3 weeks 5 days ago

A $10K Degree (Your Price May Vary)
New York Times
Arthur C. Brooks (“My Valuable, Cheap College Degree,” Op-Ed, Feb. 1) suggests that in place of traditional classroom degrees we substitute $10,000 degrees (the so-called 10K-B.A.) delivered remotely, so as to address rising costs of public tuition. He ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Hot under the collar over $10G college degrees
legal Insurrection (blog)
I was interviewed yesterday by Fox News online for a story about proposals around the nation for $10,000 college degrees. We have covered this topic at College Insurrection. I came out pretty strongly in favor of the proposals, viewing a new tuition ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Support Let's Learn: Access to Higher Education for Undocumented Students in ...
Huffington Post
Undocumented students, like all other students who go though the education system in North Carolina, are told to do well in school and go to college in order to reach their full potential. However, there are many challenges in their path to higher ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Vice President, Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer (CAO)
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Central Arizona College, a diverse and innovative institution, is located in Pinal County, Arizona, a rapidly expanding business and residential community with a student population in excess of 16,000 on five major campuses and several emerging sites ...

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3 weeks 5 days ago

Huffington Post (blog)

Teaching the Connected Consumer in Higher Education
Huffington Post (blog)
In past posts, I've explored the Connected Consumer and how they share their daily experiences via mobile and social. I turn now to innovations in educating today's connected student. As a Ph.D. student in marketing, I have been extremely fortunate ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Washington Post

Coursera Courses Approved For College Credit
InformationWeek
The ACE, a higher education organization, certified "Pre-Calculus" and "Algebra," both offered by The University of California, Irvine; "Introduction to Genetics and Evolution" and "Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach," both offered by Duke ...
Leading education group recommends college credit for free online courses ...Washington Post
American Council on Education Recommends 5 MOOCs for CreditChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Five Online Courses Are Eligible for College CreditNew York Times
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3 weeks 5 days ago

Asians far more likely to be college-educated, survey says
Your Houston News
Asians (about 60 percent) are much more likely to be college-educated than Anglos (under 40 percent), according to Rice University's Kinder Institute Houston Area Asian Survey, the first systematic look at the local Asian population based on three ...

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3 weeks 5 days ago

Iowa Now

College of Education symposium highlights diversity research
Iowa Now
A trio of University of Iowa College of Education doctoral students in School Psychology took home top honors at this year's Martin Luther King, Jr., Research Symposium. Abigail Kopelman, Kirstin Miller, and Ginna Moreano earned first prize for their ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Southwest Michigan's Lake Michigan College may offer bachelor's degree in ...
Mlive Kalamazoo
BENTON HARBOR, MI – Thanks to legislation signed late in 2012, Lake Michigan College may begin offering its students a four-year degree in energy production technology as early as fall 2014, the community college's president said. “We're very excited ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Bill proposes higher education fast track
The Orion
Assembly Bill 51, the Affordable College Act, was introduced by Dan Logue of the Third Assembly District and is currently being evaluated by the Assembly's committee on higher education for the second time, following several amendments addressing how ...