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5/25/12
TechNews for the week: May 25; May 23; May 21;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
House panel demands answers for alleged overbilling in Afghanistan;
Iran talks with U.N. watchdog seen as ‘positive’; Iran talks end; parties to meet again;
Egypt’s rulers to redraw president’s powers on eve of historic election;
Turkey says US favorable to sale of armed drones;
Confident China risks becoming arrogant;
The missing issue in the presidential campaign; Conservative super PACs outspending liberal counterparts 4 to 1 on congressional races;
Romney Pledges to Simplify Federal Student Aid and Revive Bank-Based Lending; Mitt Romney declining to disclose names of campaign bundlers;
Texas Senate race a new test for GOP establishment;
Medicare quality ratings for private plans questioned by critics;
3 Catholic Universities Join Lawsuit to Block Mandate on Contraceptive Insurance;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
Other news
New York Bill Would Ban Anonymous Criticism Online;
Finance and Economics
Four Energy Dept. contractors’ per diem costs, bonuses inflated for years;
Social Security is not really "exhausted" ; Data may shed light on health-care uncertainties;
Oracle And The End Of Programming As We Know It;
Scrutiny of Facebook IPO hype intensifies; Facebook's Tech-Snarled IPO: What We Know;
Education:
What Public-College Presidents Make; Presidential Pay Is Still a Potent Political Target; Compare Presidential and Professors' Pay;
As Elite Colleges Invite the World Online, Questions Remain on Their Business Plans; Share of Students Receiving Federal Aid Climbs, Especially at For-Profit Colleges;
Federal Advisory Panel Pans Recommended Overhaul of State Grant-Aid Programs; Debt at Graduation;
Promise and Challenges of ‘Hybrid’ Courses; Skills Shortage? Quit Whining;
Has college become too easy? More on "Is College too easy";
Virginia Ramping Up Math Exam Standards; U.S. May Require College Language Programs to Get Special Accreditation;
Bill Would Allow Two-Tiered Tuition At California Community Colleges; Proposal Would Require U. of California to Cap Out-of-State Enrollments;
A Struggling College in Texas Furloughs Employees as It Tries to Reorganize; Georgia Perimeter College to Cut Almost 200 Employees;
Ohio State athletic department releases information regarding 12 additional 'NCAA issues';
Faculty Group Blasts Kentucky’s ‘Professional’ Hoops Approach; Reputation Building Through Aca-letics;
5/18/12
TechNews for the week: May 18; May 16; May 14;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Gen. John Allen hastily transforming U.S. mission in Afghanistan; CIA drone strikes in Pakistan lead to lawsuits over civilian deaths; 7 dead in Afghan bombing;
Pakistan seeks $5,000 transit fee for each NATO container; Many will profit if Pakistan reopens borders to NATO supply routes;
Indian intelligence goof irks Pakistan;
Pentagon to expand cybersecurity program for defense contractors; Army probing PTSD diagnoses;
Iran helps Syria defy oil embargo; Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions;
German voters reject austerity in key poll; Greece to hold new election, jolts euro markets;
California faces $16 billion budget deficit; Top aide to Florida governor resigns amid scrutiny; Kansas lawmakers pass effective ban on Islamic law;
Republicans have taken a more polarizing political turn than Democrats in recent years; Insurgents vs. insurgents to push GOP rightward;
GOP stalls on insurance marketplaces; Virginia Republicans deny judgeship to gay prosecutor;
Maxwell Brothers' Tales of Romney at Cranbrook Differ; Bain Capital enters presidential race; Romney forgets the ’90s;
New GOP Super PAC Looks to Convert Young Obama Voters;
Bachmann’s Fundraising Whopper;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Can homeowners' association mess with your yard and send you the bill;
Other news
White Births No Longer a Majority in U.S.;
Finance and Economics
Big banks under fire after JPMorgan fiasco; Justice Dept. launches criminal probe into JPMorgan’s $2B trading loss;
JPMorgan losses reignite Wall Street’s clash with lawmakers; JPMorgan Loss Claims Official Who Oversaw Trading Unit;
JPMorgan loss stokes risk model fears; How the JPMorgan trade happened and what it means;
Foreign banks freezing out U.S. millionaires;
Euro zone crisis hits markets; Iran stores oil it can’t sell in tankers;
Verizon to kill unlimited data plans for existing subscribers; Should angry Verizon subscribers ditch Big Red?
Hewlett-Packard To Eliminate 30,000 Jobs; Student-Loan Guarantors Profit From Borrowers’ Pain;
Education:
Engineering Concentrations Make Up One Third Of Most Valuable Majors; Focusing on the Total Quality Experience;
‘Clock is ticking’ on student loan debt crisis; What high-end summer camps say about college admissions and pricing (essay);
Long-Awaited Ruling in Copyright Case Mostly Favors Georgia State U.; Projects Aims to Build Online Hub for Archival Materials;
After Scandal, North Dakota Board Considers Tighter Admissions Policies for Foreign Students;
Ex-President of Stevens Inst. Has Gotten $5.7-Million Windfall Since He Resigned;
NCAA Weighs Controversial Penalties Against Coaches; Big Ten Network Rethinks Academic Programming;
Texas Outdistances the Pack in Sports Spending; SEC, Big 12 champions will play in bowl if both miss playoff;
U. of Arkansas Football Players Charged with Burglary; Ohio State self-reports 46 NCAA violations in last year;
Old Dominion to leave CAA for Conference USA; VCU to join Atlantic 10 Conference in all sports this fall;
Nonrevenue Sports Facilities Need Love, Too;
5/11/12
TechNews for the week: May 11; May 9; May 7;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. abandons consulate site in Afghanistan, citing threat risk; Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans;
Feinstein, Rogers say Taliban ‘stronger’ since surge; Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace;
CIA unraveled bomb plot from within; Al Qaeda Mole Recruited By British Intelligence; U.S. launches airstrike in Yemen as new details surface about bomb plot;
Centrist Kadima party agrees to join Israeli coalition ; Bleak outlook for peace in Syria;
Pentagon report: Whistleblowers endured reprisals; New name for PTSD could mean less stigma;
European voters say no to austerity; Sarkozy concedes defeat to Hollande in French presidential vote; Anti-bailout party rejects Greek austerity pledge;
Group pulls plug on billboard linking global warming believers to terrorists;
House GOP wants more for Pentagon ; Senate Republicans Block Vote on Bill to Freeze Interest Rate on Student Loans;
Voter registration down among Hispanics, blacks ;
Romney claims credit for auto industry recovery; GOP leaders start to rally around Romney -- sort of;
Might Romney not remember if he bullied someone in high school? Mitt Romney apologizes for the ‘dumb things’ he did in prep school;
Fox News warns GOP not to be ‘on the wrong side of history’;
Republican group, American Crossroads, rakes in the cash;
Michele Bachmann to withdraw her Swiss citizenship during her bid for re-election;
Walker: Balance the budget or divide and conquer?
Santorum aide reveals details of detente;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Some incumbents face smooth sailing after state nixes 14 local candidates;
Other news
Google Copied Java, Jury Says; Fair Use Question Open;
Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishops;
Finance and Economics
TransCanada reapplies for Keystone pipeline permit ; Iraq oil industry experiences new boom;
New Federal Fracking Rules; Enviros Not Satisfied; Fracking Study Announcement Delayed By Wyoming Officials;
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro;
U.S. posts first monthly budget surplus in three years;
UBS to seek buyers for US mortgage debt;
Medicaid payments to primary care doctors will rise under new regulation;
Education:
College Degrees Employers Want Most; Eighth Graders Show Slight Gains On NAEP Science Tests;
Ivy League Embracing Retired Military Officers As Teachers;
Minority Students’ Higher-Education Performance Lags in Georgia; Connecticut Legislature Approves Bill Limiting Remedial Course Work to 1 Semester;
Groups Team Up to Turn Free Online Courses Into Cheap College Credit; Some Texas Public Universities Offering Degree-Programs For $10,000;
India Calls for Greater Support From Corporations to Expand Its Higher-Education System; Some Engineering Graduates In India Can Not Solve Simple Math Problems;
Report: State Student-Aid Grants Should Focus on Completion, Not Just Merit; Audit Finds Illinois’s Prepaid College Plan Plagued by Conflicts of Interest;
Penn State Alumni Elect Strong Critic of Trustees to University's Board; U. Texas President's Job Hangs in Balance Amid Confusing Signals From Regents;
U. of North Carolina Investigation Finds Academic Fraud in Department; Adjunct Says U. Missouri-Kansas City Altered Athlete's Grade;
Accreditor Excuses Faulty Job-Placement Reports at Career Education Corp.;
Rutgers Students Pay Nearly $1,000 Each to Finance Athletics;
Universities Rising and Falling on Football; Big East Commissioner Departs, Shaking Conference Landscape ;
Linebacker decommits from Ohio State after encounter with sex offender during recruiting visit;
5/4/12
TechNews for the week: May 4; May 2; April 30;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
US military found under-reporting insider attacks in Afghanistan; Obama makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan to sign agreement;
Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance;
Defense procurement problems won’t go away ; War Profiteers Make Millions At the Expense of the Public;
Bombs not food: the Republicans' Plan To Save Military; Truth on foreign policy? Not during a campaign;
Bill Moyers: The Ghost of Joe McCarthy in Today's Republican Party;
Using ALEC Playbook, Bobby Jindal Radically Reshapes Public Education; ALEC’s 2010 “Report Card on American Education”;
Wisconsin Democrats divided over who to best oust Walker in recall election;
Romney camp borrowing from Bush;
GOP congressman gets ripped over excessive, but legal, spending;
Threat from mounting public job losses tested Obama’s economic strategy;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Money ‘speaks’: S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell’s PAC doled out big money in campaign donations, contracts;
Finance and Economics
Treasury Department Sees New Path to Ending Bailout; GM paid CEO $7.7M, says U.S. rules keep pay too low;
U.S. considers issuing floating-rate debt; Some federal employees say increased retirement contributions would be a squeeze;
Barnes & Noble, Microsoft ink $300M deal on e-reading;
Apple’s Structure Helps It Avoid Many Taxes; Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation;
Lawmaker Looks Into Boeing's Use Of Visas For Russian Engineers;
Delta buys oil refinery in a bid to offset rising fuel costs;
Education:
U. of Texas Campus Unveils Plan for a $10,000 Bachelor's Degree;
Next Generation of Online-Learning Systems Faces Barriers to Adoption; 'Supersizing' the College Classroom: How One Instructor Teaches 2,670 Students;
Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses;
MLA Urges Evaluators to ‘Give Full Regard’ to Digital Work; Britain Plans to Make Publicly Financed Research Freely Available;
Building a 6-Week Calculus 2 Course;
John Lombardi Is Fired as President of Louisiana State U.; Firing at LSU Puts Spotlight on Governor's Reach Into University Affairs;
South Carolina State U. Settles Lawsuit by Restoring Faculty Leader’s Old Job; Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying in Salary Double-Dipping Case;
U. of Maine Chancellor to Review Hiring of Former State Officials to University Jobs;
College Sports and the Seven Deadly Sins; Division III Model Might Help Solve Basketball's Transfer Problems ;
Council Member Challenges Plan for Tulane U. Stadium;