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Bellevue College Adds Two New Bachelor's Degrees
Patch.com
Known as the state's biggest community college, Bellevue College will soon add to its four-year offerings with two new bachelor's degrees: Nursing and Information Systems and Technology (known as IST). The two new programs officially begin classes in ...
Bellevue College to offer 2 new bachelor's degreesThe Seattle Times (blog)
Bellevue College wins approval for two new bachelor's degreesBellevue Reporter
Centralia College's New Degree Program Receives Federal ApprovalCentralia Chronicle
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How to Get A Good-Paying Job Without Attending A Four Year College
Forbes
For years, the best way to get a good-paying job was to get a degree from a four-year college. The problem, however, is that four year of college costs a great deal in terms of both time and money, and it may not be suited for people with practical minds.
Professors pan idea to vary tuition based on students' majors
Orlando Sentinel
Public university professors statewide are speaking out against a set of higher-education reforms that the Florida lawmakers will consider during the next legislative session. Many have focused their ire on the most controversial recommendation made by ...
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COMMENTARY: Online college education means no dorm, gym or debt
Kennebec Journal
Numerous articles and commentaries from inside and outside of academia are raising the alarm that American public higher education faces an unprecedented financial crisis. For years, state legislatures have been disinvesting in public colleges and ...
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Student loan debt isn't a crisis
Kansas City Star
Over time, the anecdotal evidence builds and chilling stories cause many to wonder if a college education is worth the risk of default, the debt incurred. Enough already. A report produced by a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas ...
Feds: New student loan repayment options setYahoo! News (blog)
The looming crisis of student loan debt threatens America's future, by William ...The Keene Sentinel
Examine the Scope of Student Loan Borrower DistressU.S. News & World Report (blog)
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College Boosters
New York Times
It seems that the great problem here is that many people seem to have no idea what a college education is. For those of us who are not from the socioeconomic elite and who have good though not remarkable talents, college is a doorway to the future.
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College graduates are hopeful about job prospects
Fayetteville Observer
"Even though college graduates are not in as great of a situation that they have been historically, relative to people without college education, they are in a much better situation," said Ed Stringham, a business professor at Fayetteville State ...
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College should ready students for life
Orlando Sentinel
When Gov. Rick Scott ignited the current discussion of college majors and tuition, he began a long-overdue debate about the role and cost of higher education. Are some majors more important than others? Should students pay more — or less — for those ...
Community Colleges: Investing in American Education
Huffington Post (blog)
When Hurricane Sandy smashed into New York and New Jersey, it shone a harsh spotlight on the delicate infrastructure we depend on for our everyday lives. Hurricane Sandy made very real the vulnerability of our ports, subway and rail lines and the ...
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Nearly 5000 Alabama college students lost Pell grants due to new federal ...
al.com (blog)
The study, conducted by the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama and commissioned by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, shows 4,731 students lost their grants due to a new lifetime-eligibility restriction approved by Congress ...
Universities, students must work toward faster graduationSan Antonio Express
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