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As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there. You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein. More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least...
Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Sociology, Facebook, CNBC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance
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Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others
William A. Covino, a veteran Florida and California administrator, was named Wednesday as the new president of Cal State L.A., becoming the first new leader of the El Sereno campus in 33 years. Covino’s selection was among a slate of...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Sociology, Social Sciences
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation. The...Tags: Teachers, Chicago Mayor, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System, Teaching and Learning
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High school students turn to internships to help plot future
This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Nursing, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Prospect Heights (Cook, Illinois)
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Are college presidents worth their eye-popping salaries?
Change of SubjectEvidently not. The Chronicle of HIgher Education has posted a list of the top 100 salaries of public-university presidents (by total compensation package: Graham B. Spanier Pennsylvania State University at University Park $2,906,721 (1st) Jay Gogue Auburn... -
Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Northwestern University, Orthopedic Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Nursing, Environmental Issues
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After scandal, U. of I.'s former chancellor isn't teaching but still makes $212,000
Richard Herman doesn't have to do much teaching as part of his $212,000 faculty job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When he resigned as chancellor after a high-profile admissions scandal, he made a deal to teach just two classes a...
Tags: Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Engineering
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Chicago haters
RedEyeWest suburban Downers Grove resident Amy Hebert has heard it all. Is she always eating at Chili's? Doesn't she get sick of driving everywhere? Aren't the suburbs just a bunch of chain stores? Hebert's answer to all of the above is "no." After three...Tags: Wrigley Field, Woodfield Mall
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Saber-rattling fits the family Stone
The four Stone kids always were a competitive bunch, especially the three youngest siblings who were separated by three school grades while being home-schooled together. "They worked very hard to keep up with each other — and beat each other," said...
Tags: UIC Flames, FIFA World Cup, Fencing, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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UIC dragon-boating team looking for paddlers
For RedEyeWhat do you get when you cross a dragon with a boat? Depending on your imagination, you could get a lot of things. But the first thing you’d get, “dragon boating,” is more than just a badass-sounding compound word. It’s a 1,000-...Tags: Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Colleges and Universities, Boats
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Authors M-Q
Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Teachers, University of Southern California, Chicago Sun-Times, England
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The big schools
Here's a look at major schools that offer Master of Business Administration programs in the Chicago area. Many schools give students a choice of part-time (including evening and weekend options), flexible, full-time, accelerated, dual-degree,...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Science, Science and Technology
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