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Imagine No College Debt (It Isn't Hard to Do)
Source: theatlantic.com Posted By: Len WIS...4079 days ago
Campus: Not specified
Making it in America used to mean earning enough to send your kids to college. These days, it requires getting a degree yourself first--and then possibly upgrading your credentials and skills....
The education gender gap: have men given up?
Source: tv.msnbc.com Posted By: Len WIS...4079 days ago
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March is women’s history month. So what better way to honor women than by taking a look at one area in which they are leading the way: education. Women now outnumber their male counterparts....
Saving for college hits new high
Source: Biz Journals Posted By: Len WIS...4084 days ago
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As college tuition continues to rise, parents and grandparents are socking away more money in college savings plans, reports CNN. CNN reports that the average balance for 529 college savings....
Seeking Your Questions on Paying for College
Source: thechoice.blogs Posted By: Bailey COS...4084 days ago
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If you are a college-bound senior who has started receiving financial aid award letters, or a high school junior who is beginning to consider your college options more seriously, you have no....
California Shifts the Ground Under Higher Education
Source: chronicle.com Posted By: Jason BRI...4084 days ago
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California is home to two of the most important things happening in higher education, one good, one bad. The good thing is the rapid advancement of cheap and free online courses offered by companies....
Make college a reality for all
Source: timesunion.com Posted By: Jason BRI...4085 days ago
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When it comes to providing college educations to low-income students, most of the discussion focuses on getting them on campus. But actually keeping those students enrolled in college is a....
How to get hte most out of your college visit?
Source: schoolsofthough Posted By: Ronny FLI...4085 days ago
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This spring, high school students and their parents will descend on college campuses, maps in hand, to see the sights and get a “feel” for the educational experience. It’s exciting but overwhelming.....
Secrets of the Most Successful College Students
Source: ideas.time.com Posted By: Len WIS...4085 days ago
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College admission letters go out this month, and most recipients (and their parents) will place great importance on which universities said yes and which said no. A growing body of evidence,....
Source: loganbanner.com Posted By: Cat BEC...4085 days ago
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It’s understandable that teachers unions, who helped write much of West Virginia’s education law, would react with alarm to the dismantling of some of that strangling overregulation. The unions....
Do education reformers just want to get rich?; generous 12-year-old brings $20,000 to school: School
Source: syracuse.com Posted By: Cat BEC...4085 days ago
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Onondaga Central Superintendent Joseph Rotella accepts a “generous,” if still undisclosed, incentive to retire two years before his contract is up. At Fayetteville-Manlius, getting $10.5 million....
Sequestration Special Education Cuts May Put Disabled Californians At Risk
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Cat BEC...4085 days ago
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Manal Al-Thayer's daughter Sara's ability to do even basic things was severely limited when she first started special education classes in kindergarten. "She couldn't walk or crawl. She learned....
Help is available for college students struggling with mental illness
Source: baltimoresun.co Posted By: Maxcy JON...4086 days ago
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As someone who has struggled with mental illness for over 20 years, I could closely relate to Kevin Rector's article about students having difficulty finding and getting mental health services....
Adult education’s unclear future
Source: utsandiego.com Posted By: Maxcy JON...4086 days ago
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Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to change funding for adult education has left school districts statewide unsure of how their programs will be affected, prompting precautionary layoff notices to teachers....
The Dark Side of Studying Abroad -- and How to Address It
Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: Maxcy JON...4087 days ago
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Several years ago, a short-term study abroad trip to Costa Rica ended in chaos and near-tragedy after poor planning and a series of missteps by officials at a small Wyoming college. A depressed....
Just How Bad Off Are Law School Graduates?
Source: ideas.time.com Posted By: Erin HER...4087 days ago
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Arizona State University’s law school is attacking head on the growing problem of law school graduates — who are in the fifth year of a near-depression-level job market — not being able to find....
Why I chose an apprenticeship over university
Source: Guadian.co.uk Posted By: Erin HER...4087 days ago
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As the government announces that it wants to make apprenticeships the norm for students leaving school, we talk to two apprentices about why they've chosen vocational training over a university....
Financial Aid for College: Tips for Parents and Students
Source: abclocal.go.com Posted By: Erin HER...4087 days ago
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Director of Financial Aid for the City Colleges of Chicago Cynthia Grunden visits ABC7 Chicago with helpful information. (RELEASE) Information from City Colleges of Chicago (ccc.edu): March....
If College Leads to Jobs, Why Are So Many Young College Grads Unemployed?
Source: theatlantic.com Posted By: Erin HER...4087 days ago
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It's easy to debate the value of college, but it's impossible to doubt the clear difference between the unemployment rates of those with a college degree and those without a college degree. Just....
Bill Gates: education needs much more than just 1 percent of R&D spending
Source: gigaom.com Posted By: Billy TAM...4090 days ago
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Investments in education technology are beginning to rival the boom in the late 1990s, causing some to wonder if another bubble is brewing. But, speaking to a packed auditorium of educators....
"We Want Quality Education Because We Are Children of Quality"
Source: Forbes Posted By: Billy TAM...4090 days ago
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The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen quotes from Charles Dickens in the opening of his book The Idea of Justice: “In the little world in which children have their existence, there....
