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6/24/11
TechNews for the week: June 24; June 22; June 20;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Obama hits reset button on Afghanistan; Afghan analysis gives high marks to special ops, but not rest of Petraeus campaign;
Is Afghanistan Worse than Vietnam? It will be difficult to end it;
Report: Phone gives clues to bin Laden's Pakistan links; In Pakistan, pro-American sentiment is rare;
Syria: Deadly protests erupt against Bashar al-Assad; More than 1,500 Syrian refugees flee into Turkey ahead of Friday protests;
Ex-CIA Officer Says U. of Michigan Professor Was Target of Bush White House;
LulzSec releases deluge of private Arizona law enforcement information;
Banks move closer to deal on Greek bailout;
Deficit-reduction talks reach impasse over tax increases; Lawmakers harden positions on taxes, spending;
Rolling Stone's Bachmann's Holy War;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
A step-by-step primer on ditching your land line while keeping your number;
Poll: Voters think reporters are biased liberals - Is the average person in 'reality denial'?;
Netherlands Adopts Net Neutrality Measure; Court Says Website Didn’t Engage in ‘Hot News’;
What Does a Leader Look Like?
Finance and Economics
Rich income gains since 1947; With executive pay, rich pull away from America;
Wall Street banks fight to keep practices secret; Republicans attempt to block funding of financial sector regulators;
U.S. to release 30 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve; U.S., allies to release 60M barrels of oil;
House Approves Patent Overhaul Legislation;
US doctors braced for deep cuts in spending;
Education:
Report: 88% of Colleges Enrolling Students With Disabilities;
5 Universities Make the ‘Computerworld’ List of Best Places to Work;
Group Challenges Texas Governor Over Plans for Higher Education; Pennsylvania’s Public Colleges Will See State Support Drop by 19%;
College Presidents Work to Preserve Perkins Loan Program; House Panel Overrides University Concerns in Passing Bill to Track Spending;
Stephen Colbert 2011 Commencement Speech at Northwestern University; Glen Beck on College Education; hear his tirade;
Online summer courses: Grading; Offering Extra Credit; U.Illinois-Springfield Offers New ‘Massive Open Online Course’;
Gates Foundation Weighs In on Credit-Hour Rule;
Audit Faults S.C. State University’s Oversight of Transportation-Center Project;
Chinese Publisher Apologizes to Yale for Plagiarizing Free Course Lectures;
NCAA Considers Tougher Penalties For Division III Colleges That Break Scholarship Rules;
In Preventing Concussions, Fancy Helmets Aren’t Always Fail-Safe;
6/17/11
TechNews for the week: June 17; June 15; June 13;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Pakistan tells CIA chief it sticks to U.S. troop cuts; New challenge for U.S.-Pakistan ties; Push for a new Afghan strategy;
Syrian troops, tanks seal restive northern town, all-out assault expected; Assad’s brother blamed for Syria's regime brutality;
US approved $200 million in defense sales to Bahrain before crackdown on protesters;
How How Educated Are State Legislators? Interactive Tool: Degrees in the Statehouse;
Pentagon Papers released;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
U.S. Helping Dissidents with Alternative Internet Access;
The Biology of Ethics;
Finance and Economics
Earmarks in a New Form?
Amazon Drops Affiliates in Two States Over Tax Dispute;
Education:
Study: Majors are important; Experts Explore Skill Mismatch Behind Unfilled Openings; Grads say Teach Financial Literacy ;
College Becoming More Unaffordable For Middle Class Families; Poverty Is a Factor in Students’ Choice of College Type;
Determining what students really learn; Citadel introduces new "core values";
Federal Panel Recognizes 3 More Accreditors; Rough Ride for ABA;
SMU Blocked Publication of Critical Column in Student Newspaper;
Fund raising: Entrepreneurship vs. Scholarship?
Gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” in big-time college athletics gets wider; NCAA report: 22 Elite College Sports Programs Turned a Profit in 2010;
Athletic conferences discuss how to bridge the scholarship gap;
Commentary: NCAA must make example of OSU or change expectations;
6/10/11
TechNews for the week: June 10; June 8; June 6;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Gates says NATO has a ‘dim’ future; Pakistan marches to Saudi tune;
Karzai in Pakistan for reconciliation talks; Billions of dollars in Afghanistan development programs at risk; Better governance lags security gains in Afghanistan;
Unrest in Syria inspires Kurdish activism; Syrians flee to Turkish border;
Russia's Libya role irks China; Plans sought for Libya post-Gaddafi;
Yemen’s Saleh flies to Saudi Arabia; Violence erupts in two Yemeni cities; An ultimatum from Yemeni activists;
Among GOP, anti-tax orthodoxy runs deep; Few states adopting health-care transition;
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Secret History" of U.S. Bullying in Haiti at Oil Companies’ Behest; Former NSA official agrees to plead guilty in leak case;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
‘Anonymous’ Hackers Target Turkey Over Censorship;
Blogger Not Entitled to Journalists’ Protections;
Apple Bans Apps Identifying DUI Checkpoints;
Finance and Economics
Chinese official warns on dollar assets;
Senate limits Debit card fee; Morgan Stanley Sued Over Risky Investments That Hurt Pension;
NPR Affiliate Buys Broadcast License of Vanderbilt’s College Radio Station;
New rules to protect the many from the few;
Education:
New Graduates Hesitant To Negotiate On Job Offers;
Moody's Analyst Says Strong Leadership at Colleges Is Key as Flow of Dollars;
Texas Governor, Academics At Odds Over Proposed Efficiency Recommendations;
Plan Would Force U. Wisconsin to Return $39-Million in U.S. Broadband Grants;
Education Dept. to Provide Limited Relief to For-Profit Colleges on '90/10' Rule ;
Notre Dame Trustee Cannot Support Abortion-Rights;
A Q&A with Khan Academy founder; Essay: Mark them tardy to the revolution; Online Summer teaching;
6/3/11
TechNews for the week: June 3; June 1;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Karzai scolds US military over Afghan civilian deaths; gives US ultimatum on civilian deaths; orders NATO to stop bombing homes;
Pakistan’s top military officials are worried about militant collaborators in their ranks; US to cut Pakistan aid projects;
Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing, eases its 4-year blockade of Palestinian strip;
Yemen: president and the country's most powerful tribal leader have agreed a ceasefire; rebel generals say Saleh let 'terrorists' take Abyan;
Yemen deploys US-trained special forces; Yemen president wounded as tribal fighters hit palace with rockets in escalation of battle;
Rebels in western Libya seize mountain towns in push toward Tripoli; rebels launch TV station, to counter Gadhafi's powerful media;
Armed residents put up resistance to Syrian army;
Greece set for severe bail-out conditions; Muddle along for now, but Greek default inevitable;
EU warns US to speed up bank reform;
Gates: Defense Cuts Will Shrink U.S. Role Worldwide; his speech; War costs to be major factor in troop-withdrawal talk;
As the GOP moves to the right, presidential hopefuls abandon old centrist stands ; Sarah Palin struggles with the facts;
In Britain private care provides worse care quality than non-profits;
Attention-getting tax figure adds up;
Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
Has America entered a post-legal society?
$50 fine: Texting while walking; but Wall Street 'mispriced' LinkedIn's IPO;
“Karaoke Grandma’s” Criminal Conviction: Could File-Sharing Be A Mental Illness? Tennessee Outlaws Sharing Logins, like Netflix, with Friends;
Finance and Economics
Summary of 650-page report about Goldman Sachs financial dealings;
'This American Life': What it means to create jobs; Who's to blame when gas costs $1 more than last year?
Instead of signs of recovery, a sucker punch for state budgets; Report: States Should Spend More On Repairing Existing Roads;
There is no alternative to agreeing how we tax companies;
Moody’s warns of US default ;
Concerns mount over rising buy-out debt levels;
Indian H-1B Visa Workers Headed Home in Droves;
Education:
Most colleges and universities don't serve low-income students; Higher Education: A Sector Ripe For Technology Disruption;
Education Department gives in to For-Profit Colleges in Final 'Gainful Employment' Rule; What the 'Gainful Employment' Rule Means for Colleges;
Cornell Moves to end posting of median grades; Follow the F Grades; More schools rethinking zero-tolerance discipline stand;
Wikipedia gets into colleges; Out of Fear, Colleges Lock Books and Images Away From Scholars; Georgia State's Copyright Case;
National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge; Journal-Ranking System Goes Down Under Weight of Controversy;
IRS's Next Target: College and University Retirement Plans;
Lack of Fluency in English Could Force Some Iraqi Students to Return Home;
President receives a Golden Parachute at Rutgers; Ex-Instructor at Evergreen State College Fined $120,000 for Misusing Study-Abroad Fees;
Scholars say Low-Cost Instructional Changes Can Cut Achievement Gap in Intro Biology;
Tressel resigns as coach at Ohio State; As Ohio State Scandal Widens, Will Its President Survive?
Spurrier proposes paying players from coach’s pockets; Value of scholarships hot topic at Big 12 meetings;