Virginia legislature considers immigration for higher education
The Flat Hat
According to the Los Angeles Times, the DREAM Act allows undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities in Maryland. In order to pay this rate, each student must have completed high school and then earned 60 ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Report Discusses Top Trends in Student Enrollment
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The top trends “have created a marketplace situation where higher education administrators must think differently and evolve in a manner that responds to the needs of individuals, families and our society,” says the study — titled Ten Trends for 2013 ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Report: Prospective College Students are “Super Investigators”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Primarily concerned about the reputation and the affordability of likely college choices, today's college-minded high school student utilizes a wide array of information sources, including mobile websites that are accessed by smartphones, email and ...
2 lawmakers predict changes in higher education funding
Austin American-Statesman
Two key state lawmakers said Thursday that they expect the Legislature to approve a plan to hinge 10 percent of base funding for public universities and community colleges on graduation rates, the number of degrees awarded and other so-called student ...
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Wall Street Journal
College Degree, No Class Time Required
Wall Street Journal
"It is a big new idea in a system like ours, and it is part of the way the ground is shifting under us in higher education," said Kevin Reilly, president of the University of Wisconsin System, which runs the state's 26 public-university campuses. Under ...
Get a College Degree in Wisconsin Without Setting Foot on CampusReason (blog)
University of Wisconsin to Offer Bachelor's Degrees That Do Not Require Class ...City Town Info Education Channel
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GigaOM
Universities Try MOOCs in Bid to Lure Successful Students to Online Programs
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) (blog)
Since massive open online courses exploded into the public consciousness, college presidents have been trying to figure out how to use higher education's most hyped innovation to deal with one of its greatest challenges: enrolling and graduating more ...
Free Online College Courses Take Big Step ForwardForbes
Learning From MOOCsInside Higher Ed
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The Economist
Higher education is embracing private suppliers—but timidly
The Economist
The newcomer epitomises a broadening of higher education, aided by a rise in maximum fees to £9,000 that makes students (and their parents) look around for value for money. The government has also eased rules on what qualifies as a university.
Politico
College Freshmen Heavily Influenced By Economic Conditions: UCLA's Higher ...
Huffington Post
_New college students are increasingly career-focused when it comes to what they want out of higher education. Among reasons for attending, getting a better job was the most common response and hit an all-time high of 88 percent, 20 points higher than ...
College Chiefs Contemplate CompletionInside Higher Ed
Campus Notebook: Advanced degrees, college dropouts are upAlbany Times Union
How Far Away They Go to CollegeChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Washington Post (blog) -New York Times -Fox News
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College Dropout Crisis Revealed In 'American Dream 2.0' Report
Huffington Post
Changing the $226 billion financial aid system may help improve that, the report said. College tuition has been rising faster than inflation as states have cut contributions to higher education. Over the last decade, students have doubled total annual ...
American Dream 2.0 Report Declares High College Failure Rate a National CrisisPR Newswire (press release)
College Dropout Rate Called National Crisis in New ReportPolitic365
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Jobs recovery favors highly educated workers
CNNMoney
Workers across America are experiencing completely different versions of the jobs recovery, depending on their education level. The recovery is favoring the college educated, but leaving behind those with a high school diploma or less. "In the ...
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