The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Monday it was awarding $16.5 million to 15 community colleges and five states in an effort to help struggling students complete college. The Development Education Initiative will award the funding to …
source:http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/22/daily9.html
Polytechnic Elementary aims to reform K-12 education – Asu News
Editor’s Note: Driven by university innovation, Polytechnic Elementary School opened its doors in 2008 to students in kindergarden through sixth grade, and launched what would become a promising partnership between Arizona State University and …
source:http://asunews.asu.edu/20090622_polyelementary
A Long, Unpleasant Journey – The Ledger
Average, that is, in tuition costs. For decades, Florida has prided itself in providing a world-class university education at bargain basement prices. Last year, according to The College Board, the average Florida college student paid $3,792 in …
source:http://www.theledger.com/article/20090618/NEWS/906175022?Title=A-Long-Unpleasant-Journey
Neets: more teenagers without education, jobs or training – Daily Telegraph
One in six is now classed as “Neet” – not in education, employment or training – compared to one-in-eight when the Government came to power. The overall number of school-leavers aged 16 to 18 plunged into the category has also soared in the last 12 …
source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5549175/Neets-more-teenagers-without-education-jobs-or-training.html
Fears over college training fund – BBC UK News
There are fears the body responsible for funding England’s further education colleges could face its third cash crisis in a year, the BBC has learned. Colleges fear the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) may not fund all of the apprenticeships it has …
source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8101019.stm
College chaos – BBC News
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
Library provides base for pursuit of higher education – AZCentral.com
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
Higher education – Seattle Times
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
Pacem in Terris – Inside Higher Ed
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
HOME-SCHOOLING: No debating the success of college – The Washington Times
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
College Board to Announce Selections – WTOK-TV
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
The Four-Year College Myth – Boston Globe
The fall after I graduated from high school, I took the traditional path. I entered a competitive, private four-year college, and four years later, I earned my bachelor’s degree from that same institution. When I think of the route my children might …
source:http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/05/31/the_four_year_college_myth?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed6