A&M Takes Franchione to Task Over Newsletter

Colorado blows by Nebraska, MSU comes back against Ole Miss

(NEWSER) - Dennis Franchione's controversial tenure as Texas A&M football coach ended on a high note with a 38-30 win over rival Texas. A somber Franchione, who resigned shortly after the game, said he felt blessed for the time spent with his players, reports the AP. Quarterback Stephen McGee had a career-high 362 yards passing and four total TDs to lead the Aggies. In other traditional rivalries: More»

Wall Street Journal looks at the numbers and isn't impressed

(NEWSER) - Rick Perry often boasts of his $440 million Texas Enterprise Fund, which he says has created more than 59,000 jobs. But the program’s estimates often appear wildly exaggerated, the Wall Street Journal reports. A $50 million grant to Texas A&M for a new Genomic Institute, for example, has been credited with creating 12,000 jobs, but the Institute only actually employs 10 people. To get the 12,000 figure, officials tallied every job created since 2005 even vaguely related to biotechnology—including makers of dental supplies and fertilizer. More»

Huffington Post grabs his college transcripts

(NEWSER) - Rick Perry’s not even in the presidential race yet, but it looks like someone’s already doing opposition research. An unnamed source passed Perry’s Texas A&M transcripts to the Huffington Post , and the details ain’t pretty: Perry received mostly Cs and Ds, including a C in US history and a D in principles of economics. At one point, he was even put on academic probation. More»

Golden Gate University tops list at 10%

(NEWSER) - Graduation rates at US institutions of higher learning have dropped 33% since 2002, a Chronicle of Higher Education study finds, and the recession may be to blame. The Huffington Post lists the 12 colleges with the lowest graduation rates:

• Golden Gate University, San Francisco: 10%
• Alliant International University, San Diego: 11%
• Idaho State University, Pocatello: 16%
• University of Arkansas, Little Rock: 21%

Survey says big companies prefer those from non-elite schools

(NEWSER) - Move over Harvard; when it comes to hiring entry-level employees, most businesses prefer to recruit from state schools, according to a new survey. The Wall Street Journal polled 479 of the country’s largest companies and asked where they did their recruiting. Of the top 25 schools they named, 19 were public, and only one, Cornell, was Ivy League. More»