HIGHER EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: UND Mortar Board's Turkey Basket effort, an ...
Grand Forks Herald
HIGHER EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: UND Mortar Board's Turkey Basket effort, an annual tradition. Tis the season of giving, and recently, the Grand Fork community along with the University of North Dakota demonstrated that with an annual “Turkey Basket” ...
Stumbo: No Extra Higher Education Funding Until UPike Becomes a State ...
WFPL
A battle may be brewing over the future of Kentucky higher education -- should the state add another state university, this one serving Appalachia? The leader of the Kentucky House thinks so -- and he said he won't support any extra funding for higher ...
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Pricing Out the Humanities
Inside Higher Ed
History professors at the University of Florida think their courses are plenty valuable, but they don't want them to be among the most expensive. And they are organizing to protest a gubernatorial task force's recommendation to charge more for majors ...
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The rising cost of college
Evansville Courier & Press
Many parents dream of the day their child strides to the stage to receive a college diploma. On the other hand, many parents dread the day that college tuition bills arrive. Despite steep tuition costs, a college education may be a sound investment ...
Experts debate value of degree, many grads in jobs that don't require diploma
Diamondback Online
But college graduates aren't necessarily putting their bachelor's degrees to good use, said George Mason University economist Walter Williams. Pushing students into higher education often prepares them for a job in a field that never required a degree ...
Education funding facing hard callsOmaha World-Herald
Approaching Crunch Time on the Student Loan DebacleAmerican Thinker
Ministry of Education releases standards to address tight job marketGlobal Times
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Program makes college COOL for Abilene secondary-school students
ReporterNews.com
An amenity such as a college campus McDonald's restaurant, as well as a university's colors and mascot, were some of the enticements Christine Curtis-Carr used to try to excite Mann Middle School students about higher education, as part of Abilene ...
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College enrollment growth starting to stall
Greenwich Time
"I think the effect of the economy has actually helped buttress what could have been a more substantial loss in traditional-age students," said Connie Fraser, a spokeswoman for the state Office of Higher Education. Preliminary numbers released to ...
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Higher education struggles with budget cuts
Famuan
Higher education has suffered, and institutions have struggled to maintain a satisfactory educational environment and adequate resources. Florida A&M has suffered from loss of faculty, support staff and programs. However, FAMU is not the only state ...
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Georgia College president faces economic challenges, sets goals
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Nationwide, higher education is plagued by money woes -- legislators and private donors are doling out less money to institutions, while many students go into serious debt to afford college. Recent national reports have questioned whether college is ...
College prep program keys on participation, investment of moms
Austin American-Statesman
Eric Hartsdale, right, of Texas Tech University, talks to (from left) Stephanie Mendoza, 17, Samantha Mendoza, 13, Sandra Mendoza, 15, and their mother, Sandra Moore during the Con Mi Madre college and career fair Nov. 10 at Travis High School. Con Mi ...
