Measuring the return on investing in a college degree
OregonLive.com
Public higher education is under more pressure than ever to perform. State funding has declined sharply in recent years, triggering tuition increases and increasing demands from students and families for a quantifiable return on their investment. As ...
WTSP 10 News
Poll finds voters strongly oppose state's higher education proposals
TCPalm
TALLAHASSEE — A poll released Thursday shows Florida voters are strongly opposed to many of the latest public school, college and university proposals advanced by Republican Gov. Rick Scott and state education leaders. The Quinnipiac University ...
Poll: Majority of Floridians against charging tuition based on majorsTampabay.com
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College Illinois! tuition rates to increase
The Southern
“But if a family acts before then end of the year, they can purchase a College Illinois contract and prepay those tuition and fees at a significant savings and be better able to afford higher education.” College Illinois! offers various plans to let ...
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New York Woman Wins $1M Jackpot, Can Now Pay For College
News One
Ford, who was going to school to be a psychology or social work major, says that money will no longer prevent her from earning a college degree. “I didn't finish school, but now I can go back,” said Ford, who will receive 20 annual payments of $50,000, ...
The Guardian
5 Reasons a College Education Isn't What It Used To Be
Care2.com (blog)
A college education has indeed changed tremendously in the past decades and not only because students now have smartphones to do everything, certainly more than the slide rule my dad used. 1) Some Students Want Want to Carry Guns on Campus ...
A Bipartisan Push for More College Cost InformationWashington Monthly (blog)
Student Uses Free Online Course to Earn 3 College Credits in 2 WeeksMelodika.net (press release)
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College Degrees Boost Employment, Even for Workers Lacking One
Wall Street Journal (blog)
It reports that a 10% increase in the number of people with a four-year college degree in a given metro area was associated with a 2% increase in the overall employment rate from 1980 to 2000. And the benefit was particularly large for women with a ...
Inside Higher Ed
Promise and Pitfalls in Online Ed
Inside Higher Ed
Stimpson, who laid out some of her observations last summer in an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education (as did Kirschner), is an atypical “Phoenix,” as the prominent television advertisements from the University of Phoenix likes to call its students.
Inside Higher Ed
Placement Tests Still Rule
Inside Higher Ed
Roughly 1,560 colleges responded to the survey from the National Assessment Governing Board, which was conducted at the behest of the U.S. Department of Education and with help from Westat, a private research firm. The board oversees the National ...
Akron Beacon Journal
Streetsboro teen sets bar high in quest for multiple college degrees
Akron Beacon Journal
Paisley Stovall, 18, of Streetsboro, at the Student Center on the campus of Kent State University Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 in Kent, Ohio. Stovall will be graduating from Kent State next year with four bachelor's degrees. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal ...
Ex-NY College Administrator Fraudulently Changed Grades
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
NEW YORK — A former New York City college administrator has admitted faking professors' signatures to boost grades for students in danger of failing. Chris Koutsoutis pleaded guilty Wednesday to forgery. The 56-year-old is expected to get six months ...
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