12 weeks 5 days ago

We Asked: Is your UT degree a bargain?
UT The Daily Texan
Editor's note: Yesterday, the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education published a report concluding that Texas' flagship universities, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, “perform at high levels when compared to their ...

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12 weeks 5 days ago

Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio

Experts View Higher Tuition Issues From Many Different Angles
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Art Hauptman, a higher education policy consultant, said the major challenges are closing the gap between the costs of attendance and resources; narrowing the differences in participation and attainment among rich/poor students and majority/minority ...

12 weeks 5 days ago

San Francisco Chronicle

The worst place for a worker with a college education to find a job in Florida ...
The News-Press
The best place for workers with a college education was the 32205 ZIP code in Jacksonville, where more than a third of residents are in professional or management jobs, according to the 2007-2011 Census' American Community Survey five-year estimates.
Census survey: Area of East Naples worst place for workers with college ...Naples Daily News
Best Places to go in FL after Graduating CollegeWink News
St. Johns workers earn the most on First Coast, census data showsFlorida Times-Union

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12 weeks 5 days ago

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

NJ college students worried about tuition in Hurricane Sandy's wake, officials say
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
TRENTON — New Jersey college students affected by Hurricane Sandy fear they may not be able to afford tuition payments due in January, school officials told the state Assembly Higher Education Committee this morning. Students who attend community ...

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12 weeks 5 days ago

Education News Colorado

State colleges make their promises
Education News Colorado
Those three institutions and every other state college are finalizing the performance contracts required by a 2010 law and intended the meet the goals of the master plan adopted formally by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Thursday.

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12 weeks 5 days ago

U.S. News University

Bellevue College to offer 2 new bachelor's degrees
The Seattle Times (blog)
The college based the second degree on findings by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that a bachelor's degree is now considered the minimum level of education for a variety of technical occupations. The information systems and technology degree will be ...
Bellevue College wins approval for two new bachelor's degreesBellevue Reporter
Is a $10000 Bachelor's Degree Feasible?U.S. News University
Bachelor's Degree Program at Centralia College Approved for Federal Student AidCentralia Chronicle

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12 weeks 5 days ago

YNN, Your News Now

Dewhurst ponders changes to college education in Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Dewhurst, in an appearance at Texas Christian University, stressed that he wasn't making any specific proposals on higher education in advance of the legislative session that starts in January. But Dewhurst, who presides over the Texas Senate, said he ...
Dewhurst talks higher education for 2013 sessionYNN, Your News Now

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12 weeks 5 days ago

Adult education in need of overhaul, state says
Los Angeles Times
Today, more than 400 state-funded institutions operated by school districts and 112 community colleges offer adult education for a variety of students, including immigrants who want to learn English or obtain citizenship, high school dropouts who want ...

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12 weeks 5 days ago

State approves new degrees at Bellevue College
Mercer Island Reporter
Bellevue College received approval today from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to develop two new bachelor's degree programs – in Nursing and in Information Systems and Technology (IST). When the programs officially ...
Three-year degree programs shorten the path to rewarding careersClay-Times Journal

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12 weeks 5 days ago

abc13.com

Dewhurst talks higher education for 2013 session
abc13.com
FORT WORTH, TX -- Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Thursday that the state needs to produce more job-ready graduates and qualified workers, something that could require more investment in higher education.

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