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Philadelphia Inquirer

The Trouble With Online College
New York Times
The research has shown over and over again that community college students who enroll in online courses are significantly more likely to fail or withdraw than those in traditional classes, which means that they spend hard-earned tuition dollars and get ...
Redefining College-ReadyInside Higher Ed

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Grading Colleges By Student Debt
Wall Street Journal- India
Grading Colleges By Student Debt. The U.S. government is supplying new data to help prospective students figure out Which colleges offer the best bang for the buck. WSJ's Jason Bellini has The Short Answer. Image: Getty. Up Next ...

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In the footsteps of Lincoln? Obama and public higher education
NJ.com (blog)
How, for example, will we deal with the problems we face without investment in higher education? And, about that, about higher education, very little, other than cost relative to value—no small matter to be sure—was mentioned despite the fact that ...

2 weeks 1 day ago

Sci-Tech Today

Aligning Higher Education Outcomes With Job Availability
Huffington Post (blog)
For all their differences, both President Obama and Republican Senator Marco Rubio agreed on one thing last Tuesday night: the growth of the middle class and economic recovery in this country are intrinsically linked, and higher education and job ...
A higher education call to actionDaily Caller
College comparisons easier with new College Scorecard: Higher EducationPlain Dealer
Education department unveils interactive College ScorecardStandard Speaker
New York Post -Daily Free Press (subscription)
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Abramson and higher education officials to make transfer announcement
WPSD Local 6
Lt. Governor Jerry Abramson, along with the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, will talk about the event Wednesday in Frankfort. The virtual transfer fair will connect potential transfer students ...
Kentucky's focus on education stays strongCincinnati.com

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Adult Higher Education: Bridging Your Past to Your Future
Huffington Post (blog)
As part of The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), a Chicago-based higher education non-profit, I help people achieve their dreams. For the last two and a half years, my team has worked to build and market a new education technology ...

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Tuition Increases Proposed For Community College, State University Students
CBS Local
The Board of Regents for Higher Education oversees Connecticut's community colleges, and the State University System, which includes Central, Eastern, Western, and Southern Connecticut State Universities. Photo by WTIC's Matt Dwyer.
Tuition increases on tap at state collegesThe Connecticut Mirror

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College comparisons easier with new College Scorecard: Higher Education
Plain Dealer
President Barack Obama's comments on higher education in his State of the Union address on Feb. 12 included holding colleges accountable for cost, value and quality – and the need for prospective college students to compare schools to determine where ...
White House Education Scorecard Profiles Wentzville-Area CollegesPatch.com
New College Scorecard helps parents, students compare valueSun-Sentinel
Obama's College Scorecard Is a Bad Idea for All NonprofitsChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)
Tribune-Review -Purdue Exponent -Student Life
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Tuition to increase at state universities and colleges
Ct Post
HARTFORD -- Tuition is poised to increase by an average of more than 5 percent for in-state students at Connecticut state universities and community colleges next year, while costs for out-of-state students would decline. The Board of Regents' finance ...

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Making Higher Education Affordable to All
Tri States Public Radio
"In the last recession, people with a college degree had almost exactly half of the unemployment of people with only a high school degree. And over the course of a lifetime, people with a college degree earn 74% more than people with a high school ...