Who Deserves Affordable Care?
Inside Higher Ed
With more colleges and universities cutting adjuncts' hours ahead of some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act taking effect, faculty advocates and administrators are looking to the federal government for more guidance on how the act is ...
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CALLAHAN: College degrees aren't necessary to be successful
Daily Nebraskan
To most, the idea of dropping out is just a thought, not a plan of action. The truth is, in a country like ours, dropping out doesn't automatically make you a loser. Many successful Americans don't have college degrees." ...
Dropouts: College's 37-Million-Person Crisis—and How to Solve ItThe Atlantic
Education cuts would harm future work force we needSpringfield News-Leader
College degree proves to be both investment, gambleSU The Daily Orange (subscription)
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Gregoire wants to see eventual cuts to college tuition
The Olympian
Gov. Chris Gregoire has a few misgivings about what state policy makers had to do as they worked through the Great Recession over the past four years, and tuition policy is one apparent regret. The two-term governor told The Olympian's editorial board ...
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WKBT La Crosse
Commission recommends increase in state college aid
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Citing swelling numbers of Wisconsin college students who are eligible for state aid, but denied because of limited state funding, the University of Wisconsin System, the state association for independent colleges, the state technical college system ...
Wis. board calls for increase in financial aidLa Crosse Tribune
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Against tuition debate, Florida universities plan funding announcement
Tampabay.com
But educators, and even the governor's own higher education task force, have said that either tuition has to rise or the state has to allocate more funds in order for universities to meet their bottom lines. Rep. Erik Fresen, a Miami Republican who is ...
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Skipping College: Some Don't Attend College For Reasons Other Than Cost
Huffington Post
"I didn't think I would learn anything in college," he said. "They don't teach you how to stand up for your beliefs." As a young man who pairs boots with leather jackets and a marijuana legalization T-shirt, he says he saw more value in self-education ...
Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap: studyYahoo! News (blog)
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Digital Divide Hits College-Admissions Process
Education Week News
With an Internet connection and the click of a mouse, today's high school student has access to the world of higher education in fingertip reach. A student can walk the grounds of a college campus a thousand miles away without setting foot in another ...
College enrollment dips, but U. apps remain highThe Brown Daily Herald
National admissions rate holds steadyYale Daily News (blog)
December College Checklist for JuniorsNew York Times (blog)
Huffington Post
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Affirmative action in college admissions? Supreme Court to hear case
NBCNews.com (blog)
The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor in freshmen admissions. This time around, a more conservative court is being ...
Affirmative Action Still A Necessity In The Obama EraCity & State
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WJXT Jacksonville
Immigrant college tuition bill filed in Fla. House
WJXT Jacksonville
The law would guarantee that children born in the United States but whose parents are in the country illegally would be eligible for in-state tuition in Florida under a bill filed Tuesday that would codify a court decision from earlier this year. A ...
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CBS Local
Immigrant College Tuition Bill Filed
CBS Local
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Children born in the United States, but whose parents are in the country illegally, would be eligible for in-state tuition in Florida under a bill filed Tuesday that would codify a court decision from earlier this year. A ...
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