Merced Sun-Star
County found low on higher education
Merced Sun-Star
MERCED -- Fewer than 10 percent of the people in Merced County have earned higher education degrees, according to data from the U.S. Census' American Community Survey. Out of the county's 143,187 population of people who are 25 years and older, ...
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State must reverse course on funding for colleges
The Olympian
State budget cuts to higher education have driven 14 percent tuition increases in each of the last four years at Evergreen and similar increases at the other institutions. Cumulatively speaking, Evergreen students saw their tuition fees skyrocket by 70 ...
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The Pupil Cliff
Inside Higher Ed
Given the country's historic challenge enrolling and educating minority students in higher education institutions, the shift will likely require a rethinking of how colleges do business. “How do we use this data to compel action? We always talk about ...
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Board urged to stop education budget slashing
The Advocate
Show caption Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- State Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell on Thursday asked Board of Regents members to lobby Louisiana legislators for more support for public colleges and universities. By Koran ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Indiana to Incentivize Graduation
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's education chief says lawmakers need to make wiser investments in higher education to improve the state's college graduation rate, including new financial aid incentives for students who earn top grades and graduate on time.
The Long, Long Road Ahead Of Indiana's College Completion AdvocatesStateImpact Indiana
Lubbers Outlines Higher Education GoalsInside INdiana Business (press release)
Future Workforce Demands Hinge On Post-Secondary EducationIndiana Public Media
San Francisco Chronicle
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Report Explores Differences Among States that Affect College Funding
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The report, titled College Funding in Context: Understanding the Difference in Higher Education Appropriations across the States, explores how a range of factors — from civic engagement to the agedness of the citizenry — can lead a particular state ...
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Indiana education chief seeks more college graduates
nwitimes.com
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's higher education chief says lawmakers need to make wiser investments in higher education to improve the state's college graduation rate, including new financial aid incentives for students who earn top grades and graduate on ...
Lubbers Outlines Higher Education GoalsInside INdiana Business (press release)
Higher-education commissioner Teresa Lubbers sets graduation goalsIndianapolis Star
Future Workforce Demands Hinge On Post-Secondary EducationIndiana Public Media
FW Business
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TIME
The Myth of the Four-Year College Degree
TIME
He came to UA in the spring of 2008 after some time in community college, expecting to spend, at most, four years at the school. After being forced to take a semester off in 2010 to save up more money for his education, he expects to graduate in August ...
Parsing the Case Against CollegeInside Higher Ed
Higher education losing its value?Dailybarometer
Northampton Community College to charge flat full-time student tuition in 2013-14The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
The Daily Pennsylvanian -Examiner.com -Dissident Voice
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SFCC approved to build higher education center
KRQE (blog)
Santa Fe Community College has obtained approval from the New Mexico Higher Education Department to construct its Higher Education Center. College officials said construction will start later this spring. “On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Santa Fe ...
Santa Fe Community College Finally Gets Go Ahead For New CenterAlbuquerque Journal (subscription)
Santa Fe Community College gets OK for new centerKFDA
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Wave of diverse students will constitute nearly half of public high-school ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Over the next decade, more students of color than ever before will pass through the gates of the nation's colleges and join the ranks of its work force, according to new projections by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. By the year ...
