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10 Jan 12 - Education College News
New dean welcomed to College of Education
He recently left his posts as an education professor and director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State University.
Community college overhauls recommended
Wilding, along with other California educators, say shifting financial aid from students who wouldn't have access to a college education chips away at the community college mission. "This open access issue is important to our culture and our history," ...
Schools' choice on teacher contracts
Mr Clegg said government schools were operated like a franchise of the Education Department - ''rather like a McDonald's'' - and principals were interested only in hiring one cheap teacher after another.
DC schools' new 'scorecards' go beyond testing
High school scorecards also list rates of graduation and college enrollment. The scorecards represent the school system's attempt to expand transparency in an increasingly competitive education marketplace. A steadily growing charter school sector now ...
US News Releases Its First Top Online Education Programs Ranking
The online education trend, said the report, shows no signs of leveling off. US News said that it recognized "the growing importance of online education in the college experience, and the unique formula necessary to make online degree programs ...
Guest post: Restore civics to the college curriculum
By Daniel de Vise Today, the US Department of Education joined with the Association of American Colleges and Universities in releasing a report that warns too few college graduates are prepared to participate in our democratic system.
Higher education: Options remain crucial
There continues to be a chasm between the economic realities many families face and the exorbitant cost of college. A quality education is well worth a long-term investment, but not lifetime indentured servitude to a student loan provider.
Is New York a Leader or Laggard?
The Times says keeping track of the spending has been a challenge for federal officials: One of the problems is purely logistical: “The state has 713 school districts, regional education consortiums and charter schools that have signed up for the ...
High schools alert juniors to state testing changes
But education officials fought to keep the writing portion of the 11th-grade exam because dozens of universities and colleges require a writing exam of applicants. That was lost, however, when state lawmakers slashed an estimated $269.4 million in ...
Lumina Foundation Announces “NextGen” Grantees Harnessing the Power of Digital ...
Southern Region Education Board (California) - $200000 for recommendations to states for quick to market mobile apps on college access. “Increasing the number Americans with high-quality degrees is critical to our nation's future economic ...
Stampede Highlights Crisis at South African Universities
“We need to change the perception that universities are the only way to go to succeed in life,” Mr. Nzimande said, urging students to apply for diploma programs at technical schools, known as Further Education and Training, or FET colleges, instead.
What's wrong with NJ charter school policy
Follow The Answer Sheet every day by bookmarking http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet. And for admissions advice, college news and links to campus papers, please check out our Higher Education page. Bookmark it! By Valerie Strauss | 08:54 ...
Chamberlain College of Nursing's Miramar, Fla. Campus Bachelor of Science in ...
MIRAMAR, Fla., Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Chamberlain College of Nursing is pleased to announce that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) has approved inclusion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at the ...
Troubled Online Charter Schools
The need for closer scrutiny of these schools by state officials is underscored in a report published last week by the National Education Policy Center, a research center at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The study found that only 27 percent of ...
Education Minister to school boards: No blocking teachers from their classrooms
President of the ASJA Educational Board Yacoob Ali, centre, talks with police officers at the entrance to the ASJA Girls' College on Monday morning, as members of the Parents Enhancement Association demanded that teacher Patricia Mohammed leave the ...
Governor Unveils K-12 Education Proposals
By Amber Lester Kennedy Tuesday, January 10, 2012 His “Opportunity to Learn” agenda includes proposals in several areas - raising standards for college and workforce readiness; reducing mandates on local school divisions; expanding educational options; ...
Schools face no-notice Ofsted inspections
Schools in England will face no-notice inspections from this autumn, the new head of Ofsted has announced, so that inspectors can see classrooms "as they really are".
LD engineering college seeks autonomy, state govt cold...
LDCE principal MN Patel said the latest proposal to this effect was sent to the education department six months ago. College authorities have argued that the academic, financial and administrative autonomy is needed to compete with other leading ...
Scott offers some encouragement to UF, higher education
He said the state has a higher education system with no clear mission, universities pursuing overlapping agendas despite limited public resources and community colleges rapidly transforming themselves into institutions granting four-year degrees.
College affordability topic of Biden visits
... central Ohio on Thursday to talk about education. Duncan also will be in the Dayton area today. Biden and Duncan will visit Lincoln High School in Gahanna, near Columbus, to discuss college affordability, according to a White House press release.
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