14 weeks 4 days ago

'Fiscal cliff' worries college leaders in Springfield
Springfield News-Leader
It means something when Robert Spence says the financial forecast for higher education is the cloudiest it's ever been during his presidential tenure at Evangel University. Spence took the helm in 1974, when Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office. Spence ...
Affordable way to your educationTidewater News

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14 weeks 4 days ago

BBC News

Education Secretary Mike Russell 'did not consider stepping down'
BBC News
Scotland's education secretary has told BBC Scotland he did not consider resigning during the recent row over inaccurate figures on college budgets and claims of intimidation. Mike Russell said he was focused on delivering for Scotland's young people.
Education Secretary urged to resignIrvine Herald
Salmond and Russell face more college funding pressure from opposition partiesThe Courier
Defiant Mike Russell insists he is staying as Education SecretaryScottish Daily Record
Morning Star Online -Scotsman -Telegraph.co.uk
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14 weeks 4 days ago

Team to Look Into Exam Leak At Mpuma FET College
AllAfrica.com
Pretoria — The Department of Higher Education and Training is to assign a team of selected markers to scrutinise the examination scripts and the extent of the examination leak at the Mpumalanga Further Education and Training (FET) College.

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14 weeks 4 days ago

PennLive.com

Op-ed: Wilson College should reject proposal to go coed
PennLive.com
W ilson College, in Chambersburg, was founded in 1869 by two Presbyterian ministers and a benefactor, Sarah Wilson, to provide education for women comparable to that which had only been available to men. wilson_college.jpg. Wilson College is now one ...

14 weeks 5 days ago

Good news, good education
Beckley Register-Herald
Higher educational options are growing and improving in our region. The trend greatly improves with the turning of the yearly calendar in just a few weeks. Beginning with the Spring 2013 semester, New River Community and Technical College will begin ...

14 weeks 5 days ago

Wall Street Journal

The Cost of Dropping Out
Wall Street Journal
The rising cost of a college education is hitting one group especially hard: the millions of students who drop out without earning a degree. A bachelor's degree remains by far the clearest path to the American middle class. Even today, amid mounting ...

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14 weeks 5 days ago

Southeastern Wisconsin higher education leaders sound off
The Business Journal (blog)
The biggest issues facing colleges and universities in southeastern Wisconsin are the sluggish economy and ongoing budget cuts that have left some professors without raises for the past five years. That was the consensus of 13 southeastern Wisconsin ...

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14 weeks 5 days ago

Liberal arts colleges emphasizing practical experience
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For many liberal arts college students home for Thanksgiving, the dreaded question likely was dropped sometime between the first bite of turkey and the final forkful of pumpkin pie. "What kind of job do you hope to find with a major in history?" Or ...

14 weeks 5 days ago

Marketplace.org

More prestigious colleges offer courses online
Marketplace.org
Advocates say new, online programs offered by prestigious universities will revolutionize higher education both in cyberspace and in the face-to-face classroom. But they may also be a threat to America's less-prestigious colleges. To view this content, ...

14 weeks 5 days ago

The Lawyer

Britain's first profit-making university opened
Telegraph.co.uk
In a groundbreaking move, it was revealed that the College of Law, the country's largest provider of legal education and training, had been granted full university status. It is the first private university to be established since Buckingham ...
UK approves first for-profit universityFinancial Times
College of Law becomes UK's first for-profit universityTimes Higher Education
College of Law rebranded University of LawThe Lawyer

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