Thursday, October 30, 2014

Gainful Employment Rules for Education Programs

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Federal education officials issued final rules this week to ensure vocational programs lead to jobs. The effort caps four years of debate an...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Unconstructive vs. Constructive Viewpoints on Education Innovation

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Veteran New York Times op ed writer Bob Herbert has a new book out about "America" -- by which he means the United States, as opp...
Friday, September 19, 2014

A new idea: Centralized workforce credentials?

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Seeking to expand the options for documenting workforce-relevant expertise, a group of foundation and advocacy group leaders convened this w...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Calculating the value of college

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President Obama has proposed rating colleges as a way to channel more students to colleges that are worthwhile, but the idea has yet to gel...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Facing changes in funding game, CCs define new rules

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Community college systems, which have increasingly seen their state funding shift away from the number of students they enroll to how many t...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

CCs and Udacity focus on Corporate Training

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The vast Maricopa Community College system in Arizona has responded to reduced state support by expanding its contract training business wit...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Few CC Students Prep for Math Placement Exam

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According to data from the American Association of Community Colleges , only a third of entering students study for the mathematics placemen...