Commentary: Tax-free hypocrisy from higher educationThere is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
Agents posing as students flashed lots of cashUndercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus. All it took was cash.
Six fraternities suspended after San Diego drug bustSan Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
Pittsburgh signs juco guard Jermaine DixonPITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pitt's basketball program must believe the only thing that could be better than one Dixon is two Dixons.
Wall Street - land of job uncertaintyLast fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
Taking the kids: Exploring the heart of college countrySecretly, I'm congratulating myself.
California Resists Home School RulingIn the wake of a surprise court decision, the state says that its home schoolers are "legal" pending appeal
Criminalizing Home SchoolersA child-abuse lawsuit ruling may have created a horde of truants in California, affecting as many as 200,000 children
7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler What's it really take to parent a preschooler? It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qualities that make it much easier to manage all that, and why they're so crucial when you've got an independent-minded, boundary-testing picky eater on your hands.
VIDEO: Will Smith Planning to Start a SchoolVideo courtesy Buena Vista EntertainmentHaving immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.
10 secrets for getting into a top B-schoolGetting accepted into a top MBA program is an arduous, time-consuming process, with plenty of potential pitfalls along the way. Witness that the most prestigious and selective schools - Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and their ilk - say they accept only 10% of all those who apply.
Young doctors in debtIt's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, the Chicago-area facility where she is training in pediatrics.
From six figures to student loansAfter nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue another dream: to teach marketing at a university.
Commentary: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing'In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care system she will soon enter.
Teacher Who Fled With Boy ArrestedA female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with have been arrested in Mexico, a prosecutor said Saturday
Russia's business school battleThe big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev -- are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.
College costs keep risingThe average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report released Monday.
Kids use yoga to learn mythology, fight pre-test jittersFourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.
They want to sell your kidTo improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her freshman year (cost: $800).
Sixth Graders Take on Wall Street
A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
Better Bedside MannersA new study shows that a standardized test of doctor communication skills can help create a nicer, better doctor of the future
The do-gooder's MBAOmar Yaqub didn't want a conventional 9-to-5 job after business school. He wanted to help save the world. So the 28-year-old MBA went to Nigeria to tackle an impossible task: creating demand for a product no one wanted.
Med student struggles to preserve her idealism"Two minutes!" yells our course coordinator.
Taking the kids: Touring college campusesLaurel Herter wishes she'd canceled the college tour trip as soon as she heard the dismal forecast.
Many American colleges balk at U.S. News rankings If presidents of some of the nation's top liberal arts colleges get their way, they will no longer be included in the U.S. News and World Report's influential collegiate ranking system.
How Nebraska Leaves No Child BehindOne maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
25 Top MBA EmployersThink of it as a popularity contest for companies. Each year, research firm Universum surveys MBA candidates on where they'd most like to work for an exclusive Fortune.com list.
Sallie Mae's private sideThe lure for private-equity firm J.C. Flowers' $25 billion buyout of student-loan giant Sallie Mae may be its fast-growing and lucrative business providing private education loans -- loans that exi...
The trouble with MBAsWhen Jack Welch gave a guest lecture at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2005, someone in the crowd asked, "What should we be learning in business school?" Welch's reply: "Just concentrate on ne...
Top colleges get more affordableA college education may be getting less expensive at some of the most prestigious schools.
The race to bring more diversity to businessThere's a hole in higher education that you probably haven't heard about.
Highest paid college presidentsRunning a university or college can make for 20-hour days and intense pressure to please a long list of factions from donors, board members and alumni to faculty, students and parents.
Average college cost breaks $30,000The average cost of a four-year private college jumped to $30,367 this school year, the first time the average has broken the $30,000 mark.
No excuses or short cuts at Atlanta charter school Students at the West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, are expected to go to college.
10 biggest mistakes b-school applicants makeThe application process for business schools is beginning, sparking the annual frenzy of activity - and copious questions.
The legend of Robin HoodThe idea behind one of the most innovative and influential philanthropic organizations of our time sprang from one of the more boneheaded macroeconomic calls ever made on Wall Street. Or as hedge f...
Today's medical training -- better or worse for patients? The phone rang. It was the middle of the night.
Your Opinion: Flag burningOne story we brought you this week concerned a teacher who, as part of a class exercise, burned the American flag in a civics lesson for seventh graders. We asked for your opinion on the story, and here are a few of your responses, some of which have been edited:
No child left out of the dodgeball game?As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.
College costs: Up, up and awayThe cost of higher education looks like it's climbing ... again.
Who needs Harvard?It's the summer before your senior year, and you're sweating.
Healthcare, energy drive up college costsState university tuition has leaped 40 percent in the past five years, hitting the three out of four American college students who attend public universities.
Healthcare, energy drives up cost of collegeState university tuitions have leaped 40 percent in the past five years, hitting the three out of four American college students who attend public universities.
Everything You Know About Kids and Money is WrongAMERICAN STUDENTS MAY BE POOR AT MATH, but when it comes to understanding the money in their lives, they are positively bankrupt. A recent national survey testing high school seniors about basic fi...
It's not your mom's PTAThey come from all walks of life to the searing desert heat in Phoenix, Arizona: parents, some who are also teachers; administrators and school board representatives.
Startups On FireProtesting on college campuses is back. The object of this generation's rebellion? Traditional jobs. In an era of widespread disenchantment with the often bureaucratic, scandal-ridden world of big ...
Red Cross opens storm sheltersThe Red Cross has opened the following emergency shelters in Florida for people affected by Tropical Storm Alberto:
A conversation with economists Laura Tyson and Glenn HubbardFollowing is an interview with Laura Tyson, dean of London Business School and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration, and Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the first years of the Bush administration.
Ga-ga for GoogleWith demand for MBAs rebounding, this year's graduating class of B-school students is more likely to get the job offers they desire. And in many cases, that means a job at Google.
Doctor attacks bugs that attack kidsDr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.
This week in the medical journalsFocused on bird flu
Cheat sheet for parents on testingMEAP, ITBS, CRCT, TAKS. There are scores of acronyms in educational testing, but these four-letter terms stand for far more than No. 2 pencils and pages of tiny circles.
No school, no books, no teacher's dirty looks(CNN) -- It's a child's dream. Wake up whenever you want, with nobody telling you what to do and when to do it. And here's the kicker: No school to rush off to.
Professor paychecksNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - A study released by the U.S. Department of Education this week found that full professors at four-year public colleges and universities earned an average of $89,001 in the academic year 2004-05.
A Degree of Respect for Online MBAsLast year Samantha Kitover reached a critical point in her career. A 25-year-old Chicagoan who works as a sales trainer for Canon USA, Kitover figured she'd boost her salary and increase her option...
College president pay: The $million clubNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For the first time, compensation for private college presidents has broken through the million-dollar barrier.
The 10 most expensive collegesTuition at the most expensive four-year college is up only 2.7 percent from last year. But a small increase on an already big number is still gob-smacking.
College costs going nowhere but upAs nervous as college freshmen may be, their cash-strapped parents are probably trembling more.
Colleges across U.S. helping displaced studentsColleges throughout the United States are accommodating students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Let the MBA Buyer BewareSo you're thinking about getting a master's of business administration, and you want to know which school is the best for you. With tuition at top-tier schools reportedly up 55 percent in the past ...
The ROI on your MBAYou've got dreams--big honking expensive dreams. You want to be a player in a powerhouse corporation or launch a business of your own. Either way, you've decided you'll need an MBA to prepare yours...
The business of dorm decoratingDenim fashions may be all the rage this fall, but Erica Green cares more about dressing up her dorm room than dressing up herself. Green, an incoming junior at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, plans to spend more than $500 on furnishings, from bright blue butterfly chairs and rugs to a TV-DVD combo unit.
An education in organizationEver made a midnight run to buy poster board for a school project due the next morning? Afraid of what forms, homework and other forgotten but important pieces of paper might be unearthed in a thorough backpack search? Have a Top 10 list of excuses for missed assignments?
Goodbye, Perkins loan?College students take note - your government loan options might be shrinking.
Should home-schooled have access to public school programs?A growing number of parents in the United States are home-schooling their children, as an alternative to sending them to public or private schools. For a variety of reasons, these parents believe that they can provide an equal or superior educational experience at home.
The making of a young doctorThe medical year begins on July 1, the day that medical school graduates finish their training as resident physicians and stream out into the real world of shingles and stethoscopes.
FROM MARX TO MARKETAs students in his competitiveness class settle into their seats, the professor lets fly an opening query: "Who can tell me why Estonia was so successful in making the transition to a market econom...
Paying for collegeCollege acceptance letters are coming soon to a mailbox near you. In other words, it's about that time when parents and students begin to get nervous about the final step to the college application process: financial aid.
The new math of college admissionsSALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Here is a pop quiz:
Buying into HarvardCongratulations, your kid did well on the SAT. But the girl next door did even better.
State lawmakers call for changes in Bush education planFederal law has forced the nation's children to meet rigid academic performance standards that create "too many ways to fail," a bipartisan panel of state lawmakers who reviewed the No Child Left Behind Act said Wednesday.
Four Myths about College CostsTHE COST OF A COLLEGE DEGREE continues to climb seemingly beyond the means of many families, rising far faster than incomes or inflation. Total expenses for the 2004-05 academic year shot up 7.8% t...
Race-based affirmative action admissionsA forthcoming law review article by UCLA professor Rick Sander is causing a big stir in the legal academic community. Sander's piece in the Stanford Law Review argues that race-based affirmative action as practiced by American law schools during the past 30 years actually ends up hurting the group -- African American law students -- it is most intended to help.
Bush picks Spellings for education secretaryPresident Bush on Wednesday nominated domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the next education secretary, replacing Rod Paige.
Bush has chosen education nominee, official saysPresident Bush has tapped domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the next education secretary, replacing Rod Paige, a senior administration official told CNN on Tuesday.
Most expensive collegesQuick: What will $36,750 buy you?
College costs spike againNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - If only salaries would rise as rapidly - and as consistently - as college costs.
Getting out youth vote registers on campusesCollege students are expected to turn out in record numbers to vote in November's election. What you may not know is that it's against the law for colleges and universities to fail to encourage student voting.
An Insider's Guide to America's Top Business Schools The truth about student life in the nation's premier MBA programs.Quit worrying. If you're choosing among the 25 schools in this guide, you're going to get a great education. These schools attract the best of the best: The professors are top-notch, and the studen...
Paige: 'No Child Left Behind is working'Education Secretary Rod Paige addressed the Republican National Convention on its second night, touting the No Child Left Behind Act. This is a transcript of his remarks.
Paige touts progress of No Child Left BehindSchools are being held accountable and are progressing under the Bush administration, Secretary of Education Rod Paige told the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.
Moving out of the traditional classroomAcross the nation, on the Web and in the home, classrooms are evolving beyond the traditional learning environment with alternatives that are no longer bound by geography and customary modes of operation.
Put your feet up, it's time for schoolIt's nearly noon, and 11-year-old student Elisheva Ben-Avraham is just now thinking about breakfast. She's curled up on her family's velvety brown sofa flipping through a book of math problems when the mood strikes. She pulls her bare feet out from underneath her, pads to the kitchen and comes back, pancakes in hand, to her workbook.
Charter schools remain subject of debateThe cheerleading squad and the math team rarely compete for members at most middle schools, but at Fulton Science Academy, they are often second choices to the Chess Club.
An education in goin' old schoolThere are lots of ways to tell you're officially old. There's a "Sixteen Candles" remake in the works. Madonna's writing children's books. And you go to a David Byrne concert to find yourself surrounded by 50-year-olds. OK, that kind of makes sense since Byrne's hair is now completely gray.
The likely impact of the presidential election on the Supreme CourtDuring the 2000 presidential election, Democratic nominee Al Gore told voters that the choice between his candidacy and that of Republican George W. Bush would likely determine who named the next three justices of the Supreme Court.
Why An MBA May Not Be Worth ItSomewhere in the world, I'm sure there are many thousands of people who invested loads of time and money in getting a master's degree in business administration and who are now glad they did. Howev...
Bush carries message to college studentsPresident Bush touted his domestic agenda in the key states of Arizona and Ohio on Wednesday, the day after he delivered an optimistic assessment of the state of the union.
Political battle surges over Bush education policyGearing up for an election-year fight over the centerpiece of his education agenda, President Bush hailed his "historic" No Child Left Behind Act Thursday and announced he will seek a substantial increase in its funding for 2005.
Education From a family worry to a new career Angela and Dedrick Briggs, NashvilleLike all dads, Dedrick Briggs, 36, wants the best education for his kids. But the public schools in Nashville are in tough shape: 68% of them don't meet standards set by the federal No Child Left B...
Your Next Rivals/Here Comes the Competition The winners of our first annual MBA business-plan contest have If you think it's not a great time to start a business, you're right. Three years after the tech market crash left the Pets.com sock puppet in the Goodwill bin, investors aren't exactly clamoring f...
Extra Credit THE TEENS WHO MANAGE THE COUNTRY'S RICHEST STUDENT-RUN CREDIT UNION LEARN PLENTY--NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY.It's lunch hour at the Kent Denver School. The cafeteria is serving chicken over rice. Backpacks lie strewn across the common area. Some students sit and do homework, others sprawl on couches and t...
