Strengthening the Pathway to Higher Education
Huffington Post (blog)
Once first in the world, the United States now ranks 12th among 36 developed nations in the percentage of the population with a college degree. Projections indicate that by 2018, as many as sixty million Americans will lack the skills and credentials ...
MassLive.com
Patrick says tuition breaks are part of wider effort to overhaul immigration ...
Boston.com
On Monday, he sent a letter to the Board of Higher Education directing it to revise its policy immediately to allow illegal immigrant students to pay resident rates if they meet all other requirements. Patrick's decision comes five months after ...
Mass. to widen tuition breaksBoston Globe
Immigrants to Pay Tuition at Rate Set for ResidentsNew York Times
Mass. To Allow College Tuition Break For Some Illegal ImmigrantsCBS Local
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Elections portend sweeping Legislative change for higher education
Daily Camera
Not long ago, Metropolitan State University of Denver found itself in the cross hairs for its decision to create a new tuition rate for undocumented students. President Stephen Jordan and other school officials were asked to justify their actions ...
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Higher education roundup: Milliken, Heineman tout international enrollment
Omaha World-Herald
Gov. Dave Heineman joined University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken last week in celebrating NU's continued growth in international student enrollment. The university enrolled 3,475 international students this fall, a record and a 10 percent ...
U.S. News University
Hispanics Earning College Degrees Critical to US Economic Growth
U.S. News University
More Hispanic students must earn a bachelor's degree to jumpstart the U.S. economy.Last year, the Pew Research Center reported that in October 2010, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanic students attending college in the U.S. hit an all-time high ...
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Four members on incoming Prince George's education board will hold ...
Washington Post (blog)
Every member of the current boards in the District and in Montgomery, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties has at least a bachelor's degree. Eight of nine members of Alexandria's board have a college degree. Excluding Prince George's ...
Will U.S. colleges and universities lead or lag in education innovation?
Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- In this century, education has become the most critical adaptive function in the competitive, global knowledge economy. Yet production of more college graduates alone will not help the United States lead the ...
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Toward Freedom
Working for Change in Higher Education: The Abysmal State of Adjunct Teacher ...
Toward Freedom
Important aspects of higher education, however, continue to be overlooked. In particular, the broader public is likely unaware of the unfair and even damaging teaching conditions adjunct or part-time professors are increasingly facing. The average ...
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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
The Benefit of Open Online Classes
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Clay Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation has captured the imagination of educational technology higher circles in which I travel. For example, at the recent EDUCAUSE conference, the largest gathering of academic technology professionals, the ...
MLive.com
Column: Interest in chartering school through Jackson Community College aims ...
MLive.com
Indeed, the Jackson County Higher Education Alliance (JCC, Baker College and Spring Arbor University) has worked hand in hand with our area high school and middle schools to address student “college readiness.” One of the drivers for JCC's work in this ...
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