Month: June 2009

Ten of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire’s Colleges of Further Education must scale back £2bn redevelopment plan because public cash is unavailable. Barnsley College: demolition in progress Many of the colleges say if the money isn’t made available …
source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/8082967.stm

Phoenix students have a new resource for pursuing higher education. On Wednesday, the city opened College Depot on the second floor of Burton Barr Central Library. The depot will be staffed with bilingual college counselors who will assist high …
source:http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/11/20090611collegedepot0611.html

It is going to take a lot more than money to fix the education problems in this state and this country. The fact that only one third of eligible eighth- and ninth-grade students have signed up with Washington’s College Success Foundation shows that …
source:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009324443_higher_education_1.html

This May, the final four students who benefited from La Roche College’s Pacem in Terris program graduated. Luis Alberto Galvis Mujica was among them. Mujica, now a permanent resident in Canada, lost his mother, sister and cousin to a bombing in his …
source:http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/08/laroche

Sometimes called the “home-school college,” or “God’s Harvard,” Patrick Henry College (PHC), located in Purcellville, Va., celebrated another graduation May 16. Seventy-six seniors received their diploma, and many are preparing to become leaders in …
source:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/07/home-schooling-no-debating-the-success-of-college/?feat=article_related_stories

The Mississippi College Board will name its picks this week for the next commissioner of higher education and the next University of Mississippi chancellor. Board members expect to announce their selections for “preferred candidates” for the …
source:http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/46633027.html