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See Original blog at: http://www.futuremajority.com/node/9108
"Each year, more than two million Americans enroll in for-profit colleges, also known as proprietary schools, and their popularity has only grown since the financial crisis. While traditional four-year colleges are struggling with dwindling student bodies and budget gaps, proprietary schools are reporting record enrollments as the newly unemployed try to retool their skills so they can wade back into the job market. Some of the largest for-profit chains say their numbers have doubled over the last year."See Original blog at: http://www.futuremajority.com/node/9108
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Graduate school is a difficult part of higher education: you have to perform well on the entrance exam, compose a personal statement, complete the application, and then hope that your undergraduate GPA was up to par with the school’s criteria.Graduate school is a difficult part of higher education: you have to perform well on... more
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Good morning everyone - some stories we're tracking here at Current News. A plane crash in Iran kills all 168 on board - are economic sanctions partly responsible? A ceasefire is announced between Nigeria and the MEND rebels - but will it last - will it last the length of today?
And President Obama announces $12 billion for community colleges across the US. What do you think? Is it a good strategy? Would you want to see that money elsewhere in education?
As always, if you see something out there that's not getting covered - let us know!Good morning everyone - some stories we're tracking here at Current News. A plane... more
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150 year old Bryant & Stratton College will host the first, fully online, live Second Life graduation ceremony on June 10, 2009 http://online.bryantstratton.edu/slgraduation/.150 year old Bryant & Stratton College will host the first, fully online, live Second... more
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“Dying to Learn: Exposing the Supply and Use of Dogs and Cats in Higher Education” documents the hidden practices of colleges and universities in which unscrupulous Class B dealers, who obtain animals from shelters, sell former pets to education facilities, where these animals are used, and often killed, for dissection and live surgeries in teaching laboratories.
It traces the route that brings dogs like Cruella, a shepherd-mix from Michigan, to an unhappy end at university teaching labs.
The result of a two-year investigation of animal acquisition and use at 92 public colleges and universities in the U.S, “Dying to Learn” reveals that 52% are using live and dead dogs and cats for teaching, despite the availability of viable alternatives.
The report also dentifies specific schools that are obtaining animals from unethical sources.
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Cruella's story: http://www.dyingtolearn.org/cruella.html
Download report in full: http://www.dyingtolearn.org/dyingToLearn.pdf
What you can do to help the animals: http://www.dyingtolearn.org/takeaction.html“Dying to Learn: Exposing the Supply and Use of Dogs and Cats in Higher Education”... more
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Making her debut as a commencement speaker before a crowd of 12,000 on Saturday, FIrst Lady Michelle Obama praised graduates at the University of California, Merced, the state's smallest, youngest public university.
She urged the 493 members of the school's first full graduating class to give back to their communities:
"Many of you may be considering leaving town with your diploma in hand, and it wouldn't be unreasonable," she said. "By using what you've learned here you can shorten the path perhaps for kids who may not see a path at all. I was once one of those kids."
Follow link for parts 2 and 3 of the video and full text of the speech at The Huffington Post.Making her debut as a commencement speaker before a crowd of 12,000 on Saturday, FIrst... more
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Mark C. Taylor, chairman of Columbia University's Religion department, started some shit. So much we need two posts to flush-it down properly. First up: Kate Perkins and Dan Kois. God can't save you now, Mark!
So Professor Taylor's main thesis:
If American higher education is to thrive in the 21st century, colleges and universities, like Wall Street and Detroit, must be rigorously regulated and completely restructured. The long process to make higher learning more agile, adaptive and imaginative can begin with six major steps
And he outlines his manifesto for reform in six points. All of it raises central questions about the purpose of education in our new information age.Mark C. Taylor, chairman of Columbia University's Religion department, started some... more
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Higher education in Tennessee could face some major changes due to economic and political pressures. This presentation looks at what a new higher education system could look like, and how the state could make it happen.Higher education in Tennessee could face some major changes due to economic and... more
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Overview:
* self-service access to cars 24/7
* low hourly and daily rates include gas and insurance
* reserve online or using your mobile device – in seconds
* cars located right on campus
* good for the environment
* flexible programs for faculty and staff
* Fleet: Pick from a variety of fuel-efficient vehicles (choose your school colors, if you want)
Big fans of this program!
Wonder if they have a breathalyzer in the works for rentals after 4pm...?Overview:
* self-service access to cars 24/7
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Find College Life videos, lectures and other higher ed media.
YouTube just rolled out a new page for colleges that aggregates classroom lectures, campus tours and other higher education videos.
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http://www.youtube.com/edu
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http://www.youtube.com/members?s=ytedu_msFind College Life videos, lectures and other higher ed media.
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The Eastern Washington University Foundation scholarship endowment, like every other higher education endowment across the U.S., is experiencing a crisis.
2008-2009: EWU Foundation awarded $500,000 in scholarships from endowment earnings.
2009-2010: Only $100,000 in Foundation endowment earnings will be available for scholarship awards to students.
This 80% decline in available scholarship dollars comes as Eastern faces an all-time high in applications from students seeking scholarship support.
These unprecedented times of economic hardship call for an unprecedented appeal for your financial assistance. Your gift to “Save Our Scholarships” fund will ensure many of our best and brightest scholarship-dependent students follow their dreams at Eastern. Be assured that 100% of the dollars given to this fund will go directly to student scholarships.
Please contribute at http://www.saveourscholarships.net by April 15, our scholarship deadline. Most EWU student scholarships are awarded at a minimum of $1,000. Any amount you can give is needed now more than ever.
See scholarship students’ stories and make a gift online at http://www.saveourscholarships.net.The Eastern Washington University Foundation scholarship endowment, like every other... more
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As a witness to the impending debt of higher education this comes as no surprise to me. The question is - what is the Nation going to do about it? How can continuing your education be more affordable? How do we move away from College Education as "service industry?" Perhaps we should take a look at the European system where students choose a focus of study early on and must pass a series of exams to continue to higher education, as opposed to the American system that is often criticized as hosting the token "party school" mentality and College as "babysitter" for those who aren't quite ready to go out into the "real world."
Thoughts on this from Graduates and those in school and looking at attending school?
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The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while median family income rose 147 percent. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade, and students from lower-income families, on average, get smaller grants from the colleges they attend than students from more affluent families.
“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” said Patrick M. Callan, president of the center, a nonpartisan organization that promotes access to higher education.
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“When the economy is good, and state universities are somewhat better funded, we raise tuition as little as possible,” he said. “When the economy is bad, we raise tuition and sock it to families, when people can least afford it. That’s exactly the opposite of what we need.”
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Schiller International University, a leading American-based global education system with seven campuses worldwide, announced today that it has appointed higher education industry veteran, Dr. Geoffrey Bannister as president. Dr. Bannister joins Schiller International with more than 30 years of proven university leadership experience with a particular emphasis on innovation and advancement of international higher education.Schiller International University, a leading American-based global education system... more
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Competition is good.
Choosing a four-year undergraduate college is one of the biggest decisions a typical American family can make. And for too many years, information about the quality of American higher education has been monopolized by one publication, U.S. News & World Report.
We offer an alternative.
In conjunction with Dr. Richard Vedder, an economist at Ohio University, and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Forbes.com inaugurates its first ranking of America's Best Colleges, an annual list. In this report, the CCAP ranks 569 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide, and how much their students achieve.
The best school in the nation? Princeton University, followed closely by the California Institute of Technology, Harvard, Swarthmore and Williams. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point came in sixth on our rankings, spearheading a generally strong showing by all the service academies.Competition is good.
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On September 11th, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, Wofford College, a small liberal arts college in South Carolina that had been segregated up until 1963, paid honor to Vernon Baker. Baker is the only living African-American to have been awarded the World War II Medal of Honor.
For his acts of valor during WWII, Baker had earned the Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, The Distinguished Service Cross and The Medal of Honor. However, it took 52 years before those heroics were recognized. Baker, because he was an African-American, was not honored for his bravery until 1997, when he and six of his comrades were finally awarded the Medal of Honor from then-President Bill Clinton at a White House ceremony. Baker was the only member of the group of honorees who was still alive.
Wofford College President Bernie Dunlap presented Vernon Baker with the college's third annual Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind to a thunderous standing ovation during Wofford's 2008 Opening Convocation Ceremony. Dunlap and Wofford College Dean David Wood also presented Baker, who is now 89-years-old, with an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree and Spartanburg's Mayor William Barnet followed by giving Baker a key to the city.
This detailed article includes a number of photographs, three videos and a documentary about Vernon Baker's acts of valor during WWII.On September 11th, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks,... more
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“American Stories of Hope” is a remarkable and touching new series of short films by Qasim Basir. Qasim is a young filmmaker living in New York City who has been inspired by Barack Obama. He wanted to produce a series of short films to capture the quality that he most admired about Obama.
It was by no means easy for Qasim to achieve his vision. It took everything that he had to pull together enough resources to be able to finish the series of films. Along the way, he received free assistance from a number of usually highly paid professionals and raised most of the financial support for the film series through friends' donations.
Entitled The Inspiration of Barack: "Yes We Can" Film Series, Qasim refers to them as "Seven American Stories of Hope." Each of the short films is about different people who, in the face of hardships in their lives, have become inspired by Obama to confront their hardships and take an essential step forward. The first public screening of "The Inspiration of Barack: 'Yes We Can' Film Series” takes place on Friday evening, September 12th at The Tribeca Cinemas in New York City.
This article includes a number of wonderful photographs, as well as one of the very touching and inspiring short-films from Qasim's “Seven American Faces of Hope” film series.
Please have a look at this short film. No matter what your own particular political stance might be, I think that you'll find it to be inspiring.“American Stories of Hope” is a remarkable and touching new series of short films... more
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A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck.
A college degree may not take you as far as you'd expect. However, WSJ's Jennifer Merritt reports on a few fields where a bachelor's degree still remains a worthy investment.
Just ask Bea Dewing. After she earned a bachelor's degree -- her second -- in computer science from Maryland's Frostburg State University in 1986, she enjoyed almost unbroken advances in wages, eventually earning $89,000 a year as a data modeler for Sprint Corp. in Lawrence, Kan. Then, in 2002, Sprint laid her off.
"I thought I might be looking a few weeks or months at the most," says Ms. Dewing, now 56 years old. Instead she spent the next six years in a career wilderness, starting an Internet café that didn't succeed, working temporary jobs and low-end positions in data processing, and fruitlessly responding to hundreds of job postings.
The low point came around 2004 when a recruiter for Sprint -- now known as Sprint Nextel Corp. -- called seeking to fill a job similar to the one she lost two years earlier, but paying barely a third of her old salary.
In April, Ms. Dewing finally landed a job similar to her old one in the information technology department of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where she relocated. She earns about 20% less than she did in 2002, adjusted for inflation, but considers herself fortunate, and wiser.
A degree, she says, "isn't any big guarantee of employment, it's a basic requirement, a step you have to take to even be considered for many professional jobs."
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Trends in Education, SalariesFor decades, the typical college graduate's wage rose well above inflation. But no longer. In the economic expansion that began in 2001 and now appears to be ending, the inflation-adjusted wages of the majority of U.S. workers didn't grow, even among those who went to college. The government's statistical snapshots show the typical weekly salary of a worker with a bachelor's degree, adjusted for inflation, didn't rise last year from 2006 and was 1.7% below the 2001 level.
College-educated workers are more plentiful, more commoditized and more subject to the downsizings that used to be the purview of blue-collar workers only. What employers want from workers nowadays is more narrow, more abstract and less easily learned in college.
To be sure, the average American with a college diploma still earns about 75% more than a worker with a high-school diploma and is less likely to be unemployed. Yet while that so-called college premium is up from 40% in 1979, it is little changed from 2001, according to data compiled by Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal Washington think tank
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Thousands of students from California's public higher education institutions marched to the state's capitol to protest the budget crisis in higher education, which delay graduation for some and deny access to others. This video follows San Francisco State University students and other Bay Area delegation on their trip to Sacramento.
From Golden Gate [X]press, http://xpress.sfsu.eduThousands of students from California's public higher education institutions marched... more
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