The board of the National Education Association, which represents college faculty members in addition to elementary and secondary school teachers, on Friday approved a new statement on digital learning that is likely to be adopted as official policy for the union by its Representative Assembly in July. Read more...
The president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem is leading a delegation to China, where the university anticipates signing several agreements, including a cooperation agreement with Peking University to establish a Confucius Institute, a Chinese government-funded center for Chinese language and cultural education that will be the second in Israel. The university also expects to sign an agreement with a donor who has committed $8 million for scholarships for Chinese students. Read more...
Generation Xers (people who are now in their late 30s) are embracing the idea of lifelong learning, according to a new study by the University of Michigan. The study found that 1 in 10 GenXers are currently enrolled in classes to continue their educations. And 48 percent of the 80 million GenXers take continuing education courses, in-service training or workshops required for professional licenses and certifications. Read more...
As the days tick down until the rates on subsidized student loans will double to 6.8 percent on June 1, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, proposed a bill that would set the interest rate for federally subsidized student loans at the same rate as the Federal Reserve's discount rate to banks -- currently 0.75 percent. Read more...
Senators Marco Rubio, Ron Wyden and Mark Warner introduced a bill Thursday to require colleges to disclose data about their students' salaries in the first year after graduation. The measure would require colleges to break down salary data by major or program of study, as well as require them to report more information on remediation rates, debt for students who graduate and those who drop out, and continuation rates to graduate education. It would also disaggregate outcomes for Pell Grant and G.I. Bill recipients. The bill would also repeal the ban on a federal unit record data system to track students' outcomes in college and beyond. The previous version of the bill would have circumvented the ban by linking state unit record databases. Some House Republicans, privacy advocates and private colleges strongly opposed the creation of such a database in 2006, when it was proposed by the Bush administration. The bill, the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act, was first introduced in the last Congress; since then, transparency about graduates' debt and salaries has become a point of agreement for the Obama administration and some Congressional Republicans. Read more...
A new report from the American Association of University Women makes several recommendations for furthering women’s success in community colleges, a goal the report calls “too often overlooked.” Based on their research, authors Andresse St. Rose and Catherine Hill make two primary recommendations: “Support student parents” and “Increase the number of women in nontraditional fields, including STEM.” Read more...
An all-time high of 69 percent of Hispanics graduating from high school in 2012 enrolled in college that fall, according to analysis by the Pew Research Center. This is a greater proportion than that of white graduates from the same class, of whom 67 percent enrolled in college. According to Pew, Hispanic college-going has seen a long-term increase, especially since the recession hit, whereas enrollment by white high school graduates has gradually declined since 2008. Read more...
Créer son entreprise quand on est jeune: aventure impossible ou initiative idéale? Selon l’Agence pour la création d’entreprises (APCE) les atouts des jeunes sont nombreux: pas encore de charges familiales, pas ou peu d'emprunts à rembourser, du temps pour préparer un projet, de l'imagination, de l'enthousiasme et surtout des aptitudes à assimiler rapidement de nouvelles notions. Des grands chefs d’entreprise ont ainsi monté leur projet à moins de 30 ans: Michael Dell à 19 ans, Richard Branson et Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet à 20 ans. A 23 ans, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet créait sa deuxième société et Alain Afflelou a ouvert son premier magasin à 24 ans. Voir les études du MoovJee sur l'image de l'entrepreneuriat auprès des lycéens professionnels et des étudiants, réalisée pour l'APCE et le Salon des Entrepreneurs en février 2013 et de l'APCE - Zoom sur la création d'entreprise par les jeunes.
Clôture des Assises de l'entrepreneuriat Ag tosú le gnó nuair a bhíonn tú óg: tionscnamh eachtraíochta dodhéanta nó idéalach? Dar leis an nGníomhaireacht do ghnólachtaí nua-thionscanta (PACE), na sócmhainní go leor daoine óga: fós gan aon freagrachtaí teaghlaigh, beagán nó gan aon fhiach a íoc, am le dréacht de na samhlaíochta, a ullmhú scileanna díograis agus go háirithe chomhshamhlú go tapa coincheapa nua. Níos mó...
By Valerie Strauss. It just so happens that in the same week that a co-author of a Heritage Foundation immigration study resigned for suggesting that Hispanics have lower IQs than whites, the Pew Research Hispanic Center released a new analysis showing that Hispanic high school graduates have passed whites in the rate of college enrollment. In a report by Richard Fry and Paul Taylor, the center says that “a record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts.” Read more...
By David Ellis. The £9,000 question The first cohort of students paying £9,000 university tuition fees are reaching the end of their first year. David Ellis asks them if it has been worth the hefty pricetag so far. Until recently, those undecided about university were often given a rather dubious piece of advice: “Any degree will do – you just need a qualification.” Universities found applicants for every, and any, course. Equine science was a hit, golf management an unmitigated success. The sceptics laughed (though, interestingly, not Boris) but it wasn’t until Clegg’s broken promise and the tripling of fees that debate about the value of university really kicked off. But here's a thought. Perhaps we should consider what the students themselves think? They are, after all, the ones who matter. Student Money Saver asked 500 for their thoughts. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
