<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='../Styles/xsl/FeedsStyle.xsl' ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Higher Education</title><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/HigherEducation.xml</link><language>en-gb</language><description> The highlighted stories from the Higher Education category of the Spiderednews web site.</description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:06:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/HigherEducation.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><copyright>© 2010 SpideredNews.com</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><item><title>Prof Alice Roberts: 'Public engagement should be part of academic life' - video</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Comment is free interviews: Alice Roberts, professor of public engagement in science at Birmingham University explains why academics should get better at enaging the public with their</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/may/14/alice-roberts-public-engagement-academic-video</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/may/14/alice-roberts-public-engagement-academic-video</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2012/5/11/1336746326025/Cif-Alice-Roberts-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>UC proposing to raise tuition again - 6% in fall</title><dc:creator>SFGATE</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:00 PDT</pubDate><description>The University of California will need to charge students at least 6 percent more for tuition next fall - an extra $732 - to stave off more layoffs and program closures, say UC leaders who</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=5208e6914de5e4acc849c75b4e8b0583</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=5208e6914de5e4acc849c75b4e8b0583</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>MBBS exam centres in Tamil Nadu to install mobile jammers</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:54:14 GMT</pubDate><description>Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University today informed the Madras high court it has directed examination centres to install mobile phone jammers and metal detectors in view of instances of some</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZM0er2Ki/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZM0er2Ki/story01.htm</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Delhi University sends wrong paper for semester exam</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Delhi University possibly goofed up again on Monday. Students of BA (honours) courses were prepared to attempt the contemporary English paper in the second semester but were instead given the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZJI7h2KM/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZJI7h2KM/story01.htm</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Colin Powell tells Northeastern University grads, &amp;#8216;We are counting on you&amp;#8217;</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Powell tells NU graduates world needs them Former Secretary of State Colin Powell urged graduating Northeastern University students Friday to follow their passion in everything they do and to</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=20deda43061f364d4b8f48237afcb93d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=20deda43061f364d4b8f48237afcb93d</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2012/05/05/1336192415_4018/539w.jpg"/></item><item><title>Hazing Hard To Prosecute In Fla. Despite Tough Laws</title><dc:creator>NPR</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The culture of hazing is back in the national spotlight after charges were filed against 13 people in connection with the hazing death of a Florida A&amp;M University student. Florida has one of</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152041656/hazing-hard-to-prosecute-in-fla-despite-tough-laws?ft=1&amp;f=1013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152041656/hazing-hard-to-prosecute-in-fla-despite-tough-laws?ft=1&amp;f=1013</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: May 4, 1970 | National Guard Opens Fire at Kent State</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:07:01 GMT</pubDate><description>On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=099f759f1ee65c519ef8049529e5af48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=099f759f1ee65c519ef8049529e5af48</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Mumbai University ropes in all and sundry to correct its exam papers</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:36:40 GMT</pubDate><description>In the last 30 days, the university’s board of examinations (BOE) has twice relaxed the eligibility norms for evaluators who correct answer scripts.	</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZB5Nv2Io/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZB5Nv2Io/story01.htm</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>National Briefing | New England: Rhode Island: Brown to Increase Pay to Providence</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 01:51:55 GMT</pubDate><description>Brown University announced on Tuesday that it would increase its voluntary payments to the City of Providence, where officials are trying to shore up finances to avoid bankruptcy.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bf3078580753d91bca504861f24994f8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bf3078580753d91bca504861f24994f8</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>The Choice Blog: I Don't Know Where I'm Going to College. Please Don't Ask.</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:52:20 GMT</pubDate><description>Clare Tiarsmith, a senior at the Marist School in Atlanta, says she is still undecided about how college choice, especially after a a great experience at the University of Georgia.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ad594d0cf43fb1aa6ecebdfaac7ebf26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ad594d0cf43fb1aa6ecebdfaac7ebf26</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Common curriculum</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:45:50 GMT</pubDate><description>Ignou is making efforts to have a common curriculum for all the open universities (OU) in the country. The move has been made to meet the national agenda set by MHRD to have quality</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0Z2BXW2HI/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0Z2BXW2HI/story01.htm</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>National Briefing | South: Louisiana: Head of L.S.U. System Fired</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:40:04 GMT</pubDate><description>John Lombardi, the president of the Louisiana State University System, was fired on Friday by the system’s governing board. Dr. Lombardi had clashed with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a6f83216d5deb89c024689452ba53d5e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a6f83216d5deb89c024689452ba53d5e</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Harvard pushes back against academic publishers&amp;#8217; pricing, encourages open access</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Harvard panel pushes benefits of free journals Harvard may be the world’s wealthiest university, but fees for its academic journal subscriptions have gotten so steep - some as much as $40,000</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=3f4f82135c6ff963fecabba6ddfb51bb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=3f4f82135c6ff963fecabba6ddfb51bb</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>College Students Split on Political Graduation Speakers</title><dc:creator>YAHOO</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:02:38 GMT</pubDate><description>When Wellesley College announced in March that MSNBC host and Tulane University professor Melissa Harris-Perry would be the 2012 commencement speaker, students seemed pleased. Wellesley</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/college-students-split-political-graduation-speakers-160238055.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/college-students-split-political-graduation-speakers-160238055.html</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Campaign notebook</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Brown’s attention now angled toward Whole Foods fish policy US Senator Scott Brown regularly mocks Cambridge, Harvard, and other perceived beacons of liberal elitism. Now, he’s taking on an</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=882bec8c184a24d1c81846b9c00f07d8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=882bec8c184a24d1c81846b9c00f07d8</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2012/04/24/1335241275_9592/539w.jpg"/></item><item><title>Richard Wolff: 'They like a little radicalism. They have been waiting'</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate><description>From Fox to Occupy, it seems everyone wants to hear what American Marxist Richard Wolff has to say about economicsRichard Wolff sat in a downtown Chicago coffee shop and confessed he was</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/19/richard-wolff-us-economics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/19/richard-wolff-us-economics</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2012/4/10/1334065980156/Image-of-Professor-Richar-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Salford scientists reveal the 'sound of Stonehenge'</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Whatever went on there, it would have impressed the ancient Britons. Even if it was only whispering.Salford's clever academics, who once took me shopping in a virtual supermarket – you</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/19/stonehenge-acoustics-archaeology-salford-university-bruno-fazenda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/19/stonehenge-acoustics-archaeology-salford-university-bruno-fazenda</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/10/6/1317897927272/Stonehenge-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Fred Jewett, longtime Harvard dean, helped diversify students</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Fred Jewett, 75; Harvard dean helped to diversify student body Fred Jewett spent more than 40 years at Harvard, from his first day as a freshman to retiring as dean of the college. He was “a</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=7adb067f3c936f7197cef1c9c7bec327</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=7adb067f3c936f7197cef1c9c7bec327</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="107" url="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2012/04/19/1334810352_6125/300h.jpg"/></item><item><title>Room for Debate: Do Wealthy Colleges Deserve Their Tax Breaks?</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:13:02 GMT</pubDate><description>Should government change its tax exemption policies for universities as a way of equalizing educational resources in America?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4f34f786e7249b56ff70e3ba7d609387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4f34f786e7249b56ff70e3ba7d609387</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/04/18/opinion/princetonRFD/princetonRFD-custom1.jpg"/></item><item><title>Letters: Alternative economics – as if people mattered</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:00:02 GMT</pubDate><description>Responding to Aditya Chakrabortty's search for an alternative to the increasingly discredited academic field of economics (Economics is in crisis. But why aren't political scientists and</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/apr/18/alternative-economics-people-mattered</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/apr/18/alternative-economics-people-mattered</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>Alfie Meadows trial: jurors fail to reach verdict</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:01:19 GMT</pubDate><description>Jury fails to agree on whether student who suffered head injury at 2010 tuition fees protest is guilty of violent disorderJurors have failed to reach a verdict on whether a student who</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/alfie-meadows-trial-jurors-verdict</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/alfie-meadows-trial-jurors-verdict</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2012/4/18/1334764836647/Alfie-Meadows--003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Top U.S. colleges to offer free classes online</title><dc:creator>YAHOO</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:52:59 GMT</pubDate><description>(Reuters) - Five prestigious U.S. universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/top-u-colleges-offer-free-classes-online-135159957--sector.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/top-u-colleges-offer-free-classes-online-135159957--sector.html</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w9AZ.Fayxn_ZzVgCR9h8Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-18T145925Z_1_CBRE83H15N400_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG"/></item><item><title>From Silicon Valley, A New Approach To Education</title><dc:creator>NPR</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:58:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Four major Universities –- Stanford, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan — are joining forces with a start-up called Coursera to offer free online classes in more than</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/04/18/150846845/from-silicon-valley-a-new-approach-to-education?ft=1&amp;f=1013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/04/18/150846845/from-silicon-valley-a-new-approach-to-education?ft=1&amp;f=1013</guid><category>Higher Education</category></item><item><title>University of Calif. nonresident admissions soar</title><dc:creator>SFGATE</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT</pubDate><description>The number of non-Californians accepted as freshmen to the state's premier public university has nearly doubled in just two years, the University of California reported Tuesday. New</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f12fbcfbb4b629fb5d51aed4d68e923a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f12fbcfbb4b629fb5d51aed4d68e923a</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/04/17_t/ba-uc0418_gr_SFCG1334713093_t.gif"/></item><item><title>Persistent myths about open access scientific publishing | Dr Mike Taylor</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><description>Academic publishers do not pay peer reviewers, and lack of funds is no bar to publication in an open access journalA spate of recent articles in the Guardian have drawn attention to lots</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/apr/17/persistent-myths-open-access-scientific-publishing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/apr/17/persistent-myths-open-access-scientific-publishing</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/17/1334672977152/Micro-array-DNA-chip-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Improving the university experience for overseas students: the reading list</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Looking for inspiration, ideas or case studies of excellence in international student experience? Here are resources shared by our live chat panelBeatrice Merrick, director of services and</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/higher-education-network-blog/2012/apr/17/resources-improving-university-overseas-studenrts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/higher-education-network-blog/2012/apr/17/resources-improving-university-overseas-studenrts</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/11/1334161292090/A-WOMAN-A-STUDENT-STUDYIN-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>High youth unemployment must be tackled, and fast | Jonathan Portes</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:05:01 GMT</pubDate><description>Young people have been forgotten by government and face an 'unmarked field of landmines' to find a jobThe latest unemployment figures, due on Wednesday, will once again highlight the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/high-youth-unemployment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/high-youth-unemployment</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/8/19/1313777275460/youth-job-centre-002.jpg"/></item><item><title>Students: what will you do if you get a 2:2?</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description>We're told we'll never get a job if we don't get good grades. But just how important is academic success when you hit the real world?Did you hear about the girl who did a degree in</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2012/apr/17/what-students-do-if-their-grades-are-low</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2012/apr/17/what-students-do-if-their-grades-are-low</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2012/4/16/1334589175194/Desmond-Tutu-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Tagging costs MSU $1,100 to clean up</title><dc:creator>NEWS-LEADER</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:23:00 CDT</pubDate><description>It has cost Missouri State University about $1,100 to remove widespread tagging of the letters DGK, the brand name of a skateboard manufacturer. 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a</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/5-years-tech-va-colleges-gauge-threats-161505025.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://news.yahoo.com/5-years-tech-va-colleges-gauge-threats-161505025.html</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4pdZvZK3oyw13Yk07T3PmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa5151e092f4cf0a0c0f6a7067006c64.jpg"/></item><item><title>Ex-mine safety chief, W.Va. school accused of fraud</title><dc:creator>USATODAY</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:03:23 GMT</pubDate><description>Wheeling Jesuit University have been complicit in five possible federal crimes, documents 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