12 weeks 4 days ago

College of Education offers student teaching abroad program
TCU 360
In Italy, the doors to preschools lock immediately at 8 a.m. If parents are late, their child will not be able to attend school that day. In February, about 20 university students will student teach abroad and learn about cultural differences in ...

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12 weeks 4 days ago

For the Future Student, Higher Education Will Be Redefined
KQED (blog)
And rather than having higher education be tangentially related to some future idea of a job, Thrun believes that equation will change. “I'd love to see a time when job choices we make reinforce education,” he said. “We don't put education first and ...

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12 weeks 4 days ago

Education News Colorado

Panel adopts statewide plan for higher education
9NEWS.com
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has formally adopted a statewide master plan for higher education, with goals of boosting how many Coloradans earn college degrees. The commission plans to finalize performance contracts ...
Colorado colleges make their promisesEducation News Colorado
CCHE adopts master planPueblo Chieftain

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12 weeks 4 days ago

Dallas Morning News (blog)

How UT-Austin and Texas A&M stack up against their peers
Dallas Morning News (blog)
This week, a report was put out by the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, an organization that was formed in response to critiques of the state's flagship universities. I did an email exchange Thursday with Dr. Michael McLendon, the ...
We Asked: Is your UT degree a bargain?UT The Daily Texan

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12 weeks 4 days ago

World Education University Disrupts the Cost of Higher Education
Education Week News (blog)
We've also seen an explosion of free and cheap post-secondary learning opportunities this year with the boom of online universities like Propero, Straighterline, and UniversityNow . Education Portal is offering free courses geared toward College Board ...

12 weeks 4 days ago

YNN, Your News Now

Dewhurst talks higher education for 2013 session
Businessweek
Dewhurst, in an appearance at Texas Christian University, stressed that he wasn't making any specific proposals on higher education in advance of the legislative session that starts in January. But Dewhurst, who presides over the Texas Senate, said he ...
Lieutenant governor says Texas needs to speed up process for closing failing ...Fort Worth Star Telegram

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12 weeks 4 days ago

New School Hosts “Future of Higher Education” Panel at Tishman
The New School Free Press
The New School hosted a panel of university presidents at Tishman Auditorium on December 3 to discuss the “Future of Higher Education.” The conversation revolved around the struggles of tuition-dependent institutions and their students in dealing with ...

12 weeks 4 days ago

Education News Colorado

Panel adopts statewide plan for higher education
Grand Junction Sentinel
DENVER — The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has formally adopted a statewide master plan for higher education, with goals of boosting how many Coloradans earn college degrees. The commission plans to finalize performance contracts with ...
State colleges make their promisesEducation News Colorado
CCHE adopts master planPueblo Chieftain

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12 weeks 4 days ago

When a College Degree Doesn't Matter in the Job Creation Equation
The Takeaway
But FCi employees without college degrees also have the opportunity to advance beyond the back office jobs Mozer describs. "One of our vice presidents does not have a college degree," Mozer says. Simply put, she says, "College is not necessary to do ...

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12 weeks 5 days ago

Borderzine

My college degree is in sight despite all the obstacles
Borderzine
EL PASO – Ever since high school, I was categorized as one of the students who could never get a college degree, but now I am only months away from earning my diploma at the University of Texas at El Paso, part of the first generation in my family to ...