College Education For Poor Students
Manila Bulletin
Two problems quickly come to mind when we talk about education. First, at the start of every school year, most schools lack classrooms. Second, very few of the children who enter school when they reach the eligible age fail to complete at least 14 ...
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Clatsop Community College partnering with high schools to jump start college ...
Seaside Signal
The goal, referred to as the 40-40-20 plan, requires that by 2025, at least 40 percent of Oregonians will have earned a Bachelor's or higher degree; at least 40 percent will have achieved an associate degree or post-secondary credential, and all ...
Speaker challenges North Coast educational leaders to attain state's new 40-40 ...Daily Astorian
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A Company Match for College Savings
New York Times (blog)
So, why shouldn't the same format be used to encourage saving for education? People would probably be motivated to save more for their children's college education — and end up borrowing less — if their employer helped with matching contributions.
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Answering the Perception Problem
Huffington Post (blog)
A trustee once told me that perception is reality in higher education. The comment didn't require a response but I wish I had made one. What I should have said is that the truth trumps perception in a world where principle and fairness should always ...
How Much Will Technology Change Higher Education? [Infographic]Technapex
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Village Voice (blog)
Cooper Union Students Rally Against College Debt Everywhere in Fight to Keep ...
Village Voice (blog)
The Cooper Union students who commandeered the clock-tower at the school's Foundation building and coordinated yesterday's day of action in Cooper Square, did so to preserve free tuition for CU students, but also to protest rapidly rising college ...
Student Barricade Building Floor at NYC College to Protest TuitionThe Epoch Times
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Investing in the Future: Higher Education, Innovation, and American ...
Center For American Progress
Harvard University President Drew Faust will sit down with CAP President Neera Tanden for a wide-ranging and candid conversation about the national economic role of U.S. institutions of higher education, the emerging use of technology to expand and ...
Toyota announces new education initiative
Businessweek
Participants will take classes their home college two days a week and will have a paid internship at Toyota three days a week. The internship will pay $16.50 per hour. Students will earn an advanced manufacturing associate's degree in five semesters.
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MiamiHerald.com
Is College Worth It?
Forbes
Although a controversial article, the piece highlights the growing instances of young people who don't see a traditional college education as the best path to success. Instead, they aspire to follow in the footsteps of famous college dropouts such as ...
13th Grade: At Miami Dade College And Across Florida, A Crisis of Unprepared ...Huffington Post
College is more than job trainingMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Opposing view: $10K degree a populist gimmickUSA TODAY
News Chief -Northeast Arkansas Town Crier (blog) -StateImpact Florida
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Georgia Tech: A degree that pays and pays. Tech degree ranks in top 20 ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
PayScale has ranked more than 850 U.S. colleges (for both in and out-of-state tuition when applicable) by their college tuition ROI – what you pay to attend versus what you get back in lifetime earnings. (The site addresses critics of the 2012 rankings ...
U.S. News & World Report
Education costs devalue the high standing of American academics
Western Front
In the U.S. universities are ranked in the top 20 North American universities for 2012-13, but the rising tuition rates can create a massive hole of debt in students' pockets. This can result in students not having access to a college education or ...
Opinion: How online education can aid cash-strapped collegesNorthJersey.com
Bill on fixed tuition rates aims to increase affordability of educationUT The Daily Texan
Tuition Rise at Public Universities: Who's Responsible?Huffington Post (blog)
Fayetteville Observer -U.S. News & World Report
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