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Scott wants Florida colleges to develop bargain four-year degrees costing no ...
The Republic
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida's community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of ...
Gov. Rick Scott: Community colleges should offer $10000 bachelor's degreesOrlando Sentinel
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Gov. Rick Scott: Community colleges should offer $10000 bachelor's degrees
Orlando Sentinel
The challenge comes as colleges and universities across Florida are grappling with state budget cuts and students are plagued with rising college tuition and loan debt. Scott has been pressing publicly funded institutions to keep tuition low so ...
Sci-Tech Today
Online-Education Trend Expands
Sci-Tech Today
The Center for Online Learning, Research and Service is working with the American Council on Education to determine whether MOOCs can improve college-completion rates, particularly among low-income young adults. We're seeing a huge proliferation in ...
Online courses to change the education landscapeBusiness Standard
New frontier for scaling up online classes: creditDailyFinance
MOOCs: Education future?Charleston Gazette
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) (blog) -Huffington Post
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Gov. challenges colleges to offer $10K degrees
NBC2 News
Rick Scott "challenged" state colleges to create $10,000 four-year degrees, a continuation of his low-cost strategy for higher education that Democrats slammed as an attempt to turn the schools into "the Walmart of Education." Scott issued his ...
Higher One Launches VendorPay for Colleges and Universities
DailyFinance
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Higher One, a leader in providing financial services and data analytics to over 1,250 college and university campuses across the U.S., announces the launch of its new service, VendorPay, for institutions of higher education. This new ...
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Gov. Rick Scott issues $10000 degree challenge to colleges
Tampabay.com (blog)
"Florida must be focused on affordability in higher education. The efforts of our colleges to work to produce baccalaureate degrees at a lower cost should provide a major benefit to our students and help meet Florida's workforce needs," Florida College ...
Gov. Rick Scott: Community colleges should offer $10000 bachelor's degreesOrlando Sentinel
Rick Scott: Four-Year Florida College Degree for Under $10000Sunshine State News
Scott: Fla. colleges should give $10000 bachelor's degreesDaytona Beach News-Journal
Palm Beach Post -Sun-Sentinel -WBFS
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Four college graduates will serve on new Prince George's school board
Washington Post
Four members of the Prince George's County Board of Education will have bachelor's degrees when the incoming board takes office next year, twice the number of current members who have a college degree. Just two college graduates serve on the ...
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The Atlantic
Texas is experimenting with an initiative to help students and families struggling with sky-high college costs: a bachelor's degree for $10,000, including tuition fees and even textbooks. Under a plan he unveiled in 2011, Republican Gov. Rick Perry has ...
Experts debate value of degree, with many grads in jobs that don't require diplomaDiamondback Online
Education funding facing hard callsOmaha World-Herald
Approaching Crunch Time on the Student Loan DebacleAmerican Thinker
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Need-Blind Colleges
Huffington Post (blog)
In an attempt to make a college education attainable for all, including those who with financial needs, some colleges and universities have adopted a need-blind status. Those institutions evaluate applicants and base acceptances on merit, not income or ...
The Guardian (blog)
University of Law: what's in a name?
The Guardian (blog)
When the government halted the passage of its Higher Education Bill it did so in order to stop it becoming the focus of continued protest. The raising of student fees and the removal of all direct funding of undergraduate degrees in arts, humanities ...
Europe's Budget Crisis Hits UniversitiesNew York Times
College of Law to become the UK's first for-profit universityOut-Law.com
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