Higher Education

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, the number of joint training programmes provided by Vietnamese universities in cooperation with foreign partners was scanty, while they are now abundant, perplexing students with their number.

Students attending top universities should pay higher tuition fees, according to a report. The additional cash is needed to fund higher staff salaries at Britain's most prestigious universities, said the Centre for Economic Performance, part of the London School of Economics.

Since World War II, if not before, it has been assumed that children were more likely to graduate from college than their parents. Now, those generational gains appear to have stalled.

After political student groups protest, rommates won't face discipline for political poster, officials say. Above: University of Texas roommates and cousins Connor Kincaid, left, and Blake Kincaid could have been barred from registering next year for not taking down signs supporting Democratic candidates.

The state's deepening fiscal crisis has prompted Georgia technical college officials to merge 14 of the system's 33 schools.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Enrollment of minorities in U.S. colleges has increased substantially in recent years, but not fast enough to keep up with demographic changes. Among Hispanics, a lower proportion who are in their late 20s has completed at least a two-year degree when compared with those age 30 and older.

University's ban reversed in the face of unified opposition by student body
AUSTIN — Faced with the biggest freedom of speech issue to hit campus in a long time, the University of Texas at Austin backed down from a threat barring two students from classes next semester for failing to take down a political poster displayed on their dorm window.

by Robin Chen Delos
The American tradition of generational upward mobility is at a standstill, and for some minority groups the younger generation is obtaining postsecondary education at lower levels than older adults, according to a new report released Thursday by the American Council on Education (ACE).
by Robin Chen Delos

NASHVILLE -- The son of Democratic state Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis faces a December trial in Knoxville on a charge that he hacked into a personal e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

VietNamNet Bridge – When you search for ‘Tran Hoai Linh’ on Google you find a lot of impressive information about the personality. Especially, he is the youngest Associate Professor at the age of 33

During an administrative hearing Wednesday, a UT staff member gave Connor Kincaid and his cousin Blake Kincaid two hours to take down the signs from their Brackenridge Hall dormitory room that show support for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, Blake Kincaid said.

GAIL COLLINS
John McCain may feel compelled to go back to his guilt-by-association theme. And this has me feeling very guilty about my associates.

Universities in the USA and the UK continue to dominate a list ranking the world's top higher education institutions. Among the top 10 institutions in the Times Higher Education QS list, six are in the USA and four are in the UK. Harvard and Yale are in first and second places, with Cambridge and Oxford in third and fourth.

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By Genaro Armas, Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Perennial college football powerhouse Penn State University is promoting glossy trading cards similar to those collected by sports fans. Only, there's no card for Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno or any of his Nittany Lions.

Touro University is seeking Henderson's approval to issue $23.5 million in tax-exempt bonds to refinance the university's debt from purchasing its two-building campus in Green Valley.