Education News

The Capital Times posed that question to a range of people associated with higher education in the Madison area and asked them to share some “words of wisdom” with students as the 2009-10 academic year gets under way. A few offered thought …
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BUTTE VALLEY — While students continue to jostle their class schedules, leaders at Butte College are scrambling to do more with less. Student attendance is up about 6-7 percent this semester, on top of a 14 percent increase last year. But from an …
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In response to Emily Eckert’s letter about prison inmates getting a free college education not being fair, I would like to say this: Dear Emily, of all the things our taxes pay for (and trust me, I am very anti-many things where the government is …
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State education officials this morning kicked off the statewide Step Up Campaign, which promotes career and college readiness for Hawaii’s public high school students. The campaign, created by the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, encourages …
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Salt Lake Community College is bracing for its sharpest enrollment surge in its history with registration numbers up 20 percent from last year. New student Alana Silva, left, talks with Academic Advisor Teresa Gerber about the nursing program offered …
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Most college students believe their summer months are not as carefree as the ones that came before. Pre-college students count the days until the last bell signifies the start of summer. Blissful nights of catching lightning bugs, playing outside …
source:http://www.kstatecollegian.com/opinion/summer-vacations-incomes-cause-education-gaps-1.1819462?FORM=ZZNR

AP Education Writers= WASHINGTON (AP) â?? Health officials are offering some basic advice for college students with flu symptoms: Avoid other people until 24 hours after a fever is gone. At colleges across the country, planning for flu season …
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — 08/21/09 — Having a college education is an important step toward career success, but alumni and students of Walden University are benefiting from more than just job opportunities. According to recent survey results, 75 percent of …
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CHICAGO (AP) - State Education Superintendent Christopher Koch (COOK) says Illinois’ gradual improvement on the ACT is “promising news.” The state Board of Education today reported that Illinois’ average composite score on the ACT college entrance …
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It would seem that a way to streamline the efficacy and cost of a college education would be to adopt a modification of the European model by reducing the time for a bachelors degree from four years to three years. Students would still take as many …
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