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Posts Tagged ‘budget’
November 11th, 2012 - 8:18 pm § in Misc.
Budget Challenges to Univerities
With universities weighed down by overflowing classes, strained facilities and a shortage of lecturers, they are likely to find it difficult to admit more students. Education experts and university administrators have argued that additional enrollment can only be handled if the Government pumps more[...]
October 27th, 2012 - 12:43 pm § in Misc.
Using Personal Capital, Organ Sales, to Pay for College
WCVBTV BOSTON — A Boston parent said he or she is willing to sell body parts to pay off his or her children’s school debt.The ad, “Do You Need A Live Cadaver? Take My Body,” was posted in the “jobs wanted” section of Boston Craigslist earlier this week.The poster [...]
October 4th, 2012 - 8:33 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Student Confronts Republican on Cuts to Pell Grants
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September 30th, 2012 - 1:04 am § in Misc.
Fiscal Responsibility: The French Pay THEIR Taxes
To the dismay of business leaders who fear an exodus of top talent, the government confirmed a temporary 75 percent super-tax rate for earnings over one million euros and a new 45 percent band for revenues over 150,000 euros. By Daniel Flynn and Leigh Thomas, Reuters PARIS | Fri Sep 28, 201[...]
September 24th, 2012 - 11:02 am § in Misc.
The Budget Blame Game.
Over at Sound Politics, Jim Miller complains that the Seattle Times is not blaming the Democrats for the budget impasse. Here is my reply: Who cares what the Seattle Times Editorial Board says. The current editor was given the job because his Dad owns the Times. Young Blethen is not skilled or kno[...]
Will NIH Go Chapter 11? Higher Education and the NIH Face a Fiscal Cliff
Report on Looming Federal Budget Cuts ‘Confirms the Worst’ for Higher Education By Lee Gardner Washington The dire consequences of looming automatic cuts in the federal budget came into sharper focus on Friday with the release of a 394-page report by the White House Office of Mana[...]
September 13th, 2012 - 5:43 pm § in Misc.
Chicago Teacher Strike
Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike CHICAGO (AP) – Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city’s school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations based in part on how well students succeed, a system that’s making i[...]
BREAKINGNEWS: What Krugman Thinks Avout “The Deal”
January 1, 2013, EXCERPTS: ¶The good news for progressives is that danger #1 has been averted, at least so far — and not without a lot of anxiety first. Romney lost, so nothing like the Ryan plan is on the table until President Santorum takes office, or something. Meanwhile, in 2011 Obama was w[...]