4 weeks 2 days ago

Changing by degrees: Law allowing some new bachelor's programs has ...
Crain's Detroit Business
Some are beginning to seek a change in accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Chicago-based commission evaluates degree-granting post-secondary institutions in terms of their ...

4 weeks 2 days ago

College graduates face underemployment, report suggests
Daily Free Press (subscription)
Almost half of college graduates are employed in jobs that do not apply knowledge gained from higher education, according to a recent study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. Despite the findings, several Boston University ...

4 weeks 2 days ago

Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's time for a $10000 college degree
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Much is being written about the preposterously high cost of college. The median inflation-adjusted household income fell by 7 percent between 2006 and 2011, while the average real tuition at public four-year colleges increased by over 18 percent ...

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4 weeks 2 days ago

SJ Delta College Community Education – Pharmacy Technician Starts March 2
Central Stockton News
Program Summary: As a Pharmacy Technician, you will help the pharmacist package or mix a prescription, maintain client records, refer clients to the pharmacist for counseling, assist with inventory control and purchasing, as well as collect payments ...

4 weeks 2 days ago

KDLT News

EDITORIAL: Higher education the focus
Rapid City Journal
Education is an issue that is debated in every legislative session, and this year is no exception. After last year's controversial attempt to reform K-12 education that was eventually referred to the voters, who rejected HB1234 last November, higher ...
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4 weeks 2 days ago

Best-Paying College Majors Are Mostly In Engineering: Forbes List
Huffington Post
In a statement, Executive Director Marilyn Mackes said she's not surprised that engineering majors dominated the list of the top earning college degrees, saying the market needs them most and has a comparatively harder time finding qualified applicants.

4 weeks 2 days ago

Artists among us: Havering College of Further and Higher Education staff ...
PR Web (press release)
The doors are set to open on a gallery of expertise as art staff at Havering College of Further and Higher Education showcase their own creative talents. The display will feature a range of original artwork including painting, drawings, printmaking ...

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4 weeks 2 days ago

Several Sacramento-area localities seek 4-year colleges
Sacramento Bee
The city of Roseville is in discussions with a half-dozen universities – Sierra College, Drexel University, University of the Pacific, Brandman University, William Jessup and the College of Continuing Education at Sacramento State – on a plan for a 40 ...

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4 weeks 2 days ago

Lexington Herald Leader

Ky. Voices: Higher education still a sound investment
Lexington Herald Leader
Rick Nease color illustration of hands adjusting mortarboard made from hundred-dollar bills onto back of graduate's head bills. Detroit Free Press 2006. college costs mortarboard graduate graduation cap education student loan academic illustration, ...
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4 weeks 3 days ago

CultureMap Austin

University Of Texas, Rick Perry Clash Over Future Of Public Higher Education
Huffington Post
AUSTIN, Texas -- If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, handsome in appearance. Even the price is comparable: Like one of the luxury car's models, ...
Why college access, affordability and success are key to Texas economyCultureMap Austin

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