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23 Florida Colleges Accept Governor's $10000 Degree Challenge
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The Florida system has been a national leader in providing bachelor's-degree programs at community colleges, with programs tailored to meet the state's work-force needs. That focus limits the number of programs that can meet the $10,000 goal. At Palm ...
All 23 Florida Four-year Colleges OK $10K DegreesDiverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
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In California, Son Gets Chance to Restore Luster to a Legacy
New York Times
LOS ANGELES — During a 1960s renaissance, California's public university system came to be seen as a model for the rest of the country and an economic engine for the state. Seven new campuses opened, statewide enrollment doubled, and state ...
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College degrees becoming the norm, not the exception
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So normal that 25 percent of retail employees have one. So do 17 percent of bartenders, 15 percent of taxi drivers and 14 percent of waiters. Go back to 1970 and only 1 percent of taxi drivers had a bachelor's gegree. These numbers come from the Center ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Out Lesbian and Gay Presidents Discuss Pathways to Leadership
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
One of the panels, presented by LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education, featured four lesbian and gay presidents who discussed their professional pathways to higher education presidencies, and what it means to be out lesbian and gay presidents at their ...
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All 23 Florida Four-year Colleges OK $10K Degrees
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
MIAMI — Gov. Rick Scott says all 23 state colleges offering four-year degrees in Florida have accepted his $10,000 tuition challenge. The Republican governor made the announcement at Miami-Dade College on Monday. Scott in November challenged the ...
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund Establishes President-in-Residence Position
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
TMCF founder and consultant Dr. N. Joyce Payne says Garland's selection as the organization's first President-in-Residence will prove highly beneficial to TMCF and its member schools. “He brings a wealth of knowledge in higher education” to the ...
New England College poll: Support is there for higher education money, casinos
The Union Leader
Many New Hampshire voters want more money for higher education, and they support both casino gambling and a higher gas tax to pay for road and bridge repairs, a new poll shows. New England College said Monday it polled 656 registered New ...
Have degree, driving cab: Nearly half of college grads are overqualified - Christian Science Monitor
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Have degree, driving cab: Nearly half of college grads are overqualified
Christian Science Monitor
Here's a new data nugget in a high-stakes debate over the state of working America: A new study finds that about half of all workers with a college degree are overqualified for their current jobs. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ...
Millions of Graduates Hold Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree, Report ...Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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Poorer Texas kids lead to higher education costs
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' high child poverty rate is beginning to make demands on the state's budget, and experts warn the state needs to spend more on education or the state's economy could slow. According to the U.S. Census, about 60 percent of ...
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Alabama ranks fourth in nation for higher-education funding cuts
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Since 2008, the state slashed public funding for higher education by more than $556 million, some 28 percent, according to a report published last week by the Grapevine project at Illinois State University. The report ranks Alabama fourth in the nation ...
