Sunday, April 20, 2008

Education News - 20 Apr 2008

Strasburg High School seniors Kaitlin Smoot, 18, left, Peter Khusal, 18, Britanee Hodson, 17, and Cassidy Weitman, 17, release 32 balloons memorializing the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on Wednesday morning outside the school. Ten seniors are planning to attend the university this fall.
Source: www.nvdaily.com

Donations from Saudi and Muslim organisations dwarf government funding and raise fears that they exert too much influence over UK universities
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Three Washington state residents have admitted to selling thousands of bogus academic degrees through scores of phony online universities.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

A University of Kansas course devoted to debunking intelligent design has been canceled after the professor caused a furor by sending an e-mail mocking Christian fundamentalists.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com



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