Saturday, February 23, 2008

Dooooooh!

Dooooooh!
Just got this email. About 18 years too late. Doh! Dear Brown Alumni, Today the Brown Corporation approved a new financial aid policy that eliminates loans for students whose family incomes are less than $100,000, reduces loans for all students who receive financial aid and no longer requires a parental contribution from most families with incomes of up to $60,000. Beginning in the fall of 2008, the new provisions will apply to all current students who receive financial aid, including the

Universities Offer Promise For What More Money Will Buy

Universities Offer Promise For What More Money Will Buy

"And $200 million a year for five years would start to put us back in the game."

By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida's universities exist for a reason: to provide a college education to all students in the state who are academically qualified. via WTLV


UCLA to seek court protection for animal researchers

The university said it will ask a Superior Court judge in Santa Monica to limit the activities of animal rights groups and activists, including websites.

Seeking to protect scientists who conduct experiments using animals, UCLA will go to court today to request a temporary restraining order against animal rights groups and activists accused of harassing university researchers. Read more ...

The long road back

The long road back
The English High School, a historic icon and once one of Boston's premier learning institutions, has become one of the city's worst schools. This year, it must improve or face closure. This story is the first of several about the students, teachers, and headmaster at English as they try to reverse the school's troubled course.