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Central, western areas to get elite universities

Edit China Daily 02 May 2016
Elite universities are to be established by the Ministry of Education in 14 central and western provinces that have never had a university directly under the ministry before, as part of the central government's pledge to bridge the widening education gap ... Xiong Bingqi, vice-president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said these polices will help rural students to be enrolled at prestigious universities....

Things to know about a gap year, when students take time off

Edit Atlanta Journal 02 May 2016
President Barack Obama's daughter Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard University as part of an expanding program for students known as a "gap year." ... Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard University as part of an expanding program for students known as a "gap year."...

Universal Studios Hollywood casts wide net for zombies

Edit LA Daily News 02 May 2016
Universal Studios Hollywood is looking for about 100 zombies and survivors ... Turns out there is a method to acting like one of these iconic zombie characters, according to John Murdy, the attraction’s creative director ... Permanent ‘The Walking Dead’ attraction is coming to Universal Studios Hollywood ... Right away just tons of people scheduled auditions,” he said....

Metal rings attached to trash barrels boost Purdue recycling

Edit The Washington Times 02 May 2016
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A device developed by a Purdue University team is helping boost recycling during the university's tailgating events before home football games. The team developed small metal rings which clip onto the side of regular trash barrels and are fitted with a trash bag to encourage ... ....

'History's People: Personalities and the Past'

Edit The Washington Times 02 May 2016
HISTORY'S PEOPLE. PERSONALITIES AND THE PAST. By Margaret MacMillan. House of Anansi, $24.95, 389 pages. Margaret MacMillan, professor of history at the University of Toronto and Oxford University, is the author of "The War That Ended Peace. The Road to 1914," "Paris 1919. Six Months That Changed the World" and ... ....

Title IX 'harassment' order seen as free speech threat

Edit The Washington Times 02 May 2016
Several free speech advocacy groups are concerned about a Justice Department order that they say forces colleges and universities to violate the First Amendment. Justice sent a letter to the University of New Mexico in late April concluding an investigation into the school's sex discrimination policies and practices. In the ... ....

Malia Obama to Attend Harvard

Edit Chosun Ilbo 02 May 2016
Obama announced today that their daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 as a member of the Class of 2021....

PIN man hails 'eureka moment' 50 years ago

Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 May 2016
Ten years ago he was named an OBE, and in 2014 was given an honorary doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland ... Although he received no financial reward for his invention, he insists he has "no grumbles" and is most proud of having been recognised by his local university as well as being inducted into a hall of fame at Harvard University in America....

Jenny Shin Wins in Texas for First LPGA Tour Title

Edit Golf 02 May 2016
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Jenny Shin won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, pulling away for a two-stroke victory at Las Colinas ... Shin birdied three of the first five holes, added another on the par-5 10th ... Cheyenne Knight, a 19-year-old University of Alabama freshman from nearby Aledo, had a 72 to tie for 30th at 1 under....

FSU, UCF still haven’t paid debt to dead players Devaughn Darling, Naples’ Ereck Plancher

Edit Naples Daily News 02 May 2016
Instead of hiding behind state laws, why can't FSU and UCF simply pay the families? This is what the University of Florida did when former player Eraste Autin collapsed and died after an offseason workout in 2001 ... To make matters worse, Jackson became the head trainer at the University of California and was named in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of former Cal player Ted Agu, who also had sickle-cell trait....

New Zealand Excellence Awards for Indian students announced

Edit Scoop 02 May 2016
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has today announced a new university scholarship initiative for Indian students. The announcement was made with the President of the Republic of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in Auckland ... ....

IS claims responsibility for killing Bangladesh Hindu man

Edit Topix 02 May 2016
Bangladeshi teachers, students and social activists hold banners and sing songs during a protest against the killing of a University Professor A.F.M. Rezaul Karim Siddique in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 29, 2016 ... ....

RPT-Australia aims to boost international education as mining boom fades

Edit Reuters 02 May 2016
MELBOURNE, April 30 (Reuters) - The Australian government outlined a plan on Saturday to boost the appeal of its universities and education institutions to foreign students, as the country looks to rebalance its economy with the fading of a decade-long mining boom. ....
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