Topic: San Jose State University

Editor's Blog Are MOOCs making education a monoculture?

The rise of Massive Open Online Courses is presenting higher education with a powerful challenge. Access to great teachers will help millions. But will MOOCs cause a massive college shakeout as well?

Focus Tax reform: Why a kinder, simpler tax code eludes Congress, so far

As Tax Day nears, Americans in the throes of preparing their returns may be dreaming of a simpler tax code. Here's why tax reform is such a tall order for Congress – and how two lawmakers are laying the groundwork for it now.

Opinion Equal Pay Day: Raising minimum wage will help women – and the economy

Women – and their families – are disproportionately affected by the low US minimum wage. Equal Pay Day serves as a stark reminder of that reality. Raising the minimum wage would boost the economy, and it would help close the gender wage gap.

First college to raise $1B? Stanford beats Harvard

First college to raise $1B in 2012: Stanford University was first in US fund raising for the eighth year in a row. Stanford raised $1.035 billion. How did other colleges do? Harvard University brought in $650 million, Yale University - $544 million, and the University of Southern California got $492 million.

Facebook stock struggles, but company focuses on new features

Facebook stock has lost nearly half its market value since the launch. As a company, can Facebook move past its stock troubles and further develop new programs and features, including beefing up their mobile business?

Focus Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again

High-speed rail plans, announced by the White House in 2009, are back on track after Amtrak commits to upgrades in the Northeast and California approves billions to build new tracks.

Tax the rich: Should millionaires really pay more?

The fight over raising levies on the wealthy, a theme of the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests, is about more than money. It's a clash over fundamental American values.
10/15/2011 02:18 pm

In search for Earth-size world, a historic first: Kepler finds rocky planet

For the first time, scientists have confirmed an exoplanet that is rocky like Earth – not a gas giant. It's also 2,500 degrees F and denser than iron, so it's no candidate for life, say members of the team working with the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft.
01/10/2011 05:09 pm

In Pictures Jerry Brown through the years

Gallery Election Photos of the Week 10/17 - 10/24

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (horrible writing contest) winner announced

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (a contest that honors bad writing) has a new winner for 2010. A Seattle writer won the award for describing a ravenous kiss.
06/30/2010 09:03 am

Jerry Brown stresses his frugality (but doesn't mention his $1.8 million house)

Jerry Brown is all about frugality on the California campaign trail except when it comes to his rarely mentioned custom-designed, $1.8 million house in one of the San Francisco Bay area's most prestigious neighborhoods
06/22/2010 09:30 am

Guns at Starbucks? Pushing the right to bear arms in public

Gun owners in California have been wearing their handguns in coffee shops and restaurants. The guns are unloaded and legal, but some citizens and police departments are wary.
02/27/2010 08:40 am

Interest groups complicate California’s budget woes

As lawmakers edge closer a budget deal, teachers' unions, business groups, and even the governor hit the airwaves with their demands.
07/14/2009 01:00 am

What a good idea!

For kids: These student designers invented simple solutions to everyday problems.
07/01/2008 01:00 am

How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters

The world's two fastest men will go head-to-head in Jamaica's Olympic trials this weekend.
06/28/2008 01:00 am

How tiny Jamaica develops so many champion sprinters

The world's two fastest men will go head-to-head in Jamaica's Olympic trials this weekend.
06/27/2008 01:00 am