5 weeks 1 day ago

Oregon Daily Emerald

Pernsteiner severance agreement approved by State Board of Higher Education
OregonLive.com
Pernsteiner, who was at the board meeting, touted progress in higher education during his eight-year tenure, including higher enrollment, improved graduation rates and more rural students seeking a degree. "None of those things are accidents ...
Jumping off and on Gov. Kitzhaber's education merry-go-roundStatesman Journal (blog)

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5 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for the College Education, Dad! Now Can You Buy Me a Beer?
Huffington Post
My husband and I can brag to our kids that we were homeless as teenagers, that we've had to sleep in our cars, that our parents just let us figure out survival skills while they went off and did whatever they were doing. We have had to do without ...

5 weeks 1 day ago

Opposing Views

Taxpayers claiming college tuition credits can also expect delayed refunds
OregonLive.com
Today came notice of another group facing delays -- parents and students claiming popular college tuition credits. The IRS said today it has discovered during testing that it can't accurately process Form 8863 for Education Credits without further ...
Taxpayers claiming education credits must wait to fileNewscentralga

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5 weeks 1 day ago

CBS Local

23 state colleges sign on to Gov. Rick Scott's $10000 degree challenge
Tampabay.com (blog)
Gov. Rick Scott announced today that all 23 of Florida's state college that currently produce bachelor's degrees have signed onto his challenge to create $10,000 programs. Scott first issued the challenge in November, and immediately 12 college signed ...
PSC, other colleges accept Scott's $10000 degree challengePensacola News Journal
Gov. Scott Announces More Colleges In $10K Degree ChallengeCBS Local
State College of Florida accepts Gov. Rick Scott's $10000 degree challengeBradenton Herald
Palm Beach Post -Sunshine State News
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5 weeks 1 day ago

Mark Cuban Warns: For Smart Students, the Days of One School for 4 Years are ...
BostInno (blog)
Cuban warns the exact same thing is happening to the country's four-year schools. A recent survey by Northeastern proved the higher education system needs to change, and it needs to change now. Sixty percent of respondents described the nation's school ...

5 weeks 1 day ago

CBS Local

PSC, other colleges accept Scott's $10000 degree challenge
Pensacola News Journal
Gov. Rick Scott today announced that 11 additional state colleges, including Pensacola State College, have accepted his challenge to develop quality bachelor's degree programs costing students no more than $10,000. To date, all 23 institutions in the ...
Gov. Scott Announces More Colleges In $10K Degree ChallengeCBS Local
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota accepts Scott's $10000 degree ...Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
State College of Florida accepts Gov. Rick Scott's $10000 degree challengeBradenton Herald
Sunshine State News -WJHG-TV
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5 weeks 1 day ago

'JV' Ejercito-Estrada for free college education
Philippine Star
And the number of dropouts barely a year after they've enrolled in college. The chief reason for this dismal situation is lack of money. Parents do not have the wherewithal to spend for their children's college education, compelling their offspring to ...

5 weeks 1 day ago

CBS Local

Gov. Scott Announces More Colleges In $10K Degree Challenge
CBS Local
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Governor Rick Scott's plan to make college more affordable in the state of Florida moved forward Monday when 11 additional state colleges accepted his challenge to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000.
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota accepts Scott's $10000 degree ...Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
PSC, other colleges accept Scott's $10000 degree challengePensacola News Journal
State College of Florida accepts Gov. Rick Scott's $10000 degree challengeBradenton Herald
WJHG-TV
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5 weeks 1 day ago

Inside Higher Ed

MOOCs: A College Education Online?
Forbes
Depending on whom you ask, they point the way to the future of higher education, the end of higher education as we know it, both, or neither. Currently offered by several distinguished universities through consortia such as Coursera, edX, or Udacity ...
MOOC-Covered Towers? Online Education's Coming Impact on Traditional ...Huffington Post (blog)
Not Rushing Into MOOCsInside Higher Ed

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5 weeks 1 day ago

Times Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed: Not Getting What You Paid For
Times Higher Education
Everyone knows there's a reason the most expensive colleges in the US - generally private residential institutions - charge so much. The money they spend on hiring the best faculty members (full-timers of course) and on keeping student-faculty ratios ...
Shouldering the cost of educationThe Daily Titan

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