for November 21, 2008 http://www.case.org/Content/EHeadlines/Display.cfm?contentItemID=8978 en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:21:59 EST webmaster@case.org http://www.case.org/rss/logo.gif http://www.case.org Four professors being recognized today in the 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year awards share a desire to enable young minds to "grow by doing," instead of just listening to lectures in crowded classrooms and taking multiple choice tests. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-11-20-professors-of-year_N.htm The plan suggested that the government was prepared to expand its previously planned efforts to ensure the flow of federal student loans — which Education Secretary Margaret Spellings amplified Thursday — and raised the specter that it could offer federal aid to providers of costlier, riskier and more controversial private student loans, too. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/21/bailout Eight years ago, Anoka Technical College in Anoka, Minn. was nearly shut down by the state college system. Its aging facilities needed updating, programs were shrinking in number and not seen as meeting the needs of the surrounding area, and enrollment was drying up. Its fortunes, however, have since significantly changed, following the founding of a relative oddity on a two-year college’s campus: a full-fledged high school. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/21/anoka A total of 27 areas in England are interested in establishing new higher education (HE) centres, the universities secretary John Denham confirmed today. They are among the first places keen to take part in the government's "university challenge" initiative, launched in March. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/20/new-university-towns According to a new report by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, earning a college degree does not necessarily guarantee an increase in knowledge of American history, government, or economics. http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/11/7682n.htm is not responsible for content or information derived from links to remote servers. http://www.case.org