8 weeks 2 days ago

College receives grant for Developmental Education program
Liberty Vindicator
BAYTOWN, TX – Recently, Lee College was awarded $249,955 in grant funding from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to assist the college expand the scope and reach of its Developmental Education program. Established in 2012 ...

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“Education Is The Key?” Assessing The Value Of A College Degree In A ...
Canada Free Press
So what good is a college education, anyway, in our very unstable economy? As 2013 launches with more federal government debt and American businesses guessing when the next punitive regulatory show will drop, most Americans are ignoring an area of ...

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8 weeks 2 days ago

College Debt and Tuition Pushed Up By Administrator Salaries
FrontPage Magazine
According to an analysis by the Chronicle of Higher Education, in the 2011 fiscal year, 132 presidents of public colleges and universities made $344,000 or more — the income level that marks the divide between the bottom 99 percent and the top 1 percent.

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8 weeks 2 days ago

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Focus to provide high quality higher education in the country
Times of India
KOCHI: The focus of the 12th plan would be to provide quality higher education for children, Union HRD minister Pallam Raju said today. Speaking at a function here, the minister said "in the 12th plan the whole focus will be on quality of education for ...
Education only means for development, growth: Pallam RajuFirstpost

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8 weeks 2 days ago

Local higher education unions gross $6.9M a year but brace for lower revenues ...
AnnArbor.com
Unionized workers of three public higher education institutions based in Washtenaw County pay at least $6.9 million a year in union dues, according to payroll figures. Those dues help buy political influence in Lansing and Washington, D.C., as well as ...

8 weeks 2 days ago

Whither an affordable college education?
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
At 38, Das Williams is still a young man. A relative newlywed, the new chairman of the Assembly Higher Education Committee remains at that stage in life in which, when his work schedule and the tide tables align, he will grab his surfboard and catch ...

8 weeks 2 days ago

Assistant Professor of Special Education
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Qualifications: An earned doctorate in special education or closely related field, ABD considered; work experience in K-12 schools; strong research interests and commitment to scholarship; college teaching experience preferred. Responsibilities: Teach ...

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Editorial: $10000 degree bill puts overdue focus on college efficiency
Record-Searchlight
Higher education has become an almost exclusive gateway to a middle-class income in our modern world, even as the ever-rising cost drains middle-class families' assets, saddles young graduates with massive student loans, and effectively bars the door ...
New Bill Could Curb College Education Costs For SomeCBS Local
Bill would Streamline Getting a College DegreeFox and Hounds Daily
Lawmaker floats $10000 public college degree for science, tech careers89.3 KPCC (blog)
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8 weeks 3 days ago

“Education Is The Key?” Assessing The Value Of A College Degree In A ...
Town Hall
Half of recent college graduates can't find employment. Those who find a job often settle for something less than a “college level job.” So what good is a college education, anyway, in our very unstable economy? As 2013 launches with more federal ...

8 weeks 3 days ago

Online classes raise questions about future of higher education
Kansas City Star
Around noon most days at Johnson County Community College, educational technologist Marziah Karch shuts her office door, relaxes in front of her laptop and spends her lunch break with a sandwich and a MOOC. MOOCs — massive open online courses ...

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