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Faculty contract talks resume with Pennsylvania State System of Higher ...
Patriot-News
After nearly a month since they last met at the bargaining table, negotiators for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education managers and the faculty union will resume contract talks today. State University Faculty Picket SSHE Board of Governors ...
State system faculty, Pa. education officials to resume talksCentre Daily Times
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Measures of Segregation
Inside Higher Ed
Court decisions dating to the 1950s theoretically ended racial segregation of higher education in the United States. But data to be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association show that the pace of desegregation has ...
College Diversity Study Finds Racial Segregation Persists In Higher EdHuffington Post
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EDITORIAL: College Tuition
Lufkin Daily News
Last October, Gov. Rick Perry called on the governing boards of the state's colleges and universities to freeze their tuition for entering students to encourage college attendance and improve four-year graduation rates. That was partially in response ...
Campus Notebook: Fiscal cliff deal helps college tuition billsAlbany Times Union
College Is the Key to Financial Success . . .National Review Online
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Adjunct Project Reveals Wide Range in Pay
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Many colleges don't collect the data, and higher-education groups, such as the American Association of University Professors, haven't been able to find a way to systematically track the pay that adjuncts earn. Over the past year, however, adjuncts ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Colleges Step In to Fill Students' Social-Skills Gaps
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
“A good resume and a degree only gets you to the table,” says Matthew Randall, the center's director. “Professional behaviors are what get you a job. And what colleges are trying to do is help these students develop the behaviors that employers want.” ...
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New Bill Could Curb College Education Costs For Some
CBS Local
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Some students might be able to receive a four-year college bachelor's degree for just $10,000. One local lawmaker believes it's do-able. Assemblyman Dan Logue has a plan, begin taking college courses before teens get their high ...
Bill would Streamline Getting a College DegreeFox and Hounds Daily
Lawmaker floats $10000 public college degree for science, tech careers89.3 KPCC (blog)
Editorial: Let's consider new ideas for collegeEnterprise-Record
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Lawmaker floats $10000 public college degree for science, tech careers
89.3 KPCC (blog)
“The biggest issue we have is that a lot of these kids are graduating in a four-year college with a degree where they aren't really being hired because there's not a demand for it,” Logue said. The pilot campuses are CSU Long Beach, CSU Chico, and CSU ...
New Bill Could Curb College Education Costs For SomeCBS Local
$10000 Bachelor's Degree Is Proposed in California LegislationChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Editorial: Let's consider new ideas for collegeEnterprise-Record
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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Nonprofit Helps Students File Financial Aid Applications For Higher Education
Patch.com
College Goal Sunday Washington is a free, on-site program that helps students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the form that is required to apply for federal financial assistance for higher education. The ...
San Antonio leads in teaching financial literacyEducation Week News
5 Financial New Year's Resolutions for College Students and ParentsU.S. News & World Report (blog)
College Road Show Set to BeginSurfKY News
Courierpress/news/gleaner/ -San Antonio Express -BostInno (blog)
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TIME
College Costs: Would Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Science?
TIME
How much money would it take to get an English major to switch to engineering? Would a $1,000 discount on tuition every year do the trick? What about $5,000? What if switching majors not only reduced students' debt load but also made it much more ...
Why STEM education and minority achievement gaps are interlinkedVOXXI
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$10000 Bachelor's Degree Is Proposed in California Legislation
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
In all three cases, however, the $10,000 price for the student represents only a portion of the overall cost of the education, with high schools, community colleges, and universities absorbing much of the remaining costs. In the proposed California ...
