Guest column: College, not workforce development
Journal and Courier
Hoosiers are poorly educated (less than a third have completed higher education) and therefore have lower per capita income than people from 80 percent of other states. (Not stated, but nevertheless true, average per capita income has declined in ...
Deseret News
College Enrollment Expected to Slip
Stateline
As enrollments soared over the past 20 years, state support for higher education didn't keep pace. In fiscal year 2011, per-pupil funding for public universities was $6,290, its lowest level in more than 25 years, according to the State Higher ...
Real college crisis has little to do with tuition costsDeseret News
For-profit college Rasmussen cuts tuition amid industry-wide enrollment declinesMinnesota Public Radio
Rasmussen College lowering tuition ratesOcala
Topeka Capital Journal -Here And Now
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Legislature bills impact higher education
UTA The Shorthorn
From now until May, lawmakers will consider requests from higher education boards and institutions, decide on bills that can add requirements to earning an undergraduate degree and change tuition for many or all students, among other requests.
TechCrunch
As California Goes?
Inside Higher Ed
Florez, who leads the 20 Million Minds Foundation, a California-based nonprofit, said the governor seemed serious about his online push, with upcoming visits to governing boards of the state's higher education systems where he is likely to stress the ...
How California's Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know ItTechCrunch
California State U. Will Experiment With Offering Credit for MOOCsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Mercury News editorial: Time for state to transform college systemSan Jose Mercury News
The Imperfect Parent -Modesto Bee -Visalia Times-Delta
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Bostonglobe
$2.5b school aid plan outlined by Governor Patrick
Bostonglobe
The money would benefit tens of thousands of the state's youngest residents, from infants to college students, and would target specific aspects of Patrick's long-standing education agenda that aims to build a more skilled workforce needed to drive the ...
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Largest Gift to Windward Community College Will Make Education Accessible to ...
Hawaii Reporter
Report from Windward Community College - The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded a matching grant of $922,815.33 for Paipai 'o Ko'olau, a new initiative at Windward Community College to increase college access and completion. Paipai 'o ...
Boston Globe
Wide-ranging proposal targets pre-K through college years
Boston Globe
The money would benefit tens of thousands of the state's youngest residents, from infants to college students, and would target specific aspects of Patrick's long-standing education agenda that aims to build a more skilled workforce needed to drive the ...
Patrick announces ambitious education planNew England Business Bulletin
With revenue plans under wraps, Patrick calls for surge in education spendingWicked Local
Governor Deval Patrick unveils ambitious new education planBoston.com
Enterprise News -MetroWest Daily News -WGBH NEWS
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Advanced Placement vs. Dual Enrollment
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) (blog)
Typically those courses count for both high-school and college credit, and are directly transferable into the state-university system (and often beyond). In many states, like mine, tuition and fees for dual-enrollment students are minimal. I speak as ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Mired in Turmoil, SC State Tries to Forge Ahead
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
One historically reliable source familiar with the higher education landscape noted the overall view of SCSU could get worse depending on how many more people with a relation to the university are swept up in the U.S. Attorney's investigation and what ...
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Marketplace.org
Study: Parental Support Sends Down College GPA
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds they may not be doing them any favors in another area as generous financial support appears to lead to ...
Don't worry (too much) if you can't pay your kids' tuitionmsnNOW
Does parental help lower grades for college students?Marketplace.org
Parents' Financial Help Linked to Lower College GPAs, Higher Graduation RatesScience Daily (press release)
City Town Info Education Channel -New York Times (blog) -The Stir
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