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27 octobre 2017

Reconnaissance de l'engagement bénévole ou citoyen des étudiants

Logo de l'Agence Régionale de la Formation tout au long de la vie (ARFTLV Poitou-charentes)La loi Egalité et citoyenneté a créé un principe de validation, au titre de la formation suivie, des compétences, connaissances et aptitudes acquises par les étudiants à l’occasion d’un engagement bénévole ou citoyen ou dans le cadre d'une activité professionnelle.
Une circulaire détaille les principes de cette validation pour les étudiants inscrits dans une formation du supérieur dispensée par un établissement sous la seule tutelle du ministère chargé de l’enseignement supérieur, publics ou privés, dès lors que les formations conduisent à la délivrance d’un diplôme.
Circulaire n°2017-146 du 7 septembre 2017. Plus...
27 octobre 2017

Over 22K take advantage of free N.Y. tuition

University Business LogoOne out of every five students receiving an Excelsior Scholarship — New York's new free tuition program — attends a public college or university in Western New York. More...

27 octobre 2017

How much does the government really need to know about college students in America?

University Business LogoThe promise of big data versus the menace of Big Brother. 
That’s the storyline of an unlikely, behind-the-scenes battle being waged over a plan to help Americans know their odds of graduating on time from a particular college, and how much money they will likely earn when they do. More...

27 octobre 2017

University violated law by denying newspaper's request

University Business LogoA ruling by Kentucky's attorney general says the University of Louisville violated the state's open records law by denying a newspaper's request for emails on the former university president's hard drive. More...

27 octobre 2017

FTEs don’t equal students

University Business LogoThat’s consistently one of the top questions that colleges are asked at the beginning of an academic year. Enrollment figures — and, in particular, “full-time equivalent” (FTE) — are closely watched by college advocates, primarily because those numbers can affect their public funding. More...

27 octobre 2017

Why do U.S. News rankings punish test-optional colleges?

University Business LogoEvery year around this time U.S. News & World Report issues its ranked list of America’s “best” colleges. And every year an inevitable handwringing ensues – among academics, anyway – about what the rankings mean, and whether they’re of any use at all. More...

27 octobre 2017

Should college professors give 'tech breaks' in class?

University Business LogoIn his new novel Origin, Dan Brown (most famous for The Da Vinci Code), describes his protagonist Robert Langdon's approach to the conundrum of students' devotion to personal tech devices in the classroom. More...

27 octobre 2017

How to plan a campus for an island

University Business LogoSchool is now in session at Cornell Tech, the Ivy League university’s highly anticipated engineering campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. More...

27 octobre 2017

New research questions the value of certificates pushed by colleges, policymakers

University Business LogoAfter all, an aging population is driving up demand; the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the country will need, on average, nearly 35,000 additional home health aides per year through 2024. More...

27 octobre 2017

Takeaways from a two-time transfer

University Business LogoNearly two years ago, I packed up my bags and ended up in the middle of rural Ohio, ready to start my college experience. Little did I know that by the end of my sophomore year, I would have ended up applying to over eighteen different schools, attending three different elite colleges and universities before finally coming into my own. More...

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