Deseret News
Taking college classes online not always a money-saver
Houston Chronicle
Dominic Chavez, spokesman for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, said the costs associated with providing online courses fluctuate among institutions, and the state has no standard model for estimating costs. Over the summer, responding to ...
Texas schools pushing to make Gov. Rick Perry's vision for $10000 bachelor's ...Deseret News
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Looking deeper at higher education and the American mind
Carmi Times
While rearranging some books in my office, I ran across my copy of Allan Bloom's “The Closing of the American Mind” (1987), which was a phenomenal bestseller 25 years ago. It is an indictment of both modern young people, as shallow and confused, and ...
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OregonLive.com
College grads take on record debt, weighing down Oregon's economy ...
OregonLive.com
Although the benefits of a higher education are unequivocal, both for the individual and the state, many say the weight of student debt could overshadow its gains, holding back the economy over the long haul. This year, for the first time, outstanding ...
City forum eyes condition of state's higher educationWilliamsport Sun-Gazette
College trend: Reducing tuition makes private colleges affordable for the ...allvoices
Prop 30 decision props up California – for nowUniversity World News
Huffington Post (blog)
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Locals Say College Education is Worth the Cost
KTUU.com
Despite the rising cost of college tuition and related expenses, educators say a degree remains a good investment. UAA Associate Professor Paola Banchero said Friday that two-thirds of jobs in America require a college degree and that number is ...
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Looking deeper at higher education and the American mind
CambridgeChronicle.com (blog)
While rearranging some books in my office, I ran across my copy of Allan Bloom's “The Closing of the American Mind” (1987), which was a phenomenal bestseller 25 years ago. It is an indictment of both modern young people, as shallow and confused, and ...
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Looking deeper at higher education and the American mind
Olney Daily Mail
While rearranging some books in my office, I ran across my copy of Allan Bloom's “The Closing of the American Mind” (1987), which was a phenomenal bestseller 25 years ago. It is an indictment of both modern young people, as shallow and confused, and ...
Plain Dealer
Colleges: Tie state aid to grad rate
Columbus Dispatch
The state would use financial incentives to push colleges and universities to increase graduation and course-completion rates under new state funding recommendations released by a commission of higher-education leaders. Looking to get the changes into ...
Gov. Kasich rolls out revised college-funding planToledo Blade
John Kasich's New Higher Education Funding Formula: Results Equal FundingStateImpact Ohio
Ohio unveils new funding formula for 4-year colleges to improve graduation ratesDayton Daily News
WDTN
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Columbus Dispatch
Something's rotten in higher education
Columbus Dispatch
Similarly, black students interested in math and science tend to get degrees in those subjects in historically black colleges, while those in schools with a mismatch switch to easier majors because math instruction is pitched to classmates with better ...
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WTAW
A&M hosts panels focusing on future of higher education
Bryan-College Station Eagle
A who's who of higher education administrators and policy makers descended upon College Station Thursday to discuss the future of college education in Texas: its costs, its value and how it will be delivered. Approximately 300 people filled the George ...
What Do Higher Ed Policymakers Care About Most?The Alcalde
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Column: Why the college degree mania?
Lincoln Journal Star
RALEIGH, N.C. -- For many years, the conventional wisdom in the United States has been that the more people who graduate from college, the better off we'll be. It's time to challenge that “wisdom.” The evidence says it's wrong. In his first major ...
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