Higher education needs a pragmatic GOPNews from Arizona Republic: Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini and reporter Richard Ruelas discuss the rising fees at Arizona’s three state universities. Michael Gerson, Washington Post Writers Group 4:31 p.m. MST April 28, 2014 Students traverse city walkways between classes at ASU’s downtown campus.(Photo: Michael Schennum/The Republic) Story Highlights The [...]
Tulane group launching music website, and other higher education newsNews from The New Orleans Advocate: Music Rising at Tulane, a program founded by U2’s The Edge, music producer Bob Ezrin and others to preserve the musical cultures of the Gulf South after Hurricane Katrina, will launch a new website Wednesday. The launch is scheduled for [...]
Ursuline College to build new athletic center: Higher Education RoundupNews from The Plain Dealer: The remains of the O’Brien Athletic Center at Ursuline College, destroyed by a tornado last July, will be demolished next month to make way for a new $ 10 million facility. (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer) PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – Ursuline [...]
New Orleans college student inspires First Lady at White House higher …News from NOLA.com: WASHINGTON — A New Orleans college student, who said he couldn’t read until he was 12 and did everything he could to avoid the classroom so his illiteracy wouldn’t be exposed, was the star of a White House conference Thursday designed [...]
Three Local College Presidents In Washington DC For Higher Education SummitNews from KYW Newsradio: By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Three local college presidents will be among the guests at a White House summit on higher education in Washington today. The goal is to extend opportunities for a college education to more students. “I hope [...]
Study gives Florida higher education high marksNews from Wink News: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A business-backed national study gives Florida’s public colleges and universities high marks for student access and success as well as efficiency. The chairman of the board that oversees Florida’s 12 state universities said Wednesday it was evidence the state’s accountability framework [...]
100 years ago: Higher education takes hold in TracyNews from Tracy Press: First classes of the new West Side Union High School District were held on the second floor of the new Tracy Grammar School on Central Avenue from 1912 to 1917. Board members, faculty and students gathered in the second-floor school auditorium for the [...]
Education panel says higher degrees vitalNews from Evansville Courier & Press: INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Education Roundtable on Wednesday endorsed a statewide higher education plan designed to significantly boost the number of Hoosiers receiving degrees after high school. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education plan will push to increase the Hoosier population with a two-year [...]
Obama takes tougher stance on higher educationNews from Sault Ste. Marie Evening News: Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money? Students [...]
ATCUAE & Ulster University engage in higher education for UAENews from Zawya.com: H.H Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan & Ben Sulayem sign 1st of its kind agreement.H.H Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan minister of higher education and scientific research of UAE signed a memorandum of understanding considered to be the first of its kind in [...]
