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Closing down
Academy aimed at supporting rising opera stars to shut
Accounting Grad Didn't Figure On Job Rejections
Melanie Singer has long been preparing for a career as an accountant. Despite intensive networking, meetings with a career counselor and three internships, she is discovering there is no formula that results in a job.
New era and president for St. Mary's College of Maryland
At St. Mary's College of Maryland, a library card entitles the bearer to check out a boat. An unofficial Frisbee golf course snakes around campus. Someone walking past the student center on a recent day might have glimpsed this slogan, scrawled on a brick wall above a row of unlocked bicycles:...
Maryland - United States - St. Mary's Seminary and University - sport - Maryland Terrapins
Maryland - United States - St. Mary's Seminary and University - sport - Maryland Terrapins
Late-night maneuvering gives Harris building to UDC for community college
The slash to the streetcar program wasn't the only big change to the city budget made in the middle of the night.
United States - Education - Harry Potter - New York - California
United States - Education - Harry Potter - New York - California
AP classes' draw extends beyond extra grade points
Like all human beings, educators accept rules and procedures that make sense to them, even when academic types wave data in their faces proving they are wrong. That appears to be the case with one of the most powerful and widespread practices in Washington area high schools -- the extra grade point...
Education - K through 12 - Educators - Personal and Class Pages - Elementary
Education - K through 12 - Educators - Personal and Class Pages - Elementary
Two-year degrees 'are sweatshops'
University staff reject any move to introduce two-year degrees, warning that they would lead to "academic sweatshops".
More lecturers 'seeking support'
A charity says more lecturers and college staff are seeking support over job insecurity, job losses and bigger workloads.
Cardinal Gibbons School graduates its 45th, final class
Catholic school one of 13 closing as part of Archdiocese of Baltimore reorganization
A scriptural reading chosen for Cardinal Gibbons High School's graduation Saturday advised, "be at peace with yourselves" — a fitting coda for a school that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is closing amid much protest. After months of battling the archdiocese, graduates and their families gathered at the Baltimore Basilica at peace — and with a sense of pride and acceptance.
A scriptural reading chosen for Cardinal Gibbons High School's graduation Saturday advised, "be at peace with yourselves" — a fitting coda for a school that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is closing amid much protest. After months of battling the archdiocese, graduates and their families gathered at the Baltimore Basilica at peace — and with a sense of pride and acceptance.
At Trinity School, Students and Teachers Reminisce
Letters Of War From Student Soldiers
Elizabeth Samet teaches English at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In the March 25 issue of The New Republic magazine, she writes about the correspondence she maintains with some of her former students after they are deployed to war zones. She reads some of those letters for host Scott Simon.
New York to Allow Many More Charter Schools
Mike Baker
What does academy freedom really mean?