Internet startups look to reinvent higher education
PhysicsToday.org
In what was a banner year for online education, 2012 saw more than 2 million people register for about two dozen college-level online courses. An Introduction to Physics course launched last summer drew more than 37 000 people, and that's eclipsed by ...
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Ancilla College to Lower Tuition, Offer New Degree
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
In a meeting this week the college's board of trustees voted to approve a 4.7 percent across-the-board tuition reduction for the 2013-2014 year. The move lowers tuition at what is already the state's least expensive private college. The new tuition ...
Community College Grads Out-Earn Bachelor's Degree Holders
OzarksFirst.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate's degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making ...
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Friday's higher educational foray 3/1
Business First of Buffalo (blog)
The "sequestration" budget cuts are sending waves of worry through nearly every sector of American business and that's no different in higher education, especially large institutions who rely on federal money to subsidize their research efforts. The ...
Leaders oppose community college plan
Pueblo Chieftain
"Given the current higher education financial scenario — which fundamentally is the biggest challenge facing Colorado's higher education system — it's just not good use of state resources when there are already accredited institutions that can ...
Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education aims to retain students
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Mary Beth Cleavelin/Special to the Caller-Times The Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education hosted a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss retention and graduation rates of black students. CORPUS CHRISTI — In the wake of Hurricane ...
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Sequestration Presents Uncertain Outlook for Students, Researchers, and Job ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Though a handful of last-minute bills were introduced in the days leading up to the March 1 deadline, legislators failed to approve a plan to avert or postpone the cuts in time, and higher-education institutions across the country are now waiting to ...
EDUCATION: Only 54% of students seek college aidPress-Enterprise
College Admission Roulette: Ask for Financial Aid, or Not?New York Times
El Camino College Loses Some Federal FundingPatch.com
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Is a college degree worth it?
The Michigan Daily
With 68.3 percent of 2011 high-school graduates enrolling in colleges or universities, its becoming harder and harder to deny the significance of an undergraduate degree. A recent article in The New York Times reported that a degree is becoming the ...
JONES: College athletes robbed of their education deserve compensation
Daily Nebraskan
The main argument that comes out of the “no benefits” camp is that receiving a free college education is in itself a form of payment. This argument is predicated on the idea that these athletes are “students-first and athletes second,” but in reality ...
Exploiting naivety: The fallacy of the NCAA and college athleticsMiami Student
Show Student-Athletes the MoneyGeorgetown University The Hoya
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Columbia College president sacked; VP for learning to fill post
Modesto Bee
Buckalew, the acting president, moves up from the post of vice president of student learning. She came to Columbia College in February 2012 and holds a doctorate in higher education leadership and a master's degree in public health. Over the past 12 ...
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