NCAA: Maryland beats Houston 89-77; 8 teams with double-digit seeds advance to second round
NCAA: Chalk-filled Day 2 ends with Maryland win NCAA: Gary Williams has Maryland close to advancing to second round for second straight year
NCAA: Maryland leading Houston in final minutes NCAA: California beats Pitino’s Louisville 77-62, advances to play No. 1 seed Duke
NCAA: California defeats Louisville 77-62 Quite the three-headed monster that sent Cal to a 77-62 victory over Louisville and into a second-round game against top-seeded Duke on Sunday. Theo Robertson scored 21 points, Jerome Randle had 19 and Patrick Christopher had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Bears. NCAA: Houston looking tired; Cougars played 4 games in 4 days in conference tourney
NCAA: Houston looking tired in final minutes NCAA: Ohio State defeats UC-Santa Barbara, plays Georgia Tech next; Syracuse routs Vermont
NCAA: Ohio State defeats UC-Santa Barbara 68-51 Grant’s charge, Johnson’s play inside send No. 4 seed Purdue past giant-killer Siena 72-64
Former Ducks coach Bellotti stepping down as Oregon AD after a year to take job with ESPN
Bellotti announces he’s stepping down as Oregon AD Privately held Vanguard Health plans to buy nonprofit, 8-hospital Detroit Medical Center
Vanguard Health plans to buy Mich. hospital system Talk show host DeGeneres presents $30K scholarship to lesbian student in Miss. prom flap
Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap Oprah, South African schoolgirls to testify at Winfrey’s defamation trial in Philadelphia
Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial Bill upgrading Presidency College to university passedKOLKATA - The West Bengal Assembly Friday passed a Bill upgrading the 192-year-old Presidency College into a university. Education tribunal to be created for students’ casesNEW DELHI - Disputes involving students, teachers and employees of higher education institutes and matters related to affiliation and accreditation of these institutes will be decided by a new education tribunal, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday. Jail for demanding capitation fee, says SibalNEW DELHI - No more capitation fees, the government said Friday as it proposed punishment for educational institutes found fleecing students in the guise of hidden costs during admission and the management could also face jail. Dyslexic student’s plea to use calculator in exam rejectedNEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a dyslexic student’s plea for using a calculator during his class 12 examination. Catholic Church protests suggestion for minority institutionsNEW DELHI - A powerful Catholic body has approached Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to voice its protest against the country’s apex minority education watchdog’s observation that institutions with less than 30 percent students from the community cannot claim minority status. IGNOU to ensure quality in distance educationNEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday said it will set up a Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) to ensure quality in open and distance learning education system in the country. India gets $1 bn World Bank loan to improve educationWASHINGTON - The World Bank has approved two education projects worth $1.05 billion for India, designed to boost the number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school, and to improve the quality of engineering education across the country. |
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