Education News - 18 Jan 2008

AUBURN - This time, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville got his man. Paul Rhoads, defensive coordinator at Pitt for the past eight seasons, has been hired for the same position at Auburn, university sources told The Huntsville Times on Thursday. The official announcement is expected today.
Source: www.al.com

As a Princeton University department chair, Bernanke developed a knack for building consensus – not always an easy task with the 12 independent-minded members of the Fed’s rate-setting Open Market Committee. Though his predecessor Alan Greenspan ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

First-round university offers will be made on Thursday night in NSW, the ACT and Western Australia. via The West Australian
Source: www.topix.com

Number of full-time students gaining places at UK universities rose in 2007 to a record 413,430
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

A Teach For America veteran is leading the effort to finance and establish a university that offers a free, four-year degree to students in exchange for five years of postgraduate work in the public sector.
Source: www.edweek.org