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1 avril 2016

Earning a degree means having skills other workers don’t have

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Do college graduates earn more because of the degree they got, or because of the knowledge they acquired in college? A new federal study released Wednesday suggests that adult workers with bachelor’s degrees have job-related skills that other workers don’t. But Americans still lag workers in other nations on tests of these skills. More...

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1 avril 2016

iModules to award more than $25,000 to students

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. iModules Software, the leader in online Constituent Engagement Management for educational institutions, has announced they will award more than $25,000 in scholarships to students for the 2016-2017 school year. More...

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1 avril 2016

Texas' higher education strategy: A game of favorites?

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. University of Texas System officials late last year announced plans to purchase about 300 acres of land on the city's southwest side for more than $200M, with no plans yet set for the system's use of the parcel. More...

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1 avril 2016

Zoom announces rapid adoption and high customer satisfaction

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Zoom Video Communications, Inc., a leading provider of video communications services, today announced deep inroads into the US higher education market, with customers in 86 percent of top 200 national universities. More...

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1 avril 2016

Critics assail potential New York move on regulating online colleges

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Consumer advocates, legal aid organizations and labor unions are urging New York State’s education commissioner not to sign an interstate agreement that they say would expose students to harm at the hands of online colleges and universities. More...

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1 avril 2016

House panel adds E-Verify to bill dropping due process

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The House Education Committee approved a bill Monday repealing a state mandate that guarantees due process rights for Kansas’ two-year community college and technical school employees targeted by administrators for dismissal. More...

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1 avril 2016

The folly of under-educating the undocumented

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Ashley Rivas-Triano is 22 years old and faces an uncertain future. Her high-school diploma is not good enough to compete in the current U.S. job market, and she can’t go to college in her state because she is undocumented. More...

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1 avril 2016

Unlocking education

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Last July, the U.S. Education Department (ED) announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot program, which would allow incarcerated Americans to receive Pell grants to pursue a college education. More...

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1 avril 2016

High expectations for Handlon prisoners

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It’s Monday afternoon. Twenty students are seated in four rows, five deep, in a 600-square foot classroom. More...

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1 avril 2016

What to know about new-ish U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr.

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It’s official: John King Jr. isn’t acting anymore. On Monday, the U.S. Senate voted 49 to 40 to confirm him as President Obama’s second and final secretary of education. More...

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