Higher Education Management and Policy, Volume 20 Issue 2: Journal of the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education -- Special Issue: Higher Education and Regional Development
The Pittsburgh Business Times (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Education Management Corp. plans to add 600 Pittsburgh-area jobs over the next three years as it expands operations in Allegheny County, according to a statement from Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
"First National Bank of Namibia opened its doors more than 100 years ago and since then has been involved in giving back to communities to help them grow by supporting the economic well-being and quality of life for everybody."
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
NELLORE: International Institute of Education and Management, a Delhi-based organisation has awarded ‘Rashtriya Vidya Saraswati Puraskar’ to Devadasu Venkateswara Rao for his outstanding achievements in the field of education. He ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
ELURU: Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Head of the Department of Educational Finance of National University of Educational Planning and Administration, on Thursday called for a national policy on higher education. Speaking at a national seminar ...
The Street (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Fortinet shares relax after an earlier rise as Cloud Peak, Archipelago and Global Defense Technology prepare to debut.
Online Learning Update (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Representatives of five would-be virtual charter schools will file into the administrative towers of the Georgia Department of Education today to pitch their brand of public education, which lets students study at home computers in their pajamas. Some contenders will come with national representatives from education management companies touting their records of student achievement in other states....
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA) , Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: Deutsche Bank upgraded Vale SA (NYSE: VALE ) to Buy from Hold on expectations the company will benefit from higher realized prices. The firm raised its target on shares to $30 from $23. Soleil upgraded Education Management (NASDAQ: EDMC ) to Buy from Gradually Accumulate following...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Education Management Corporation (Nasdaq: EDMC), one of the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, today reported its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009. For the first quarter of fiscal 2010, net income was $15.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, an increase of $19.1 million from the quarter ended...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
CHENNAI: Following the resignation of C.Satish, Principal of D.A.V. Boys Senior Secondary School, Gopalapuram, a group of parents of students submitted a petition to School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Wednesday, urging him to get ...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Shares of for-profit education companies tumbled Wednesday a day after Apollo Group Inc., one of the largest and oldest of the companies, said the Securities and Exchange Commission had launched an "informal inquiry" into its revenue accounting practices, its second SEC probe this year.
All Things Pakistan (ATP) (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Shahran Asim I just received an email that Shehzad Roy will be coming to Chicago this week to receive the Patricia Blunt Fellowship from the Chicago Council of Global Affairs. With every day news of doom and gloom, I think news like this are a breath of fresh air for the Pakistanis. The Chicago Council of Global [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
PHOENIX, AZ (MARKET WIRE) EastBridge Investment Group (EBIG) (OTCBB: EBIG) today announced that its CFO/COO, Norm Klein, interviewed Frank Wei, CEO of Wonder Education Group, an education management company based in Phoenix, Arizona, which operates seven IT training schools in China, about the Fall enrollment increase of over 27% compared to 2008 for the group's seven schools.
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Stumping for passage of a TABOR-like ballot initiative in Maine, former Governor Bill Owens had this to say about education funding in Colorado this week: "Our spending per student is in the mid-range of the country. Our results are better than that, our college graduation rate's among the best in the country, and the claim that public education has been devastated is factually incorrect, and...
Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
A soon-to-be independent AOL said Monday that former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell would serve on the company's board. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong will serve as chairman of the board. Time Warner has announced its plans to spin off AOL, reversing a merger made during the heyday of the dot-com boom that is now viewed as one of the worst business unions in history. The merger...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
One more Chron overview of an HISD Trustee race, this one in District IX where three candidates are challenging incumbent and Board President Larry Marshall. During the last several months, Marshall has had a tumultuous stint as board president. The 77-year-old has lashed out at his fellow trustees — once saying ...
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