6 weeks 5 days ago

Convocation focuses on higher education issues
Maroon
Wildes stressed the importance of the non-economic value of a college education, specifically in the importance of a Jesuit education in that it focuses on the whole person and education for his or her well being. Wildes said a Jesuit education is more ...

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6 weeks 5 days ago

U.S. News University

More Minorities Expected to Earn College Degrees
U.S. News University
In recent years, minorities have lagged behind their Caucasian peers when it comes to obtaining a postsecondary degree. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports that in 2008, about 33% of Caucasians earned a degree, compared to only ...

6 weeks 5 days ago

Proposal would lower college tuition rates for some undocumented Indiana ...
Elkhart Truth (blog)
Carlin Yoder, R-Middlebury, has co-authored a proposal that would rescind the higher tuition rate requirement for those who were enrolled in state educational facilities on or before July 1, 2011, when the 2011 law took effect. Sen. Jean Leising is ...

6 weeks 5 days ago

My Turn: New Hampshire needs a long-term plan for higher education
Concord Monitor
As Gov. Maggie Hassan stated in her inaugural address, higher education in New Hampshire is facing serious challenges that foretell dramatic implications for our state's economic and cultural future. Rising costs and reduced financial resources ...

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6 weeks 5 days ago

VentureBeat

Enstitute's bold college alternative program adds apprenticeships with General ...
VentureBeat
With the cost of college education on the rise and unemployment still high, many students might be questioning the value of a traditional college education. Enstitute, a New York City-based non-profit, is attempting a new spin on higher-ed with two ...

6 weeks 5 days ago

TechCrunch

Protect college students from tuition increases: Opinion
Pasadena Star-News
Gov. Jerry Brown recently released his budget proposal to the Legislature for the next fiscal year and he rightly makes education a top priority. Republicans agree with him. In fact, the entire Legislature should seize this opportunity to make our ...
Could Online Education Be the End of the Typical College Experience?Mashable
How California's Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know ItTechCrunch
Legislative Analyst's office skeptical of Brown's plans for higher educationDaily Californian
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6 weeks 5 days ago

Deseret News

More public colleges may freeze tuition rates in return for more taxpayer support
Kearney Hub
LINCOLN — A proposed college tuition freeze puts Nebraska in league with a growing number of public colleges and universities that have promised not to raise tuition if they can get more state taxpayer support. Public university systems in Iowa ...
Real college crisis has little to do with tuition costsDeseret News
College Enrollment Expected to SlipStateline
For-profit college Rasmussen cuts tuition amid industry-wide enrollment declinesMinnesota Public Radio
Topeka Capital Journal -The Miami Hurricane
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6 weeks 5 days ago

U.S. News & World Report

Follow This College Savings Checklist in 2013
U.S. News & World Report
Experts often advise parents to review their plans to save for their kids' college education annually. For some parents, the review is a simple fine-tuning of existing college savings plans, says Michael Fitzgerald, chair of the nonprofit College ...

6 weeks 5 days ago

More coeds seek 'sugar daddies' for tuition help
MSN Money
And according the website's founder and CEO, last year saw a significant rise in the number of college students looking for male companions to help pay for higher education. The website says it has more than 2 million members worldwide. In 2011, 40% of ...

6 weeks 5 days ago

Here Is The City

The Rising Cost Of A College Education
Here Is The City
Fifty percent of American students can't afford a college education, and only 50% of recent graduates found full-time employment. Frugal Dad has put together an info-graphic highlighting how college tuition in the US is growing more than twice as fast ...