<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Colorado University Seeks Right-Wing Prof : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/education/"/><tagline>Colorado University Seeks Right-Wing Prof : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-06T12:49:06+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Colorado University Seeks Right-Wing Prof]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61729/1/" /><id>61729</id><summary><![CDATA[Colorado University Seeks Right-Wing Prof]]></summary><issued>2008-05-13T23:27:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-13T23:27:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chancellor G.P. &#8220;Bud&#8221; Peterson surveys this landscape with unease. A college that champions diversity, he believes, must think beyond courses in gay literature, Chicano studies and feminist theory. &#8220;We should also talk about intellectual diversity,&#8221; he says.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sneak Peak of New Fashion Line &quot;The Row&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/17973/1/" /><id>17973</id><summary><![CDATA[Sneak Peak of New Fashion Line &quot;The Row&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-04-26T08:46:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-26T08:46:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For those of you who haven&#8217;t heard, Mary Kate and Ashley (yes, the Olsen twins), are in the process of launching a new high-end fashion line called &#8220;The Row.&#8221;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50926/1/" /><id>50926</id><summary><![CDATA[Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets]]></summary><issued>2008-02-17T09:59:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-17T09:59:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A bill that would grant Colorado residents who were awarded Purple Heart or higher medal free college tuition is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/02/colorado-department-of-higher-education.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">under fire</a> as too costly by people such as David Skaggs of the Dept of Education. The same David Skaggs who <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/education/article/0,1299,DRMN_957_5657370,00.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">proposes</a> having tax payers pay a large percentage of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/08/colorado-in-state-tuition-for-children.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">illegal</a> alien's tuition.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[University quenches thirst for knowledge with 'Beer 101']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/47988/1/" /><id>47988</id><summary><![CDATA[University quenches thirst for knowledge with 'Beer 101']]></summary><issued>2008-01-22T17:39:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-22T17:39:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A popular &quot;brewing science&quot; course at Halifax's University of King's College will trace the history of beer and include field trips to area breweries. Mmm, breweries...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Free higher education for troops in MoD welfare overhaul]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/73143/1/" /><id>73143</id><summary><![CDATA[Free higher education for troops in MoD welfare overhaul]]></summary><issued>2008-08-21T18:37:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-21T18:37:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Servicemen and women may be able to go to college or university without paying tuition fees when they leave the army, navy or air force under a wide-ranging package of measures announced today.<br/>Unveiling the proposals in the Commons the defense secretary, Des Browne, also confirmed that he would double the compensation paid to troops seriously injured in military operations.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42622/1/" /><id>42622</id><summary><![CDATA[Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year?]]></summary><issued>2007-11-27T13:14:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-27T13:14:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it&#8217;s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents&#8217; salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Watch Lost...Get College Credit]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15972/1/" /><id>15972</id><summary><![CDATA[Watch Lost...Get College Credit]]></summary><issued>2007-04-12T01:09:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-12T01:09:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Twice a week, about 25 students at Tufts University participate in a one-college-credit course in which they analyze the show that has puzzled, intrigued, and outraged viewers for almost three seasons.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[MacGyver: The College Years]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/60559/1/" /><id>60559</id><summary><![CDATA[MacGyver: The College Years]]></summary><issued>2008-05-04T11:27:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-04T11:27:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Think it's hard being MacGyver? Then try being MacGyver AND a college student at Phoenix University! Watch what happens as MacGyver tries to manufacture a condom using only paperclips and his imagination! <br/><br/>Additional episodes in comments]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[College courses via cell phone now available in Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42888/1/" /><id>42888</id><summary><![CDATA[College courses via cell phone now available in Japan]]></summary><issued>2007-11-29T22:06:39+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-29T22:06:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Is Japan's futuristic cell phone culture too cool for school? Not according to Softbank, a Japanese cell phone service provider who just began offering college courses on the company's cell phones.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[96 Students, Others Arrested in Massive Drug Raid at San Diego State University]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60845/1/" /><id>60845</id><summary><![CDATA[96 Students, Others Arrested in Massive Drug Raid at San Diego State University]]></summary><issued>2008-05-06T18:01:46+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-06T18:01:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and methamphetamines were confiscated in the sting, which came as the result of a months-long undercover operation...<br/><br/>In addition to large quantities of narcotics, money and weapons were also seized from sellers and buyers in the bust.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[SoCal college offers YouTube class]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/35651/1/" /><id>35651</id><summary><![CDATA[SoCal college offers YouTube class]]></summary><issued>2007-09-14T08:06:44+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-14T08:06:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[19-year-old to graduate college after year ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17812/1/" /><id>17812</id><summary><![CDATA[19-year-old to graduate college after year ]]></summary><issued>2007-04-25T09:35:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-25T09:35:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bronx college offers graffiti course]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40604/1/" /><id>40604</id><summary><![CDATA[Bronx college offers graffiti course]]></summary><issued>2007-11-04T21:51:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-04T21:51:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Students at the University of New York's Hostos Community College in the Bronx now can enroll in a 19-week class on the street art of graffiti.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Awesome Victoria's Secret Deal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17723/1/" /><id>17723</id><summary><![CDATA[Awesome Victoria's Secret Deal]]></summary><issued>2007-04-24T16:25:06+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-24T16:25:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You can get a Pointelle Bra Top cami + Lip Gloss + Garden Lotion (or Fragrance) Gift Set for $11 shipped after coupon. VS Angels card is not required to get this offer.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Honorary Degrees are stupid]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28554/1/" /><id>28554</id><summary><![CDATA[Honorary Degrees are stupid]]></summary><issued>2007-07-23T16:12:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-23T16:12:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The editorial claims that honorary degrees make a mockery out true degrees. As a college student, I think this is a valid claim. College is hard, no?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Want A College Course Without Going To College?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/3107/1/" /><id>3107</id><summary><![CDATA[Want A College Course Without Going To College?]]></summary><issued>2006-10-14T12:14:56+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-14T12:14:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Now on Google Video: a college class in Anatomy and Physiology. <br/>Quite interesting]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Fla. International Increases Penalties]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/sports/l/3485/1/" /><id>3485</id><summary><![CDATA[Fla. International Increases Penalties]]></summary><issued>2006-10-17T14:34:07+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-17T14:34:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Florida International University and the University of Miami have increased the punishment for 19 players involved in Saturday night's football brawl.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Video games can shoot holes in GPA]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36198/1/" /><id>36198</id><summary><![CDATA[Video games can shoot holes in GPA]]></summary><issued>2007-09-19T19:45:31+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-19T19:45:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[First-year students whose roommates brought a video game player to college studied 40 minutes less each day on average. Those 40 minutes of lost study time translated into first-semester grades that were 0.241 points lower on the 4.0 grade scale.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Optimizing The University - Why We Need a New Educational Model For A New Century]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/69214/1/" /><id>69214</id><summary><![CDATA[Optimizing The University - Why We Need a New Educational Model For A New Century]]></summary><issued>2008-07-18T21:08:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-18T21:08:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The current model of higher education grew in a haphazard fashion that has left us with traditional practices and modes of organization that in some aspects are poorly matched to modern educational needs.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Teen Graduates High School, College In Same Week]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/60978/1/" /><id>60978</id><summary><![CDATA[Teen Graduates High School, College In Same Week]]></summary><issued>2008-05-07T21:48:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-07T21:48:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.<br/><br/>*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally.  He started taking college courses at 14.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man sues university over bad grade]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/10370/1/" /><id>10370</id><summary><![CDATA[Man sues university over bad grade]]></summary><issued>2007-02-08T11:26:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-08T11:26:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Says his philosophy professor killed his chances for getting into law school by grading on a curve, changing his expected A- to a C. Next step: suing the brainy geek who skewed the curve and the inventor of the letter &quot;C&quot;.]]></content></entry></feed>