New Contra Costa College president aims to serve as many students as ...
Contra Costa Times
SAN PABLO -- In a world in which education is becoming increasingly expensive while at the same time more essential, new Contra Costa College President Denise Noldon is trying to make the pieces of the puzzle fit for as many students as she can.
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Controversial Confucius Institute Promotes Understanding of Chinese Culture
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The school is the only comprehensive higher education institution in a province of 70 million people south of Beijing. Xavier officials envision their students learning about traditional Chinese medicine and musical instruments and Chinese students ...
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Haaretz
PM: Accreditation of Ariel college strengthens education system
Ynetnews
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the chancellor of the Ariel University Center, Yigal Cohen-Orgad, after Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed GOC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon to officially recognize the school as a full ...
Barak authorizes Ariel upgrade to universityJerusalem Post
Defense Minister Barak orders to recognize Ariel college as accredited universityHaaretz
Barak Grants Ariel College Full-Fledged University StatusArutz Sheva
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Survey: College important, but it costs too much
Midland Daily News
Regionally, 98 percent of East Central Michigan adults — which includes Midland, Gladwin and Bay counties — see the importance of a college education and 97 percent believe their children will attend, but 63 percent “strongly” or “somewhat” disagree ...
Building up higher education in ND Higher ed chancellor: more changes to come
Jamestown Sun
Chancellor Hamid Shirvani already has overseen sweeping changes to higher education after only six months on the job. But he said many of the changes are simply a matter of fully empowering the North Dakota University System by following through on ...
Chancellor and Board of Higher Education need reality checkBismarck Tribune
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HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: UND plans encore for festival-bound 'My ...
Grand Forks Herald
HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: UND plans encore for festival-bound 'My Generation'. The UND Department of Theatre's production of “My Generation” will present an encore performance next month to raise funds to bring the show to a regional theater festival ...
Higher Education
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Daytona State Financial Aid Office will be open to assist with college education financing and provide assistance to complete the financial aid applications (FAFSA). Academic advisors will be available to talk about unique academic programs. To ...
New York Times
For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall
New York Times
The story of their lost footing is also the story of something larger — the growing role that education plays in preserving class divisions. Poor students have long trailed affluent peers in school performance, but from grade-school tests to college ...
For Those in Poverty, the Leap to College Often Ends in Hard FallThe Ledger
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Chancellor and Board of Higher Education need reality check
Bismarck Tribune
The chancellor of the North Dakota University System wants 30 staff members to hold the administrations of the state's 11 colleges and universities accountable. Hamid Shirvani wants lawyers and auditors. He has the support of the state Board of Higher ...
Aljazeera.com
The price of inequality in higher education
Aljazeera.com
For the past decade, American higher education has been marked by the explosion of debt and the erosion of opportunity. As college presidents' salaries balloon into the millions of dollars and schools spend record amounts on lavish infrastructure ...
