In health care, college education we are on a roll
Newnan Times-Herald
Twelve years ago, when the new millennium arrived, if you had asked Coweta County residents what the two greatest needs were in our community, the answers may have been improved health care/medical facilities and more opportunities for college ...
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Pushing Back on 'Granularity'
Inside Higher Ed
WASHINGTON -- For more than a year, observers here have noted, and often complained, that the federal panel reviewing accrediting agencies (the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity) and the Education Department's reports ...
Editorial: Colorado's higher education promise
Denver Post
But for Colorado's higher education institutions, greater efficiency and enhanced quality aren't really a choice. Escalating tuition over the past decade has started to meet with pushback from students and parents. Meanwhile, in the past five years the ...
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Officials say Latinos advancing to college degrees critical to California, US ...
Ventura County Star
The future success of California and the nation lies in successfully educating Latinos so they can bolster an increasingly skilled workforce, according to speakers at a forum put on by California Assemblyman Das Williams Tuesday at Ventura College.
PennLive.com
Pa. State System of Higher Education faculty's frustration grows over lack of ...
PennLive.com
Faculty presented its latest contract proposal to managers of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education last week, hoping to set up today's talks as an opportunity to hear the system's response to their latest contract terms. But system ...
City Town Info Education Channel
Elite colleges join edX, free online higher education platform
VOXXI
Georgetown University is joining one of the most prominent ventures in online higher education, a Web platform known as edX that provides courses from elite schools to a global audience for free. The addition of Georgetown to edX marks the latest ...
Georgetown Joins Six Other Universities in Offering EdX Online CoursesCity Town Info Education Channel
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Education Week News
K-12, Higher Education Unite to Align Learning
Education Week News
The top education leaders in Minnesota are drafting a plan that aims to reinvent high school and align its mission with that of higher education. For nearly a year, they have been working on a major proposal to better connect K-12 and higher education ...
Higher Levels of College-Degree Attainment Boosts Employment for All, Even ...
Science Daily (press release)
One explanation is that those earning higher levels of education and, thus, higher salaries were likely boosting local demand for and support of purchased services and amenities, everything from lawn care and child care to the arts and eateries. Said ...
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Downtown Devil
Eastern Arizona College Launches Bachelor's Degree Programs After Decade ...
Huffington Post
As online higher education programs grab headlines across the country, one rural community college in Arizona fought for – and won – the ability to offer more campus-based degree programs to its students. This fall, Eastern Arizona College, a small ...
University of Phoenix Lobbies to Prevent Community College Bachelor's DegreesWashington Monthly (blog)
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• Competition is information for clients of higher education
Reporter-Times
The president of Ivy Tech threw down the gauntlet: “A four year liberal-arts education is a poor investment for America's middle-class.” He went on to suggest that a two-year degree provided a more secure path to a job. The provost of Ball State ...
