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Stop Requiring College Degrees
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You've noticed by now that 'a college degree' is not in this list of signals. That's because I think it's a pretty lousy one, and getting worse all the time. In fact, I think one of the most productive things an employer could do, both for themselves ...
Community college grads out-earn bachelor's degree holders
CNN - Canada
Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate's degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $50,000 a year.
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The Rising Costs of College [SERIES]
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
This is part two of a week-long series on higher education costs in New Jersey. Read the entire series here. The statistics show a bachelor's degree is a great thing to have when considering income and actually holding a job, but a college education ...
Letter: Terrible disparity in pay for higher education in Florida
TCPalm
Community college professors are not expected to do research or mentor graduate students toward graduate degrees, a major part of the responsibility of professors at universities. The average salary of professors at most of our senior universities ...
College degrees seem to be the new high school diplomas
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
"It's changed because now employers are looking for that next level of dedication in education," said Tom Junk, Director of Technical Education for D-11 Schools. Beginning next year, D-11 will offer a new program to high school students, who can also ...
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Wilson Elementary students getting early college education
Valley morning Star
The campus also recently hosted a tailgating event to celebrate higher education. Teachers had informational booths that represented different schools around the nation like the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University. As each student ...
The State of Our Union's Education
The Connecticut College Voice
On February 12, 2013, President Obama addressed the American public with the State of the Union address. He dedicated a few minutes to the challenges that lie before us for the American educational system, which has historically lagged behind in ...
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News 12 Connecticut
Report: High School Dropouts Cost Economy Billions
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Take Colorado, where the state cut $4.7 million from its higher education budgets between fiscal years 2012 and 2013, according to the budget officers' annual report. If 90 percent of students finished high school, state and local governments would ...
Education Department announces $15m for AmeriCorpsMarietta Daily Journal
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
HBCUs Produce Leaders Not Only Domestically, But Also Abroad
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Black colleges get a lot of credit for producing most of the leaders of the civil rights struggle—Martin Luther King Jr. (Morehouse), W.E.B. DuBois (Fisk), Jesse Jackson (North Carolina A&T), Andrew Young (Howard) and John Lewis (Fisk). But less known ...
Not a total loss: GOP picked up college-educated voters in 2012
Daily Caller
While much was made (and is still being made) of the GOP's lackluster performance among Latinos, African Americans and women in November, the party rebounded strongly from its 2008 performance among voters with college degrees. Nationally, Mitt ...
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