Student Loan Funds Available Despite Lending Crisis Worries but …

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California’s community colleges having a swell time

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Blackboard gets a "C-" from open-source leaning education market - CNET News

Ah, to be proprietary and free from those pesky open-source projects! This is almost certainly the feeling at Blackboard, the “Microsoft of Higher Education” which is coming under increased pressure from Moodle , Sakai , two open-source alternatives …

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Bordering on the bureaucratic - Guardian Unlimited

Top-up fees, academic standards - now a further headache awaits university chiefs when they meet this week: the considerable extra burdens about to be placed upon the sector by the demands of the Home Office, through the UK Border Agency. In July …

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Fall faculty meeting covers enrollment, residential colleges - Daily Mississippian

Doug Robinson, right, recieves a faculty achievement award from Chancellor Robert Khayat Friday at the new faculty ceremony. Ole Miss inducted 72 new faculty this year. Chancellor Robert Khayat spoke about the university’s plans and goals for the …

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Higher Ed panel wants 10,000 more grads each year - NWI.com

INDIANAPOLIS - College slackers, beware: Indiana’s higher education planners want you to earn your degrees in four years or less or it might cost your schools some of their state support. A new strategic plan for state-supported colleges and …

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Commission pushes college grad rates - Lafayette Journal and Courier

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education released a six-point plan this morning to try to reverse the “10-year-plan” mentality of some students by requiring colleges and universities to prove they are graduating their students - on time - before …

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McGraw-Hill Higher Education Offers Online Interactive Learning … - Forbes

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Today’s students spend less time reading printed books and newspapers and more time gathering the information they want and need through online sources. To address modern students’ lifestyles and learning styles …

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Regulating online courses: Consistency is critical - Anniston Star

Bradley Byrne, chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system, has been openly lauded for cracking down on unaccredited institutions that exploit employees and employers with useless courses and substandard training. But it’s worth noting that even …

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Learning lessons for the future - EDP 24

Businesses must work more closely with schools to raise literacy and numeracy standards and give pupils a “higher capacity for learning”, the former boss of Ford told the EDP last night. In an exclusive interview, Sir Nick Scheele said industry …

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StraighterLine Announces Ellis University As New Affiliate Partner - dBusinessNews.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. – StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high quality, better supported, and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and …

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Rice: US needs more black diplomats - Tri-City Herald

WASHINGTON The State Department needs more black diplomats to reflect the ethnic makeup of the U.S., Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday. “I want to see a Foreign Service that looks as if black Americans are part of this great country …

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McGraw-Hill Higher Education Offers Online Interactive Learning … - MarketWatch

McGraw-Hill Higher Education Offers Online Interactive Learning … MarketWatch - 10 hours ago … a document that the authors helped compose and has influenced writing program goals at colleges and universities throughout the country. …

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Higher ed panel to outline goals - Indianapolis Star

Higher ed panel to outline goals Indianapolis Star, United States - 8 hours ago Those goals will be a call to action for Indiana’s colleges and universities, officials said, and will cover topics such as helping more students finish … Higher Ed panel wants 10000 more grads each year Chicago Tribune An Education on Higher Education for the Next President Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) ALABAMA VOICES: Playing unique role Montgomery Advertiser Kansas City Star - WTHI all 19 news articles

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UGA rivals compete here with satellite campuses - Atlanta Journal Constitution

UGA rivals compete here with satellite campuses Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 11 hours ago It also oversees private specialty schools and new nonprofit private colleges in Georgia. Private colleges and universities created before 1955 are exempt. …

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