An Individualized Higher Education Experience
Huffington Post (blog)
I'm not very impressed by uses of technology that make higher education less personal for our students. The more we treat a student as just a number, the farther away we are from the idea of university posited by John Henry Newman: "An Alma Mater, ...
Should science/tech majors pay higher tuition?
The Columbian
Charging higher tuition for fields that the industry desperately needs.... will create an additional barrier to students who want to take (high demand) courses" said Angie Weiss, government relations director for the Associated Students of the ...
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Conn. and Mass. Governors Propose Big Spending Increases for Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The governors of Connecticut and Massachusetts are each calling for major increases in higher-education spending. But they are taking very different approaches toward what to spend the money on and how to pay for it. In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P ...
College-Town Lawmakers Push for Tuition Freeze
WDAZ
College-Town Lawmakers Push for Tuition Freeze. Some lawmakers do not want to see a tuition increase at public universities over the next two years, but some opponents say legislating the issue would erode the North Dakota University System's authority ...
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Rhind helped grow law firm, supported higher education, arts
Glenview Announcements
Mr. Rhind had a special interest in higher education, serving from the mid-1970s as a trustee of both the University of Chicago and Hamilton College and Vice-Chairman of both for eight years. He subsequently became a Life Trustee of both institutions.
School Choice: The Internet, College Education, and the Local Church
Patheos (blog)
National School Choice Week 2013, which runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, shines a spotlight on the need for education opportunities for all. In only its third year, this bipartisan, grassroots effort features more than 3,500 events spanning all 50 states.
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Forbes
Bill Gates Says There Is Something Perverse In College Ratings
Forbes
A college dropout himself, Gates is still a big fan of higher education, though worried about soaring costs and the lack of funding of R&D in education overall. “College is perfectly designed for me. I've watched more MIT OpenCourseWare than anyone I know.
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Governor Nixon's Proposed Higher Education Budget Will Implement ...
KSMU Radio
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon proposed a $34 million dollar budget increase for higher education funding Monday night during his State of the State address. His proposal includes rewarding schools for meeting certain performance goals. KSMU's Samuel ...
Missouri Higher Education Funding Hikes Could Vary by SchoolWayne County Journal Banner
Gov. Jay Nixon proposes increases in education fundingColumbia Missourian
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My university life as a woman professor
The Guardian (blog)
Struggles in the 1970s to obtain higher degrees; get first research, then lecturing, job, despite elder daughter announcing, "proper mothers stay at home and cook and sew". Elevation to a Chair, as it was then, in 1984, at Lancaster University, after ...
College-town lawmakers push for tuition freeze
Grand Forks Herald
College-town lawmakers push for tuition freeze. Some lawmakers do not want to see a tuition increase at public universities over the next two years, but some opponents say legislating the issue would erode the North Dakota University System's authority ...
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