In doing so, the state figures it'll be creating economic opportunity for the city that hosts the school. So it's taking bids. With a 5-o'clock Monday deadline approaching, Tampa and Orlando are stumbling over themselves to cough up millions in construction costs and real estate and land the school. Ten years after the end of apartheid, South Africa still has two unequal classes of higher education. Latin America's ruling class has long looked north to educate its children.
Good help is hard to find.
While the demand for teacher ed is rising, salaries in education departments are stagnant, and many positions just aren't being filled. Rather than building another corporate training program or automotive research center, the two Michigan behemoths have joined forces to fight a pair of lawsuits that challenge the university's affirmative action admissions policies. Two months ago, the legislature gave the Board of Regents the ax, aiming to create a seamless K-16 education system that grants more power to local authorities. But now we learn they didn't formulate a plan for the new governance system. This week, Oracle leaks word that it'll soon be following suit.