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Americans are attending college in record numbers. According to a Pew Research Center study, 11.3 million Americans ages 18 to 24 attended college in 2008, continuing an upward trend that began 30 years ago. Now, because of the deep economic downturn …
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Ottawa, Ontario (AHN) - Canadian parents are becoming more aware of the value of saving for the college education of their children. This is reflected in the rise of number of Canadian children with Registered Education Savings Plans. According the …
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At Middle Tennessee State, she succeeds Gloria Bonner, who moved into the new Office of Community Engagement and Support. Seivers is a 1972 alumna of the university.
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PLANO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has unveiled her plans for education if she’s elected governor. Hutchison is challenging Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary for governor next March. She said her education plan focus on …
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Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Richard Rhoda told Gov. Phil Bredesen at budget hearings Thursday that the tuition recommendation has been passed … Rhoda said THEC also is encouraging differential tuition payments, meaning …
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Network of highly qualified teachers for urban schools, developed by Illinois State University’s College of Education and Chicago Public Schools. Aims to increase recruitment and retention of urban teachers through mentoring and support. www …
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Lana C. Seivers, former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, will join MTSU’s ranks in 2010 when she becomes the new dean of the university’s College of Education. A 1972 alumna of MTSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Fall enrollment is up by more than 5 percent at Maryland’s colleges and universities. The Maryland Higher Education Commission says total enrollment of undergraduates and graduate students at the state’s two- and four-year …
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Jefferson City — A dozen Midwestern states are studying the creation of a college-credit exchange that could … state region could deposit their credits,” Larry Isaak, president of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, said Monday.
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Being able to use your education can help save others. Photo by: A. Lambert I think it’s amazing when students ask me, “Why do we have to learn this?” This question is usually followed with, ” Am I ever going to use it in the real world ?” Today, I …
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