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The University of Michigan is considering going private, says the Mackinac Center, a move that is expected to save taxpayer dollars and retain highly qualified professors. Other states have already considered or enacted similar measures:…

Anybody with an interest in school funding – parents, taxpayers, politicians – ought to check out the report issued last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. It won’t do much to resolve Montana’s debate, but it certainly helps put the question of how much Montanans spend on education in perspective.

Schools do an inadequate job of teaching basic money skills, and that has forced many financial firms to develop outstanding teaching tools. One of the best sites on the Internet for this kind of learning…

"We have to produce returns to shareholders, but we also have to take care of the environment and the communities that we operate in,"

lack of college success no longer is simply a matter of individual disappointment – it’s a national problem.

The unique arrangement places UM in distinguished company, as NIH has just 12 such agreements with learning institutions, including Cambridge and Oxford universities in England, the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland.

"This is just a great opportunity for us and our students," Dwyer said. "It will continue to strengthen our graduate programs, bring additional funding to programs and improve the quality of students.

Seven faculty members of the Montana State University-Bozeman College of Business were recognized for their outstanding performances over the past year during the college’s graduation ceremony. Contact: Jackie Sather (406) 994-6766 http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1749 F. William Brown,…

The new book, which profiles 10 campus communities including CU-Boulder, analyzes current trends in transportation and looks at strategies that have been tried by other communities coping with traffic, parking and transit development.

A new study conducted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation
reveals that other factors, especially those outside of the classroom,
have a stronger effect than increased funding on student achievement.