bob King of the change in a letter sent last week, and The Associated Press …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Senate panel takes up Iraq, Afghan war funding measure as Democrats courts GOP support

Senate panel takes up war funding measure
WASHINGTON – A key Senate panel approved a $58.8 billion war funding measure today that would raise the total price tag for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade to $1 trillion.
The measure blends about $30 billion for President Barack Obama’s 30,000-troop surge … Original source on Gaea Times at : Senate panel takes up Iraq, Afghan war funding measure as Democrats courts GOP support.