Omniac College News Roundup for February 6, 2009
Hello!
We see a lot of strange and interesting news every week that we don't get a chance to let our loyal Omniac Attack readers know about.
Until Now...
This week marks our launch of the Omniac Attack College News Roundup. Every Friday, we promise to bring you the good, the bad, and the wild about college admissions, standardized testing, and education in general. So without further ado...
Wouldn't it be great to play video games for college credit? UC Berkely is leading the way with a Starcraft course -
http://www.tumeroks.com/starcraft-course-opened-for-college-earn-credits/
As college expenses rise higher and higher, some universities are looking to reduce costs for campus visits. Here's the skinny on online interviews -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010101935.html
It's fairly obvious that public education is not quite where it should be. Here are a few ideas on how to raise the bar in the classroom -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013000817.html?hpid=sec-education
The Governor of Arizona cut funding for higher education. Now students from UA and ASU or organizing to protest the decision...and some of them might get college credit -
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/277572
Even major Universities, like Harvard or Yale, are being hit by the recession, in the form of lowered endowments -
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/01/30/no-school-left-behind-in-endowment-collapse.html
New York has been king of the AP test for over a decade. Now it's Maryland's turn -
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.ap05feb05,0,6831749.story
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