America's boldest governor

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New Mexico governor, Gary Johnson, aims to set up a school voucher system initially covering 100,000 pupils, allowing them to be mobile. Opponents of the scheme argue that public schools could be badly hit through loss of resources, though resources will only be lost with students who use those resources. Teachers' labor unions oppose the scheme, as does the New Mexico legislature, but Johnson sees the scheme as the only way to boost standards, which have dropped despite extra spending. He may have to accept a scheme covering fewer pupils than initially envisaged. Success for the scheme would mean that it would be adopted elsewhere.

Student Loans & Scholarships, Political activity, Political aspects, New Mexico, Educational vouchers, Johnson, Gary E.

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Business education: dons and dollars

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The donating of large sums of money to universities for the purpose of building business schools named after their benefactors, has now spread to Britain. Oxford University received $31 million from a Saudi businessman to build a business school, an idea it once steadfastly refused to entertain.

Colleges & Universities, Finance, Universities and colleges, University of Oxford, Schools, Business schools, Endowments

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Back to basics: Mies van der Rohe

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Architect Ludwig van der Rohe will be honored by the Illinois Institute of Technology with a student center that will include a museum. The architect, who died in 1969, believed that modern architecture should be simple and spacious. Chicago, IL, already has many modernist buildings.

Graduate & Professional Schools, Appreciation, Influence, Architects, Buildings and facilities, Chicago, Illinois, 20th century AD, Architecture, Modern, Modern architecture, Modernism, Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, Illinois Institute of Technology

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