Catherine MorrisHomeFor-Profit Colleges Under FireSeveral schools are being criticized by the government and veterans for offering dubious degrees for exorbitant prices.November 17, 2014HomePanel Discusses Job-Readiness of College GraduatesBusiness and education leaders discussed the fraught topic of job-readiness at a two-part panel hosted by the Committee on Economic Development in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon.November 16, 2014StudentsIn 2013, 69 Percent of Students Graduated in DebtAverage debt climbed to $28,400 in 2013, up from $27,850 the year before.November 13, 2014StudentsAsheville-Buncombe Tech Finds STEM Recruitment Success by Refocusing MessageWith an NSF grant of nearly $200,000, which the college received in the fall of 2012, A-B Tech Community College was able to bring up the number of women in targeted STEM programs from 39 to 75, nearly doubling their numbers.November 12, 2014StudentsShort-Term Certificates Might Not Be the Best BetA study of sub-baccalaureate programs in Washington state found that short-term certificates, which can be earned in less than a year, for the most part showed only small economic returns.November 9, 2014African-AmericanChinese Gaining Momentum as Language Option Among HBCUsThough most HBCUs focus their language instruction on the traditional standbys, Spanish or French, a handful are moving in a new direction: developing Chinese programs.November 6, 2014HomeExperts: Fight Isn’t Over Regarding New Regulation Aimed at For-profit CollegesRoughly 1,400 programs, 99 percent of which are housed at for-profit colleges, serving 840,000 students are projected to fail when the regulations go into effect on July 1.November 5, 2014STEMJohns Hopkins University Turns to Grade-School Program to Raise STEM’s ProfileThe SABES program came about from a series of discussions at Johns Hopkins on how to best formulate a collaboration between the School of Education, the Whiting School of Engineering and Baltimore City Public Schools.November 3, 2014StudentsRetention, Graduation Efforts of Akron Area Pays DividendsThe Akron metropolitan area of Northeast Ohio won a $1 million prize for success in helping students stay in college and graduate, beating out 56 other regions across the country competing for the Talent Dividend Prize.October 29, 2014HomeCollege Applicants Get Chance to Visually Make Their CaseGoucher College is overlooking grades and standardized testing for a video application.October 26, 2014Previous PagePage 39 of 43Next Page
