2 weeks 6 days ago

Your Town: CSUMB officials' church visits tout college education
Monterey County Herald
CSU Monterey Bay President Eduardo Ochoa and Provost Kathy Cruz-Uribe will visit local churches on Saturday and Sunday to spread the word about the importance of going to college. Cruz-Uribe will visit the Seaside Community Seventh-Day Adventist ...

2 weeks 6 days ago

Higher Education = Hazing?
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
You should be nervous. A feverish clock punctuates every word, every silence. John (Tim Perry), a college professor, is wrestling witha phone and a crowded desk. Studiously, then furiously, Carol (Darcy Jo Martin) squints at her notebook and flips the ...

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3 weeks 11 min ago

Obama Puts Federal Weight Behind Calls for College Affordability
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
For the second year in a row, Mr. Obama used the speech to take colleges to task over rising tuition, warning that "taxpayers can't keep subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education." "Colleges must do their part to keep costs ...

3 weeks 18 min ago

GW Hatchet (subscription) (blog)

Obama, Rubio call for higher education reform
GW Hatchet (subscription) (blog)
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address Monday, stressing the importance of higher education at a time when federal funding to colleges across the country remain threatened. Hatchet File Photo. President Barack Obama on ...
Obama on education in State of Union addressWashington Post (blog)
State of the Union 2013: President Obama Supports Quality Education at ...U.S. News University
President Obama: Higher education, raising minimum wage among top prioritiesCentral Michigan Life
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3 weeks 2 hours ago

The San Luis Obispo Tribune

California Legislative Analyst Slams Governor's Higher-Education Budget
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Gov. Jerry Brown's plans to give California's public colleges and universities more state money in the coming fiscal year hit a snag on Tuesday. A legislative analysis advised lawmakers to discard several elements of the higher-education spending plan ...
Report: Higher Education Funding Proposal Too LaxDiverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
EDUCATION SPENDING PROPOSAL GETS MIXED REVIEW IN SACRAMENTOU-T San Diego

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3 weeks 2 hours ago

Ark. Panel Advances Guns on Campus Proposal
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
The House Education Committee approved by a voice vote the proposal that would allow the governing boards for public colleges and universities to ban concealed handguns on specific campuses, areas of campus or buildings, a provision already included ...

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3 weeks 3 hours ago

Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio

Community Colleges Rise as Leaders of Technological Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Traditionally attributed with their prevalent role in accommodating minorities and students from lower-income households, community colleges have become esteemed higher education programs within the past five years, servicing students from various ...

3 weeks 4 hours ago

U.S. News University

Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Enrollment at Community Colleges in the South ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The University of Alabama's Education Policy Center released a report on Tuesday that argues community-college enrollments in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi are highly sensitive to changes in the federal grant program. Enrollment in 47 of the 62 ...
Pell Grant changes drop enrollment in Mississippi community collegesSunHerald.com
Federal regulations will force more than 10000 Alabama college students off ...al.com (blog)
New Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Community College EnrollmentYouth Today
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3 weeks 6 hours ago

Lt. Governor Simon announces higher education reforms
Daily Illini
“We need to make sure that our high school students are ready for college and complete certificates and degrees on time and with less debt,” Simon said in a press release. "The return on educational investment is proven for graduates seeking living ...
Simon tells college costs proposalsThe State Journal-Register

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3 weeks 9 hours ago

The Fiscal Times

A Degree from Where? Why Your College Could Go Bankrupt
The Fiscal Times
As the higher education system in the U.S. faces rising costs and reduced state funding, many are asking what will colleges of the future look like? According to a recent cover story in The American Interest, some won't look like anything at all ...