Financial Aid Dries Up as Recession Takes Toll
A number of colleges and universities are cutting back on financial aid to students, just when the need is greatest. ...
New School Hopes Six-Figure Teacher Salaries Pave Way to Success
People everywhere envy teachers for the comfortable schedule, reliable benefits, and job security, but teachers are not known for their lucrative compensation packages. A new charter school in New York City is looking to change that by offering six-figure salaries to recruit the best teachers. The school, scheduled to open next fall for 120 fifth-graders, will offer its eight teachers yearly salaries of $125,000 with the potential for additional performance-based bonuses, more than twice the salary for New York City public school teachers and nearly two-and-a-half times the national average ...
Temple University Staff Seethes Over Layoffs
The most recent round of layoffs at Temple University last week has raised an outcry from faculty and staff members, bitter not just over the consequences of a lagging economy but over the "cruel" way in which the layoffs were handled. ...
Summertime Budget Cuts Threaten Faculty Retirement Funds
Summer. For students it's a break from classes, homework, and the stress of deadlines; for professors it's a time to step back from the semester, continue research, and plan courses; and for administrators -- this year at least -- it's a chance to cut budgets, scale back, and find savings in a tough economy. ...
Teach for America Founder Urges WU Students to Think Big
At commencement proceedings for Washington University in St. Louis on Friday, Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp urged graduates to take on global issues and to use their fresh perspective on the world to find new solutions to the problems facing their generation. Her speech highlighted the success of the Teach for America program as an example of how radical ideas from young people can make a lasting impact on the world. ...
Universities Build Twitter Communities 140 Characters at a Time
Part digital flier board, part alumni engagement tool and part technological experiment, a growing number of universities are turning to Twitter as a way to connect with students, faculty, staff and friends of the school. ...
Scouts Learn Law Enforcement, Train for Front Lines
What happened to the days when boy scouts would go out into nature, tell ghost stories around a campfire and sleep peacefully under the stars? ...
Alumni Look to Erase Search Results from College Papers
As employers make Google searches a routine part of the hiring process, college newspapers are seeing an increase in the number of alumni looking to have their names removed from articles they wrote or were quoted in during their college years. ...
100 Days After Taking Office, Another Campaign
ARNOLD, MO - One hundred days after celebrating the end of the election season during his inauguration on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama is back on the road, campaigning for something new: another 100 days to keep pushing his agenda. ...
Tweeting Live from Obama's "100th Day" Town Hall in St. Louis
Editors' note: Sam Guzik attended Barack Obama's forum today marking his 100th day in office. Read on for the archived Live Tweet. Then be sure to check The Cram later today for his full recap. ...
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