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Elite colleges take to web
Evening News and Tribune
Georgetown University is joining one of the most prominent ventures in online higher education, a Web platform known as edX that provides courses from elite schools to a global audience for free. The addition of Georgetown to edX marks the latest ...
Georgetown University joins edXBusiness Wire (press release)
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The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
College of Education dean resigns
Iowa City Press Citizen
The dean of the University of Iowa College of Education announced her resignation Monday following a flurry of reports last week that high-ranking UI officials had ordered the destruction of records pertaining to faculty and staff dissatisfaction over ...
UI College of Education Dean Margaret Crocco announces resignationIowa Now
UI College of Education Dean Resigns Amid 'Crisis': Daily Iowan Reader, Dec. 11Patch.com
UI College of Education in 'crisis' after controversy surrounding deanUI The Daily Iowan
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Andreas Schleicher: U.S. Education Is Getting Left Behind
Huffington Post (blog)
What is more troubling is that the odds of attaining a college degree are clearly stacked up against disadvantaged Americans. Of course, the U.S. is not alone in this. In every OECD country, the odds that a 20-34 year-old attends higher education ...
Jamia organizes a symposium on fostering social responsibility in higher ...
TwoCircles.net
The purpose of the event was to promote community-based research and social responsibility in higher education mandated by UNESCO with a view to strengthen the linkages between communities and institutions of higher education. It has been arranged ...
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MarketWatch
College tuition, priced like a cellphone plan
MarketWatch
As rising tuition continues to put college out of many students' reach, some schools are experimenting with the kinds of pay-as-you-go payment plans more common to phone and cable bills. Vlue / Shutterstock.com. While $199 might cover just a single ...
College Tuition, Priced Like Cellphone PlansWall Street Journal (India)
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OregonLive.com
Column: Higher ed 'big agenda' requires staffing
Jamestown Sun
The chancellor of higher education, Hamid Shirvani, threw down the gauntlet when he announced that he would ask for 30 additional employees to help develop a progressive “big agenda” for the North Dakota University System. By: Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist ...
Oregon education reform: change for students' sakeOregonLive.com
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Kansas City Star
STEM degrees may not mean more jobs
Kansas City Star
More recently, Scott's Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform released a report recommending slightly discounted tuition for students pursuing certain majors — primarily STEM. Though Scott has not yet formally embraced the proposal ...
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HIGHER EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: UND to award honorary degrees to 2 alumni
Grand Forks Herald
HIGHER EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: UND to award honorary degrees to 2 alumni. A retired state lawmaker and a longtime state historian will receive honorary degrees from UND, their alma mater, at winter commencement on Friday, the university said.
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
College students take another hit
Anniston Star
Recognizing that access to higher education was one of the fastest and most effective ways for people to rise out of poverty and join the middle class, Congress in 1972 established the Pell Grant program. This provided money for college and trade ...
Exploring the Use of Pell Grants To Go From Prison to CollegeJuvenile Justice Information Exchange
Become Need-Blind? For Colleges, That's the Wrong QuestionChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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BostInno (blog)
Some Mass. college presidents see steep pay increases between 2009 and 2010
Boston.com
Your article has been sent. Presidents at several private Massachusetts colleges saw significant pay increases between 2009 and 2010, according to a new survey of compensation by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Schapiro 17th highest-paid private college presidentDaily Northwestern (blog)
The 15 Highest Paid Private-College Presidents in MassachusettsBostInno (blog)
University of Chicago President Zimmer makes highest-paid listCrain's Chicago Business
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