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Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others
William A. Covino, a veteran Florida and California administrator, was named Wednesday as the new president of Cal State L.A., becoming the first new leader of the El Sereno campus in 33 years. Covino’s selection was among a slate of...
Tags: Science, Barack Obama, University of California, Berkeley, Students, Florida Atlantic University
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation. The...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Budgets and Budgeting, Washington, DC, Judges, Chicago Teachers Union
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High school students turn to internships to help plot future
This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of...
Tags: New York City, Chicago Public Schools, Students, Arlington Heights, School Examinations
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Are college presidents worth their eye-popping salaries?
Change of SubjectEvidently not. The Chronicle of HIgher Education has posted a list of the top 100 salaries of public-university presidents (by total compensation package: Graham B. Spanier Pennsylvania State University at University Park $2,906,721 (1st) Jay Gogue Auburn... -
Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Northwestern University, Education, Environmental Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities
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After scandal, U. of I.'s former chancellor isn't teaching but still makes $212,000
Richard Herman doesn't have to do much teaching as part of his $212,000 faculty job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When he resigned as chancellor after a high-profile admissions scandal, he made a deal to teach just two classes a...
Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Engineering, Education, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Chicago haters
RedEyeWest suburban Downers Grove resident Amy Hebert has heard it all. Is she always eating at Chili's? Doesn't she get sick of driving everywhere? Aren't the suburbs just a bunch of chain stores? Hebert's answer to all of the above is "no." After three...Tags: Woodfield Mall, Wrigley Field
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UIC dragon-boating team looking for paddlers
For RedEyeWhat do you get when you cross a dragon with a boat? Depending on your imagination, you could get a lot of things. But the first thing you’d get, “dragon boating,” is more than just a badass-sounding compound word. It’s a 1,000-...Tags: Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Boats, Colleges and Universities
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The big schools
Here's a look at major schools that offer Master of Business Administration programs in the Chicago area. Many schools give students a choice of part-time (including evening and weekend options), flexible, full-time, accelerated, dual-degree,...
Tags: Science, Education, Examinations, Colleges and Universities, Northern Illinois University
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Authors M-Q
Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is...Tags: University of Southern California, Food Network (tv network), Arts and Culture, New York Observer, Elections
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Taking the less-known route
If you can't get in — or can't afford — a top business school, is an MBA from a lesser-known school worth it? The answer depends largely on the student. Those gunning for the top of the organizational chart, and without the networking...
Tags: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Michigan Avenue, Realty, Bradley University, Eastern Illinois University
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Garfield Park, U.S. Department of Justice, Medical Specialization, Health and Safety at School
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