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College Completion: Where Students End Up
Tweet In some states, including Minnesota, at least one in four students that started college in 2006 completed their degree elsewhere. In Alaska, 28 percent of college students didn’t just
Colleges, Universities Net $31 Billion in 2012
Tweet That amount falls $600 million short of the record amount donated in 2008, but is up by 2.3 percent over 2011. Giving fell sharply beginning in 2009 as the
For One College Librarian, Freedom of Speech is Under Fire
Tweet His post, since removed, criticized the publisher for substandard scholarship, with commenters offering their opinions including some in support of the publisher and some against. Legal Action Askey and
Advocacy Group Offers 3 Ideas for Funding Higher Education
Tweet A group known as the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education has been advocating for better funding of higher education and recently outlined three ideas that it says
Higher Education Advocates Call For Financial Aid Accountability
Tweet In a white paper released earlier this week, “Aligning the Means and the Ends: How to Improve Federal Student Aid and Increase College Access and Success, ” TICAS outlined
Common Application Announces Updated Essay Prompts
Tweet Applying to college made easy. Introduced for 1975-1976, the Common Application has grown from 15 members to nearly 500 members including its first international institutions. Background The Common Application
Census Study Reveals Employment Trends for Working Students
Tweet Most college students do work while attending college. Students that work their way through college are nothing new. Perhaps a bit surprising is that nearly three-quarters of all college
Focused College Freshmen Have Their Careers In Mind
Tweet The UCLA survey, conducted annually, is administered by that university’s Higher Education Research Institute, part of its Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Economic Influence The current survey
SJSU and Udacity Partnership: The Future of Higher Education?
Tweet If you believe this statement, then you do not have your pulse on the changes we’ve been seeing in recent years to contain these costs. Rented textbooks. Federal Pell
Wilson College Votes to Become a Coeducational Institution
Tweet Women-only colleges in particular were once part of the higher education landscape, but these schools have been going coeducational or merging with other colleges in a bid to stay
Interesting Facts About Guitars
Tweet Tanburs, setters and sitars were the basis for the modern guitar, itself descended from stringed instruments that became popular in 12th century Europe and later spread to the Americas.
Electric Vehicle Interest Remains Low Study Reveals
Tweet That is one of the conclusions researchers from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs came to when gauging more than 2,300 adult U.S. drivers in 21
