Education News - 28 Jan 2008

A Minnesota university has spent $1 million, thousands of hours and untold energy trying to undo its reputation as hostile toward minorities but new incidents raise doubts about its effectiveness.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Demetrius Lopes of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center, one of two dozen hospitals that tested the device in 125 severe stroke patients. He points to 45-year-old Aretha Streeter, whose left side remained paralyzed almost an hour after a big dose ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Commons innovation, universities and skills select committee changed to include the term 'science'
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"GRE scores are being accepted, but as of now only in a few universities" The Graduate Management Admission Test has been the standard accepted test for admission to the MBA programmes in majority universities in US and Europe. via The Hindu
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org