News from Rutgers
Hot Topic: Sequester, the Economy and Higher Education
News from Rutgers
Professor Rosanne Altshuler, chair of the Economics Department at Rutgers, explains how the cuts came to be, what areas of the economy will be affected and what sequester means to higher education. Altshuler is former director of the Urban-Brookings ...
Prescott Daily Courier
Editorial: Higher education key to success in career - and life
Prescott Daily Courier
Marriage in America is only as strong as our educational system. That is the message that the National Marriage Project's latest report puts forward: Marriage remains strong for college-educated couples, but it is disintegrating in "Middle America ...
The issue: college education
Waltonian
Education is necessary for jobs because we have gained most of our knowledge from going to school. School is a place for learning, not only academics but also social skills. We learn how to interact with others, important for people of all ages. In a ...
The issue: college education
Waltonian
I could give you a long list of extremely wealthy people who made their fortune through hard work, intelligence and dropping out of college, such as Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg, but the reality is, those guys aren't normal. I mean, they are normal ...
St. Mary's College hikes tuition by 4 percent
So Md News
The St. Mary's College of Maryland board of trustees approved a 4 percent increase in tuition, with the expectation that they would rescind it later this spring if state legislation authorizing a tuition freeze is approved. The tuition increase would ...
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Forbes
Is College Credit In Exchange For Life Experience A Fair Trade?
Forbes
What if your years of managing a Burger King in high school counted toward credit for a business degree in human resources? What if babysitting helped you get a certificate in early childhood education? The life experience for college credit deal has ...
Hudson '14: Are universities becoming obsolete?The Brown Daily Herald
Exploring Free-Market IdeasNational Review Online (blog)
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TIME
The Biggest Barrier to Elite Education Isn't Affordability. It's Accessibility
TIME
A recent report on Advanced Placement courses done by the College Board and reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education found that while nationally scores on Advanced Placement courses are rising, there are “distressing results” in the scores for ...
College Board announces plans to redesign the SATInside Higher Ed
College Board to make changes to SATWashington Post
College Board to Revamp the SATCity Town Info Education Channel
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DoD may pull tuition help from 900 colleges
ArmyTimes.com
Several thousand soldiers who draw tuition assistance may have to switch colleges if they want to continue attending school on the Army's dime. That's because more than 900 colleges attended by active and reserve soldiers are in danger of losing their ...
For-Profit Group Suggests Best Practices for Serving Military and Veteran Students
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The recommendations in the report, by the Apscu Blue Ribbon Taskforce for Military and Veteran Education, are intended for all institutions of higher learning, but the report is notable in part because it comes from the main lobbying group for for ...
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Assistant Professor Sociology
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The college has been widely recognized for its innovative curriculum, The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, which integrates a core curriculum, required learning communities, experiential learning, diversity, and civic education, as cited by ...
