DENVER — Calling it a stopgap measure to save higher education, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill Wednesday giving Colorado colleges more flexibility to set tuition rates. He also signed a measure providing $35 million to help lower- and middle-income students with tuition. “Higher education has …
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Penn State extends president’s contract – Philadelphia Daily News
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Pennsylvania State University president Graham Spanier, one of the longest-tenured executives in higher education, has agreed to a three-year extension that will keep him in the job through 2015. Spanier, who heads a university …
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Dominion CEO will lead Va. panel on higher education – Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dominion Resources Inc. President and CEO Thomas F. Farrell II, a former rector of the University of Virginia, will lead Gov. Bob McDonnell’s commission tasked with holding college tuition costs down and boosting the number of students attaining degrees. Farrell heads the Governor’s Commission on …
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College Board names interim MUW president – Mississippi Business Journal
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Allegra Brigham, CEO and general manager of 4-County Electric Power Association, has been named interim president at the Mississippi University for Women. The state College Board made the decision Friday during a meeting on the Columbus campus. Higher Education Commissioner …
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Immigration activists urge Sen. Scott Brown to back ‘Dream Act’ – Boston Herald
B OSTON — Several dozen immigrant activists and students handed representatives of U.S. Sen. Scott Brown hundreds of letters in support of a bill that would give illegal immigrant students a pathway to citizenship if they join the military or finish college. The coalition, chanting “education, not …
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McLemore named interim president at Jackson State – Biloxi Sun Herald
JACKSON, Miss. — The state College Board on Thursday chose professor Leslie Burl McLemore to serve as interim president of Jackson State University after President Ronald Mason Jr. departs at the end of June. Higher Education Commissioner Hank …
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Grand Canyon University’s College of Education … – PRWeb
( Vocus / PRWEB ) May 18, 2010 — Grand Canyon University welcomes four new members to their College of Education team. These individuals will help education students achieve their goal of becoming a teacher . These individuals come from a variety of …
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College for all? Experts say not necessarily – Houston Chronicle
… higher education is practically a birthright for high school seniors like Kate Hodges … child,” said Martin Scaglione, president and chief operating officer of work force development for ACT, the Iowa-based not-for-profit best known for its …
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Nation has high college remedial education rate – San Francisco Chronicle
Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such as the speed of a driver on a 20-hour trip. Bowen’s class at Broward College in South Florida is for …
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W.Va. higher-ed schools hold line on tuition – Yahoo Finance
Joe Manchin ‘s call for a one-year freeze on in-state tuition and mandatory fees. Some schools also froze out-of-state tuition. The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission … for Community and Technical college education approved tuition …
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San Diego State University Receives $1.5 Million Department of Education Grant – PR Inside
The College of Business Administration : at San Diego State University ( SDSU : ) announced today that the university’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This grant will be disbursed starting this
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ChinaCast Education Inks Deal For $29.3 Mln Direct … – RTT News
… million direct investment in the Company by Wu Shi Xin, the owner of Wintown Enterprises Ltd., a holding company which, after completion of a reorganization, would own 100% of Hubei Industrial University Business College or HIUBC, a private …
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