http://www.mail.com/subjects/14590-higher-education.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14590-higher-education.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097980-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a formality, Czech presidents appoint the country's professors after they are nominated for the top title by their un... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097980-czech-president-dispute-gay-rights.html 2013-05-20T17:07:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2095364-lady-to-high-school-grads-live-your-dreams.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22 minutes to the graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday in her only high school... Sat, 18 May 2013 21:08:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2095364-lady-to-high-school-grads-live-your-dreams.html 2013-05-18T21:08:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094030-navy-pilot-earns-degree-combat-zone.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes — transmitted live via the Internet — but he persevered and earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Southern C... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:53:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2094030-navy-pilot-earns-degree-combat-zone.html 2013-05-17T23:53:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094282-failing-ga-student-accused-faking-kidnapping.html JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class. John's Creek city spokesman Doug Nurse says 19-year-old Aftab Aslam bought a cellphone and texted his parents a story about being kidnapped April 27. Nurse says Aslam camped for about a week in an undev... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094282-failing-ga-student-accused-faking-kidnapping.html 2013-05-17T22:23:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093522-michelle-obama-speaks-hunger-education.html COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, urging more than 600 graduates of Bowie State University to honor the school's history and to pass their commitment to education on to future generations. In her 15-minute address, the ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093522-michelle-obama-speaks-hunger-education.html 2013-05-17T18:12:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be given only to "a person of the Caucasian race" from Iowa. Roberts left Columbia most of her $509,000 estate when she died in 1920 and created the highly restrict... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html 2013-05-15T23:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call that the health and sa... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html 2013-05-15T22:58:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2086420-dr-dre-iovine-donate-70m-usc-center.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook. The hip-hop mogul best known as Dr. Dre and the co-founder of Interscope Records appeared at a news conference Wednesday alongside USC President C. L. Max Nikias t... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2086420-dr-dre-iovine-donate-70m-usc-center.html 2013-05-15T21:15:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down attached to a parachute. Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, —who rece... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html SEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) — There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill a dozen wading pool-sized vats to the brim. With the veterinary department's inciner... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html 2013-05-15T17:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2084958-trace-adkins-picks-unknown-singer-tv-duets.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own. In the market for a duet partner, Adkins picked out an unknown singer he saw at a junior-college fundraiser to join him for his appearances this week on "Today" and "Fox & Friends." He surprised 23-year-old Maureen Maltez with a copy of the song during a jaz... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2084958-trace-adkins-picks-unknown-singer-tv-duets.html 2013-05-14T17:11:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries at the country's largest university, sending at least two students to the hospital with injuries, according to witnesses. The demonstration had been timed to coincide with an appea... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:02:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html 2013-05-13T15:02:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html BEIJING (AP) — The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit may have eluded punishment because of Communist Party connections. Chinese looking for justice found another way to keep the issue alive. They took it t... Sun, 12 May 2013 08:31:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html 2013-05-12T08:31:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078924-future-heads-family-farms-dig-financials.html COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jake Anderson didn't have to delve too deep into the University of Missouri's agricultural economics program before realizing he was destined to return to the 1,500-acre family farm. After all, that's been the Anderson family trade since 1891, when his great-great grandfather came to Callaway County from Sweden. What the self-describe... Sat, 11 May 2013 22:41:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078924-future-heads-family-farms-dig-financials.html 2013-05-11T22:41:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope. A male student who was nude also was charged, but it wasn't immediately clear what he was doing during the Pittsburgh school's spring fin... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:56:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html 2013-05-10T19:56:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074968-sugar-man-rodriguez-honorary-degree.html DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University had no idea that a folk hero was in its midst when the Detroit school awarded Sixto Rodriguez a philosophy degree in 1981. Then again, Rodriguez had no idea about his fame, either. The Motor City musician received a Doctor of Humane Letters on Thursday during the university's commencement ceremonies at Ford Field. He ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074968-sugar-man-rodriguez-honorary-degree.html 2013-05-09T19:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067094-to-start-tests-digitally.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads. Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students' tech savvy and the demand for quicker results. The tests will still have the familiar multiple-choice options for college hopefuls but they will also expand to include interactive portions, such as... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:33:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067094-to-start-tests-digitally.html 2013-05-06T21:33:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066378-wash-graduate-wears-wedding-gown-under-robe.html PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ceremony — her wedding. She married University of Idaho fisheries science graduate Ben Ho in a ceremony on Friday in Moscow, Idaho. Then she received her doctorate in veterinary medici... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066378-wash-graduate-wears-wedding-gown-under-robe.html 2013-05-06T17:39:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2065590-teen-immigrant-angst-factor-bombings.html CHICAGO (AP) — Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new home in Kansas City, Mo. But she understood the intent when security guards at a New York City airport suspiciously eyed her stuffed animal, a rather rotund plush toy pig. "They thought we were ... Mon, 06 May 2013 09:40:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2065590-teen-immigrant-angst-factor-bombings.html 2013-05-06T09:40:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064270-feds-hepatitis-barrier-to-health-practice.html Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed by school administrators and forced to halt his studies. "I knew the stigma" that came with a hepatitis diagnosis, Nguyen said. But he thought that a medical school, of all places, would understand. "I came... Sun, 05 May 2013 14:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064270-feds-hepatitis-barrier-to-health-practice.html 2013-05-05T14:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2061102-puerto-rico-university-official-resigns.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus has resigned just days after the presidents of the university's 10 other campuses did the same. Friday's announcement by Ana Guadalupe comes amid a flurry of resignations to protest the governor's reform of the institution's board of directors. A new board president ... Fri, 03 May 2013 15:37:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2061102-puerto-rico-university-official-resigns.html 2013-05-03T15:37:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058792-fire-forces-evacuation-campus-homes-calif.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire fanned by a long day of Santa Ana winds raged along the edges of Southern California communities and coastal highways Thursday, forcing the evacuation of a university and hundreds of homes and threatening 2,000 more, officials said. The blaze erupted during morning rush hour along U.S. 101 in the Camarillo area about 50 miles... Fri, 03 May 2013 04:58:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058792-fire-forces-evacuation-campus-homes-calif.html 2013-05-03T04:58:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2055222-correction-online-courses-teacher-training-story.html In a story May 1 about plans by Coursera to offer online courses that provide continuing education for teachers, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the American Museum of Natural History goes not grant degrees. The museum offers a master of arts in teaching program, and a doctoral program in comparative biology. A corrected version of the stor... Thu, 02 May 2013 12:45:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2055222-correction-online-courses-teacher-training-story.html 2013-05-02T12:45:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2055320-alan-alda-wants-scientists-to-cut-jargon.html STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on "M.A.S.H." was an end-to-end anastomosis. Most of the viewers, actor Alan Alda concedes, had no idea he was talking about removing a damaged piece of intestine and reconnecting the healthy pieces. Today, the award-winning film and television star is on a mission to teac... Wed, 01 May 2013 07:24:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2055320-alan-alda-wants-scientists-to-cut-jargon.html 2013-05-01T07:24:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2051864-budget-cuts-nix-90m-federal-college-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by almost $90 million, according to the Education Department's plan to carry out the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress. In all, the Education Department lost $2.6 billion as part of f... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:13:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2051864-budget-cuts-nix-90m-federal-college-aid.html 2013-04-29T22:13:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2049694-f-scott-fitzgeralds-handwritten-ledger-online.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An intriguing peek into the daily scribbles and life of author F. Scott Fitzgerald is now available online, just weeks before the opening of the movie "The Great Gatsby." Researchers from the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library put a digital version of the famed author's handwritten financial ledger on their website ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2049694-f-scott-fitzgeralds-handwritten-ledger-online.html 2013-04-28T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2046676-therapy-dogs-help-mont-students-with-test-stress.html BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — At Montana State University, final exams stress is going to the dogs. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/11pDoHV ) Intermountain Therapy Animals is bringing dogs to campus this week and next to help students take a break from the stress of studying for and taking semester exams. Jacqueline Frank is... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:50:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2046676-therapy-dogs-help-mont-students-with-test-stress.html 2013-04-26T16:50:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046076-researchers-track-evolution-phillys-odd-accent.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Will Philly no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles? Gid eowt! A University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent. Some of Philly's trademark twangy, elongated vowel sounds are becoming less so, though... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:06:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046076-researchers-track-evolution-phillys-odd-accent.html 2013-04-26T07:06:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043866-ny-college-crew-team-finds-giant-floating-head.html POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Anyone lose a giant head made of Styrofoam and fiberglass? That's what officials at an upstate New York college are asking after the men's crew team found the unusual object floating in the Hudson River. Officials at Marist College in Poughkeepsie say the team was practicing earlier this week when the coach spotted a large object... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:35:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043866-ny-college-crew-team-finds-giant-floating-head.html 2013-04-25T19:35:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040930-officials-suspect-described-plot-miranda.html BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional right to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Once Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his rights on Monday, he immediately stopped talking, according to four officials of... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:51:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040930-officials-suspect-described-plot-miranda.html 2013-04-25T07:51:43Z