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5 Colleges You Can Go to for Free
Yahoo! News (blog)
According to the College Board, the average price of tuition, fees, room and board for an in-state student at a public college or university is $17,860 for the 2012-13 school year. For out-of-state students, average costs jump to $30,911 while private ...
Report Says College Degree is an Advantage During Recession
Patch.com
A new study by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality shows that among 21- to 24-year-olds, those with a four-year college degree fared better in the Great Recession than those with less education. The recession did hit newly minted college ...
Fortune
Top 10 education issues facing Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
(”I don't know,” says Rickman. “That really is the answer to that question.”) Help wanted: Hiring 250,000 new graduates. Where are they? Only 42 percent has a college degree; State needs 250,000 more graduates. Early learning: What this issue focuses ...
It's Time to Redefine Public Education—AgainHealth Care News
A '21st Century' Education Is SO Last CenturyHuffington Post
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Our View: 50K reasons for earning a college degree
Merced Sun-Star
The first full week of 2013 was a newsy one for Merced County. And we hope to add some good news tonight, with the 49ers beating the Green Bay Packers and advancing closer to the Super Bowl. Regular fans will be watching, of course, and so will many ...
West County: Award winner seeks to motivate youth to higher education
CapitalGazette.com
Over the years, she has dedicated time, effort and money to improve the prospects of students wanting to further their college education. To honor her years of dedication toward educating the youth in the area, the Anne Arundel County Human Relations ...
The Bottom Line vs. Social Good
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) (blog)
Take tuition discounting. Over the last two decades, Ms. Wellman said, colleges have used competitive financial-aid strategies “to ratchet up their gene pool, to become more and more selective, because they could.” She described a future in which ...
Higher education yields higher benefits
WALB-TV
Friday was Dawn's last newscast as an anchor here at WALB. She wouldn't let us put together a sappy goodbye montage because she says it's not a big deal. "Well... It is a big deal to those of us privilegedMore >>. Friday was Dawn's last newscast as an ...
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Is a College Degree Worth it?
Fox Business
Details. Description. “From Preschool to Grad School” author Kim Palacios and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on the rising costs of a college education. Duration 6:13; Date Jan 11, 2013. Advertisement ...
Bill would freeze tuition at public universities, community colleges
Ventura County Star
But freezing tuition will work only if the state provides ongoing adequate funding for higher education, said Mike Uhlenkamp, spokesman for the CSU system, which is still analyzing the bill's potential impact. If the state were to go into another ...
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New university appoints next vice-chancellor
Times Higher Education
The Reverend Peter Neil has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University, one of ten specialist institutions recently awarded university title. Professor Neil will succeed Muriel Robinson, who will retire in April after 10 ...
