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China: Why Western B-Schools Are Leaving (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Cass Business School in London was one of several dozen MBA programs tempted by a seemingly massive and untapped market for management education in China. It started a joint executive education program with the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2004 and has had about 80 students graduate from its two-year program......




Louisiana teenager accused of poisoning teacher (AP) AP - A 16-year-old student is accused of poisoning his teacher, who went to the hospital with "severe intestinal distress" after the teen spiked a soft drink with eye drops, authorities said.


Dems derail McCain bill to boost veterans' college aid (AP) AP - Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it didn't go far enough and would serve only as political cover for the GOP presidential candidate.


Madonna to build girls' school in Malawi: lawyer (Reuters)

Madonna carries her adopted son David at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji village, 84 miles west of the capital Lilongwe, April 17, 2007. At right is Madonna's daughter Lourdes. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. pop diva Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls' school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said on Wednesday.





The Latest Twist in Student Loans (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Because of the credit crunch, conventional lenders are making it tough for any but the most creditworthy borrowers to qualify for private college loans. Now, a new breed of student lender is trying to get students to return the snub -- by writing off the Sallie Maes and Citibanks of the world in favor of relying on friends, fa......


Lawyer says young Philly jet-setter nearing plea in ID case (AP)

In this undated file photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, shown are Jocelyn Kirsch, right, and Edward Anderton.  A lawyer for a woman charged with stealing people's credit to travel the world in style says Kirsch, the former Drexel University student is nearing a federal plea deal. Kirsch and Anderton are due in Philadelphia court on Monday May 12, 2008 for a preliminary hearing. But defense lawyer Ronald Greenblatt says they won't appear because the case will be moved to federal court. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department, File)AP - A former college student accused of stealing people's credit to travel the world with her Ivy League boyfriend is nearing a federal plea deal, her lawyer said.





School districts start to face sanctions under landmark law (AP) AP - At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.


Hundreds brawl at LA high school, broken up by police (AP) AP - A fight that broke out at a troubled South Los Angeles school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police in riot gear.


Bush signs student loan market stabilization plan (Reuters)

U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) walks out of the North Portico with the House Republican leadership at the White House in Washington May 7, 2008. Bush is joined by Representatives Roy Blunt (R-MO)(L), Adam Putnam (R-FL)(2nd R) and John Boehner (R-OH). (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush signed into law on Wednesday a program to stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry, addressing lenders' warnings of a possible loan shortage in coming months.





Bush Signs Legislation to Boost Availability of Student Loans (Bloomberg) Bloomberg - May 7 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush signed legislation designed to ensure that turmoil in the credit markets doesn't cause a shortage in student loans.


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