Washington Post
Leading education group recommends college credit for free online courses ...
Washington Post
Allowing students to get credit for the massive online courses could help make it easier to earn a college degree, said John Aubrey Douglass, a higher education researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. “As long as we can assess and ensure ...
American Council on Education Recommends 5 MOOCs for CreditChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Coursera Courses Approved For College CreditInformationWeek
Five Online Courses Are Eligible for College CreditNew York Times
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Slate Magazine (blog)
The Real Problem With Colleges' Business Model
Slate Magazine (blog)
And that right there is the simple problem with the existing higher education business model in the United States, which has involved aggregate per student spending that rises faster than inflation for a long time. This has relatively little bearing on ...
TIME
Viewpoint: Why Higher Education Must Be Part of Immigration Reform
TIME
As the details are worked out in the coming weeks, it is critical that legislation include provisions that make it easier for undocumented high schoolers to go to college. Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws ...
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Asians are far more likely than Anglos to be college-educated
EurekAlert (press release)
Asians (about 60 percent) are much more likely to be college-educated than Anglos (under 40 percent), according to Rice University's Kinder Institute Houston Area Asian Survey, the first systematic look at the local Asian population based on three ...
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Reason (blog)
Glenn Reynolds, Michelle Fields Talk Higher-Education Bubble on Next ...
Reason (blog)
It's a sharp and concise explanation of why college costs have pumped up over the past several decades - and why the smartest students are increasingly turning a gimlet eye toward advanced degrees. Click on image to watch. To watch/learn more about ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
American Council on Education Recommends 5 MOOCs for Credit
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
"This could make it much easier for students to get credit for MOOCs, and they don't necessarily have to figure out the complicated, back-roads way of doing so," said Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America Foundation, ...
Five Online Courses Are Eligible for College CreditNew York Times
MOOCs take a step toward college creditWashington Post
Expanding Pathways to MOOC CreditInside Higher Ed
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IRS announces delay in higher education tax credit claims
The Reporter
Although the 2013 tax filing season began Jan. 31, early birds planning to claim two popular higher education tax credits will have to wait a little while longer before sending off their forms to the Internal Revenue Service. And that means they'll ...
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MOOCs take a step toward college credit
Washington Post
A major provider of free online courses from elite colleges plans to announce Thursday that students in a handful of classes who pay a modest fee to have their work verified will be eligible for an official recommendation to help them obtain credit ...
Fort Worth ISD offers alternative to expensive college education
WFAA
FORT WORTH — Once Katerin Romero graduates from high school, she would like to think she'll become a trailblazer. “Nobody in my family's ever been to college... or graduated,” the 16-year-old said. “So I'd be the first.” Yet, one could say Romero is ...
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Schapiro urges investment in higher education during speech
Daily Northwestern
Northwestern President Morton Schapiro advocated Wednesday for paying the price of higher education during a speech in Chicago. Schapiro spoke about the economics of higher education at a luncheon put on by the City Club of Chicago, a non-partisan ...
