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UPS president joins board of national higher education association.
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6 at NAICU's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Members of the board set the association's agenda on federal higher education policy and oversee its financial administration. The 44-member board also encourages support of NAICU priorities and ...
Oregon Bill Would Require College Credit in High School
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Legislature is looking at making college students out of every Oregon high-school student. A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a bill that would require college coursework as a condition of graduating from high ...
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Washington Bill Gives Immigrants with Deferrals College Aid
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
SEATTLE — A bill introduced in the Washington state Legislature on Tuesday would allow young immigrants who have no legal status in the country to apply for state financial aid for college. The measure aims to dovetail with the Obama administration's ...
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Community Colleges Rise as Leaders of Technological Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Traditionally attributed with their prevalent role in accommodating minorities and students from lower-income households, community colleges have become esteemed higher education programs within the last five years, servicing students from various ...
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TRIO Program Advocates Seek Support in Congress
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Upward Bound, the oldest of the programs, had been created by the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act. Educational Talent Search was established by the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Higher Education Amendments of 1968 added Special Services for ...
$10G degree deal: Governors push state schools to offer bachelor's bargain
Fox News
“Higher education is key to helping our students succeed in the 21st century economy and to grow jobs in Florida,” Scott said in a statement. “It is important our students can get an affordable education, and our state colleges have stepped up to the ...
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Translate this: Imperial unit gets warning of closure
Times Higher Education
We've asked them what they mean ... but they don't seem to want to elaborate," he told Times Higher Education. A petition to save the unit has so far attracted more than 5,800 signatories. Dr Diaz-Cintas said he feared that departure or closure could ...
Community colleges say above-inflation tuition increases unavoidable
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View full size Tuition increases at Harrisburg Area Community College and the state's 13 other community colleges could be hard to hold down to near the rate of inflation for students without a funding increase from the state, community college ...
For millions of college graduates, degrees aren't paying off
Denver Post
Millions of college graduates who saw a degree as their ticket to a good-paying career and a secure life are working in jobs that do not require their education or even a high school diploma, sometimes leaving them with small wages to pay thousands in ...
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Assemblyman Dan Logue curbs cost of California college education
Examiner.com
California pays little attention to budgets, but there's one legislator who waxes creative in cutting the catastrophic costs of a California college education. California Assemblyman, Dan Logue, has a plan for legislating lower costs. Called the ...
