K-12 education budget would target how schools perform
Wisconsin State Journal
It includes new funding for a statewide school information system and new tests, including the ACT college readiness exam for 11th-graders, and the EXPLORE and PLAN tests for 9th- and 10th-graders starting in the 2014-15 school year. A reading test ...
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Bullying colleges into cutting costs won't improve education
Orlando Sentinel
Florida's colleges and universities have agreed to lower their education standards, so that Gov. Rick Scott might get re-elected. I realize, of course, that such a statement seems contradictory, but Americans have gotten used to seeing this kind of ...
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Institute of the Arts Barcelona makes pitch to UK performing arts students
Times Higher Education
Mr Auckland-Lewis, a former director of higher education at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa), said that the popular seaside resort would have many empty holiday flats and apartments during the academic year that could be used to house ...
Higher Education and Earnings: Now With Graphs
Daily Beast
In my last post, I mentioned the college earnings premium. It's real, and it's huge. Just look at the difference that education makes to earnings potential. The difference applies to everyone from entry level workers to the highest earners; in fact ...
Wall Street Journal
Capital: Obama, Rubio Put Higher Education on Notice
Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama and Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican, don't agree on much. But both want to change the way Washington decides which colleges are eligible for the $175 billion a year the federal government spends on grants, loans and ...
Aligning Higher Education Outcomes With Job AvailabilityHuffington Post (blog)
Obama initiatives target college affordabilityIthaca College The Ithacan
College comparisons easier with new College Scorecard: Higher EducationPlain Dealer
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St. Mary's College looking to freeze tuition for next five years
So Md News
Joseph Urgo, president of St. Mary's College of Maryland, spoke last month during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast. Urgo hopes the Maryland General Assembly will pass a bill that freezes tuition rates at the college for the next five ...
Education vs. Experience: Should Entrepreneurs Go to College?
BostInno (blog)
It doesn't make sense to spend so much money on college when others have started successful businesses without it. The 'School of Hard Knocks' is all you really need.” While this may work for some people, the benefits of getting a college education ...
Repositioning higher education
Richfield Reaper
Snow College Richfield students Justin Johnson, left, and Cheryl Anderson utilize the school's science lab as they study neurons for a homework assignment Friday morning. Anderson, Gunnison, and Johnson, Richfield, are both taking biology from Snow ...
The Facts on Subsidized College Degrees
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
There is no link between higher education subsidies and economic growth, and none between college degrees and job creation. In recent decades, Michigan spent much more than other states on college appropriations, but faltered in economic growth.
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The value of a college degree? A job (5x8 - 2/20/13)
Minnesota Public Radio
As more people look at the stickers on a college education, they're asking whether a college degree is worth the accumulated debt that goes with it? They may not have a choice, the New York Times says today. The college degree, it says, is the new high ...
