(Reuters) – An elite California college’s admission this week that it tried to boost its reputation by inflating the test scores of incoming freshmen has stoked a heated debate over the outsized influence and controversial methodology of commercial “best college” lists. But behind the furor over the fraud at Claremont McKenna College is a crescendo of calls from academics, politicians and parents for new rating systems that would measure what really matters: how effectively an institution educates. … U.S. News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Giants title-holder Steve Tisch confessed his Super Bowl superstition on TMZ Live today … saying he won’t remove 5-week ancient nail polish from his toes because he’s worried it could sink his team. Tisch says 5 weeks ago his young daughters painted his…
(Reuters) – Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and selection students graduate in fewer semesters. These schools — typically tiny private colleges like University of Charleston, Cabrini College and Midland University that lack the cachet of top-tier colleges and compete with less expensive state schools — are bucking the widespread trend of increasing expenditure. In the last year, a few have cut tuition by as much as 20 percent. … U.S. News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Steven Tyler says he meant to sing the inhabitant anthem like that.