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EDU News• The Indiana Higher Education Commission sets a goal of a 60% postsecondary credential completion rate. Ray Steele of WIBC offers a video interview with commissioner Teresa Lubbers. • South Africa sets goals for 2030; however, reporter Goolam Mohamedbhai of the University World News questions the effectiveness of setting national standards for doctoral degrees. • [...]
• Over 70% of the world faces religion oppression, and education along with the media has a strong role to play in achieving better understanding, tolerance, and freedom, according to Archbishop Silvano M Tomasi who recently spoke before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. • Kevin Korber of the Queens Chronicle reports on another [...]
• Glenys Kinnock and Jo Cox eloquently make the case for education as the solution to many of the civil and human rights issues facing women around the globe in Great Britain’s Daily Guardian. • Similarly, Peg Mcentee of the Salt Lake Tribune offers her view on education as a solution for furthering the role [...]
• Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has friends in high places within for-profit institutions. David Halperin of the Huffington Post shares concerns. • The North Liberty Leader’s Chris Umshied shares information on Democratic party candidate support for education in Iowa. • Barbara Shelly of the Kansas City Star explains that GOP presidential candidate snobbery toward higher [...]
• Mitch Smith of Inside Higher Ed overviews the restructuring going on at Columbia College in Chicago that are said to align the school more with its mission and a more efficient business model; however, others feel a loss of its unique identity. • The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers that includes library [...]
• The Open Courseware Consortium has announced the first annual Open Education Week with an impressive series of speakers, workshops, and resources all available for free. • Laura Czerniewicz of the Mail & Guardian Online explains the status of open education in South Africa. • The newly created California eLearning Framework will assist educators in [...]
• J.M. Brown of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the Occupy Education protest at the local University of California campus was overall successful and peaceful. • A similar event at Indiana University-Bloomington was equally successful as students gathered to share information on what they believe is the poor state of education in the United [...]
• Thousands of students are walking out of classes today as part of Occupy Wall Street’s continued protest over the high cost of postsecondary education. Caitlin Brown of the Huffington Post provides coverage. • Matt Bettonvile of the Stanford Daily details plans by Occupy Stanford to present a letter during the Occupy Education California rally [...]
• What do Lady Gaga, Oprah, and Harvard University have in common? The launch of the new Born This Way Foundation. The goal of the organization is “building a brave new world where humanity is embraced, individuals are empowered, and intolerance is eliminated.” The press conference will stream live at 4 PM (ET). • Angela [...]
• Updates and reactions to the school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, yesterday. • A second student has died from yesterday’s school shooting in Ohio. Douglas Stanglin of USA Today shares the latest. • Christine Armario of the Associated Press shares that there’s a shift in school violence away from incidents like shootings and more toward [...]
