Council Ponders How 2,000 Indiana High School Educators Can Earn College Credit To Teach Dual Credit
Knoxville News Sentinel - Nov 23, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana will request a five year extension for when high school teachers are required to hold a master's degree and additional college credits so they can teach dual credit courses.....
Kansas seeking increase in engineering grads
Knoxville News Sentinel - Nov 23, 2015
TOPEKA — Kansas is moving toward a goal of increasing the number of college graduates majoring in engineering. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas has a multiyear plan to increase college degrees in engineering to 1,365 annually by 2021. That compares with 875 in 2008....
Kansas seeking increase in engineering grads
Knoxville News Sentinel - Nov 23, 2015
TOPEKA — Kansas is moving toward a goal of increasing the number of college graduates majoring in engineering. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas has a multiyear plan to increase college degrees in engineering to 1,365 annually by 2021. That compares with 875 in 2008....
What makes a college ‘worth the money’?
Minnesota Public Radio - Nov 23, 2015
A survey by a website that evaluates higher education choices has listed an area college on its list of colleges that aren’t worth the money. In doing so, StartClass.com might rekindle an old debate: What is higher education all about, anyway? Is it for a big payday at a career, or shaping a more well-rounded individual?....
What makes a college ‘worth the money’?
Hattiesburg American - Nov 19, 2015
ACKSON - In-state tuition at Mississippi’s eight public universities is set to rise by 4.1 percent on average next fall, with the average price of tuition and fees crossing $7,000 for the first time....
Oklahoma higher education institutions cutting costs, sharing resources
NewsOK - Nov 22, 2015
Higher education officials across Oklahoma are taking steps to cut costs as they brace for a huge state budget shortfall next fiscal year........
Official: Tenn. Promise helps spike in higher ed. enrollment
Knoxville News Sentinel - Nov 19, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's free-tuition program has contributed to a spike in students pursuing a postsecondary degree at the state's public higher education institutions, the program's executive director said Thursday....
Official: Tenn. Promise helps spike in higher ed. enrollment
Knoxville News Sentinel - Nov 19, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's free-tuition program has contributed to a spike in students pursuing a postsecondary degree at the state's public higher education institutions, the program's executive director said Thursday....
The UC needs to stay true to its original purpose: educating Californians
Highlander News - Nov 23, 2015
When the University of California public school system was created, it was made in the idea of educating Californians as well as strengthening and supporting the progress of the Californian infrastructure. As time has progressed, the UC system, and higher education overall, has become more business-like and less about the importance of education....
NEW: Report places Wyoming first in four-year college affordability
Wyoming Tribune Eagle - Nov 19, 2015
CHEYENNE (WTE) - A report released this month by the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., shows that Wyoming has the lowest in-state tuition for four-year programs than any other state in the U.S. According to the report, Wyoming has the eighth lowest tuition for community colleges....
Study shows more graduating high school seniors are going to Arizona universities
AZFamily - Nov 23 2015
PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) - A new study from the Arizona university system shows more state high school graduates are going to public universities in Arizona....