Where Does a Bachelor's Degree Get You? [SERIES]
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This is the first part of a week-long series on higher education costs in New Jersey. Over the past few decades, four years at college has gradually become the normal path for students exiting high school, but is that path absolutely necessary in order ...
Inside Higher Ed
The Cost of Need-Blind
Inside Higher Ed
In the interview, as he has on campus for the past months, Kington argued that endowment size alone is not a way to judge a private college's wealth. By that measure, he said, Grinnell is well-off, but equally important for private colleges are tuition ...
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Who Benefits From Online Ed?
Inside Higher Ed
Online education is often held out as a way to increase access to higher education, especially for those -- adult students, the academically underprepared, members of some minority groups -- who have historically been underrepresented in college. But ...
Secrets to Success in Online College LearningNew York Times
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GI Bill Offers Military Children Relief From College Costs
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Would such a generous education program trigger an exodus of service members during two wars? At the Pentagon's urging, the lawmakers proposed a fix: Give troops the option to transfer their benefits to a child or spouse. That policy quickly proved to ...
Study: Physical education at college level is in bad shape
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Fewer colleges and universities than ever have a physical education requirement, according to a study conducted principally by Brad Cardinal, a professor of exercise and sport science at Oregon State University. In 1920, 97 percent of college students ...
Adults Are Flocking to College That Paved Way for Flexibility
New York Times
In September, Jennifer Hunt of Brown County, Ind., was awarded a bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey without ever taking a Thomas Edison course. She was one of about 300 of last year's 3,200 graduates who managed to ...
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Jackson State Wins Approval for Madison Courses
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The list included nine business courses, four education courses and six gerontology courses. “I don't know if that's the complete program offering that needs to go there,” Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said Friday. “I think it's the right ...
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Stamatakis: Higher education falling victim to the same disease that brought ...
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Looking back to the origins of the financial crises, it is painfully obvious that the system was designed to fail. The core failure was a duopoly between banks and rating agencies. Before large investment banks sold their investment packages to ...
Oregon House To Vote on Immigrant-Tuition Bill
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The state House is scheduled to vote Friday on a measure allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition if they graduated from an Oregon high school. The House has rejected similar measures twice before after they were passed by the Senate.
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"Super Sunday" Aimed at Recruiting Minority Students for Higher Education
WBKO
Community and technical colleges across Kentucky hosted Super Sunday today, an event aimed at minority recruitment. When Mariah Young chose to go to college, she wanted to stay local, but she thought her choices were limited. "My mindset was basically ...
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