Education

Small Classes, Small Benefits

SMALL CLASSES ARE VERY popular with parents. Fewer kids in a room can mean more personal attention for their little ones. Teachers like them, too. Fewer kids means fewer tests to mark and fewer disruptions. Communities […]

Education

Baghdad University makes global ranking

Iraq’s biggest university has entered the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the first time. The University of Baghdad, emerging from Iraq’s conflicts, has appeared in the rankings of the top 1,250 research universities around […]

Education

Colleges Drop Tuition to Lure Students

IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF the biggest back-to-school sales ever: a 36 percent drop in the advertised cost of a college education. That’s what awaited students this fall at Mills College, one of a growing […]