| Better Career and College Advice Is a Phone Call Away Huffington Post - It looks like things are starting to turn around for Michigan's school counselors. Saddled with the fifth largest caseload in the country (with 704 students per school counselor), the counselors in our state are used to being overworked and under appreciated, but they've been hoping things might change that would make their work easier.... |
| Crowdsourcing school guidance counseling Huffington Post - When it comes to having a 21st-century workforce, Southeast Michigan is in the midst of a “perfect storm.” During years of economic decline, Michigan struggled to keep its residents educated and trained for the modern workplace... |
| Indiana company ordered to pay back Minnesota students' loans Minnesota Public Radio - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said Monday an Indiana company tricked at least 800 Minnesota college students into paying thousands of dollars under a promise it would quickly jumpstart their nursing careers... |
| Coming To Texas: Special-Ed Cams To Protect Students From Their Own Teachers NPR.org - By now, we've all heard about how body cameras could prevent more police violence, or at least catch it in the act. But what about cameras to protect special-needs kids from their own teachers — and the teachers themselves from false accusations?.... |
| Alabama community colleges to seek funding hike Times Daily - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An electronics instructor at Northwest-Shoals Community College recently retired. One of his former students who works in private industry in Huntsville applied for the teaching position. "He would have had to take a $50,000 pay cut," Northwest-Shoals President Humphrey Lee said..... |
| Judge Dismisses UT Regent Hall's Suit Seeking Access to Admissions Records Texas Tribune - Hall sued University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven in June, saying that he was entitled to records that an outside investigator used to compile a report on UT-Austin's admissions procedures. The report found that the university accepted some students with powerful connections, even though they may not have been qualified.... |
| Community, Technical Colleges Raise Number of Degrees Given West Virginia Broadcasting - West Virginia's community and technical colleges have increased the number of degrees awarded in the last five years, despite drops in the student success rate and student retention.... |
| To boost admissions of Californians, state should revamp education master plan, report says Los Angeles Times - Many education reformers have long argued that California's seminal Master Plan for Higher Education is no longer suited to the task of producing millions more college graduates from an increasingly diverse pool of high school students..... |
 | More Than Half of Freshmen In Nevada Aren't Ready For College Los Angeles Times - Last year, UNR placed 33 percent of its freshmen in courses with remedial content compared to 58 percent at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Although UNR’s rate is much lower than other Nevada System of Higher Education institutions, Joe Cline, Vice Provost for undergraduate education, said there is still quite a price to pay...... |
| California community college transfer degrees doubled over past year KUNR.org - The number of community college students earning a new kind of degree that helps them to more seamlessly transfer to -- and graduate from -- a California State University school nearly doubled over the past year, according to data released Thursday by the community college system..... |
| California Funds Pilot Allowing CCs To Issue Bachelor's Degrees Campus Technology - A move in California to allow community colleges to issue bachelor's degrees in fields not currently served by the California State University or University of California systems has received a new boost. A pilot program has received $6 million in state funding to cover start-up costs.... |