Debating the value of a college degree
Minnesota Daily
After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a sociology degree, Pillsbury worked as a salesman for six years before opening Burrito Loco in Dinkytown. While many University students feel a college degree is the new high school diploma ...
KHAN: American society places too much importance on college education
Daily Nebraskan
A college education has been enshrined as the key to a happy, productive life. For lower classes, attending college is a ticket to the middle class. And for those already comfortably middle class, it's the default. Too many kids set off for college ...
Dean of the College of Education
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Sam Houston State University is searching for a candidate to fill the position of Dean of the College of Education. The position will begin on or before the Fall 2013 semester. The successful candidate will possess a doctoral degree in Education or a ...
State education official talks student debt and proposed budget increases for ...
Winona Daily News
Pogemiller talked about the governor's proposed $240 million in increased funding for higher education. Both the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System and the University of Minnesota would receive $80 million more in 2014-15, and the state ...
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Nettles: Multiple Factors Determine Student Success
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Approximately 18 percent of Black males over the age of 25 have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 34 percent of White males. Also, 39 percent of Blacks in this age group have only a high school degree, compared to 32 percent of Whites.
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Bill to freeze college tuition tabled by state lawmakers
The Columbian
OLYMPIA — A proposal to freeze college tuition was tabled by legislators in the House, after a bill intended to limit tuition hikes for undergraduates was stripped of that language. House Bill 1624, which received a public hearing Monday, was ...
Advancing the Debate: Why Give Illegal Immigrants In-state Tuition?Governing (blog)
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Regent's College snaps up for-profit provider
Times Higher Education
Regent's College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider. Regent's, which is likely to be awarded university title ...
Dr. William Bennett addresses Higher Education concerns - WLOX.com - The ...
WLOX
Bennett was the keynote speaker for the 26th annual Higher Education Appreciation day. He specifically said there are questions about what the American public is getting for it's investment. He said Mississippi is no different from the rest of the ...
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Today's College Degree Should Be as Accessible as a High School Diploma
Huffington Post (blog)
In his recent State of the Union message, President Obama mentioned the high cost of higher education. This is an issue that he raised a year ago at the same venue, and one that the vice president has been spearheading. For those of us who have been on ...
College degrees seem to be the new high school diplomasKOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
Why College Degrees Supplanted High School DiplomasPalisades Hudson Financial Group
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Bloomberg
The Public Health of Higher Education
Huffington Post (blog)
The health of higher education has received a lot of public discussion of late. The symptoms of the system's ill health have included tuition increases far exceeding the rate of inflation, administrative bloat expanding the waistline of many ...
Experts discuss future of online college learningThe Daily Progress
Thousands join Ball State's online comic book course, but who will finish?Indianapolis Star
Earth and Mineral Sciences a key contributor in Penn State's Coursera movementPenn State Live
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