Education News - 31 Jan 2008

In a move believed to be the first by a college campus in the nation, San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration bars any man who has had sex with another man from donating blood.
Source: www.contracostatimes.com

Schools across the northern part of the state canceled class Thursday, including Arkansas State University. Snow and ice also coated parts of western Kentucky, leading to school closures and vehicles sliding off highways. Snow and ice accumulations ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The rate of Arkansas college and university students needing extra help in the basics to perform at college level has slowly declined over the past decade. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Source: www.topix.com

In response to a shortage of 400 teachers this year, Gov. Huntsman recommended increasing teachers’ salaries by 7 percent and called on universities to graduate 1,000 more teachers annually, over the next four years.
Source: www.edweek.org

Tensions are surfacing over proposals to restructure the union that represents FE and university lecturers. Francis Beckett reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk