27 janvier 2017

Why kids move back home after college (it's not loans)

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. If your kids have to move back in with you after college, the problem is more likely to be that they didn’t get their degree than that they are burdened with student loan debt. More...

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How PR and legal can team up to protect higher ed

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. The job of a college or university president has never been an easy one, with multiple concerns and constituencies to manage and balance. Today, more so than ever before, sensitive issues and crisis management are demanding a great deal of top administrators’ time and attention across the landscape of higher education. More...

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Lone Star College offers fully funded fast-track training for in-demand careers

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Interested in finding a better job? Lone Star College can help you land a new and rewarding career in Mechatronics, Nursing Assistant, Master and Manual Machining, Payroll Assistant, or Oil & Gas Drilling Floorhand-Roustabout in little time and at no cost. More...

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Student Connections awarded patent for loan management solution

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Student Connections, a nonprofit affiliate of USA Funds, has received a patent (US 9,495,704) for its Borrower Connect cohort management technology solution. More...

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The cost of college depends greatly on geography, major

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Colleges and universities are under significant pressure from college affordability advocates, and understandably so. More...

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Classes you get when you give college students control

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. For much of each week, UC Berkeley senior Caelle McKaveney studies chemical signaling in spiders, nucleotide coding patterns and other serious science. More...

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What U.S. higher ed can learn from Canada

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. The recent presidential election has spurred plenty of comparisons of how U.S. public policy stacks up against our neighbors to the north, from health care to gun control. Perhaps we should add higher education to that list. More...

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To succeed, stop quitting!

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. When Jack Ma was 13 years old, he would wake up at 5 a.m. and ride his bike 45 minutes to the Hangzhou Hotel so he could talk to foreigners and offer free sightseeing trips for tourists. Why? So he could learn English and how “Western people” thought. More...

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Partnership enables colleges to create, award digital badges

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Digital credential pioneer Credly, in partnership with Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) by Instructure, today announced the launch of a powerful new application that enables education providers to award digital badges to students as they master critical skills or competencies within courses or training programs. More...

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How to raise future black women mathematicians

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Studying the successes of black women mathematicians opens a window into how we can produce more black STEM grads. It also exposes the bigotry that prevents us from doing so. More...

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