Gainesville State College students sign pledge to complete their degrees
Gainesville Times
Although there are a multitude of reasons some students don't finish their higher education, Phi Theta Kappa members at Gainesville State College implemented a project Monday in hopes of encouraging classmates to complete their degrees. The college's ...
New York Times
College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All
New York Times
Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote is in its eighth edition. But last summer, as he transformed the class into a free online ...
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Obama's education agenda dominated by loose ends
Businessweek
Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educational achievement gap and boosting college graduation rates to the highest in the world. But those lofty goals may have to wait, as lawmakers and Obama tackle a number of ...
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Immigrants to Pay Tuition at Rate Set for Residents
New York Times
Thousands of illegal immigrants living in Massachusetts can qualify for state resident tuition rates at state colleges, under a policy laid out on Monday by Gov. Deval Patrick — another shift in the fast-changing mosaic of states' policies toward that ...
Chancellors urge lawmakers to increase higher education funding
Austin American-Statesman
“The one part of the budget that makes money for the state of Texas is higher education,” said Kent Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, noting that college graduates earn more than people with only a high school education, which ...
University chiefs raise alarms on education fundingHouston Chronicle
Why Texas' universities deserve a fair fight in the 2013 LegislatureDallas Morning News (blog)
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Chancellors: don't gut higher ed funding
San Antonio Express
Texas' six university system chancellors have joined forces to raise awareness ahead of next year's legislative session about what one called an alarming trend of slashed higher education funding. Under pressure from Gov. Rick Perry and others to make ...
Why Texas' universities deserve a fair fight in the 2013 LegislatureDallas Morning News (blog)
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Obama's education agenda may look less like real reform and more like tying up ... - Washington Post
Obama's education agenda may look less like real reform and more like tying up ...
Washington Post
Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educational achievement gap and boosting college graduation rates to the highest in the world. But those lofty goals may have to wait, as lawmakers and Obama tackle a number of ...
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Obama's education agenda dominated by loose ends
The Associated Press
Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educational achievement gap and boosting college graduation rates to the highest in the world. But those lofty goals may have to wait, as lawmakers and Obama tackle a number of ...
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Scott Walker Calls For Shift In Higher Education Funding Tying Dollars To ...
Huffington Post
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) wants to overhaul public higher education funding in his state, but his proposed agenda has been criticized by Democratic opponents as "social engineering" that could prevent students from studying what they're ...
Assessing the Future of Higher Education
Huffington Post
From legislatures to academia, from newsrooms to boardrooms, from human resources departments to recruiting firms, all across America, there is a vigorous debate about the future of higher education, often in the least likely places. Are students ...
Making the CaseInside Higher Ed
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