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
Category: GPA News
GPA, grade point average educational news for high school students preparing to go on to college and university studies.
City college to offer distance courses – Times of India
PATNA: Shri Arvind Mahila College, a constituent unit of Magadh University, has launched a distance education centre of the university from 2009-10 session. The college has been accorded necessary permission to start all the courses approved by the …
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Patna/City-college-to-offer-distance-courses/articleshow/4589915.cms
"A Better Life: Creating the American Dream" – Minnesota Public Radio
The American dream has roots in the nation’s loftiest ideals – the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So when did it also come to mean a house, a car and a college education? In a new documentary, American RadioWorks investigates the …
source:http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/26/midday2/
Oklahoma needs more adults hitting the college books – Daily Oklahoman
O KLAHOMA has put a lot of focus in recent years on convincing high school students to graduate and head to college. That’s shown as college enrollments have largely grown or at least held steady in the past decade. No doubt a key part of that …
source:http://newsok.com/oklahoma-needs-more-adults-hitting-the-college-books/article/3372525?custom_click=rss
Rajkot to be new education hub of Saurashtra – Times of India
RAJKOT: Rajkot is likely to become the education hub of Saurashtra from the next academic year. With four new engineering colleges to open, the number of engineering colleges in Saurashtra and Kutch will go up to 18. Of these 18, all but one are …
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rajkot/Rajkot-to-be-new-education-hub-of-Saurashtra/articleshow/4570072.cms
A program too important to lose – Herald Tribune
On May 18, the Manatee County School Board heard a presentation demonstrating the remarkable success of the College and Career Resource Center at Manatee High School. The CCRC was created by a generous three-year grant from the Bradenton Kiwanis …
source:http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090521/COLUMNIST/905211028/2127?Title=A-program-too-important-to-lose
Denver parents: Saving for retirement more important than kids … – Birmingham Business Journal
Unlike most Americans, more Denver-area parents are putting their retirement plans ahead of their children’s college education costs, according to local results of a national survey released Tuesday by Country Financial . Fifty-one percent of the …
source:http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/05/18/daily20.html
College handed $4.2 million in funding – Barrie Examiner
BARRIE- Ontario is helping Georgian College continue to deliver high-quality education and provide students with better facilities and greater resources to ensure their learning experience is second to none. Georgian College has received additional …
source:http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1570620
Will Grads Outgrow College Drinking Lifestyle? – eMaxHealth.com
It seems that human being’s life is threatened by unnecessary exposure to too much alcohol. Starting from fetal alcohol syndrome to the days of college binge drinking people are running the risk of alcohol. While the prenatal stage they don’t have …
source:http://www.emaxhealth.com/1/63/31149/will-grads-outgrow-college-drinking-lifestyle.html
Obama plan would vastly transform college aid – MSNBC
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s health-care goals may be garnering attention, but his higher-education proposals are no less ambitious. If adopted, they could transform the financial aid landscape for millions of students while expanding federal …
source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30556276/
Get smart about borrowing for college – CNN Money
(Fortune Magazine) — By now, most college-bound high school seniors have accepted an admissions offer and are cruising blissfully toward graduation, summer, and their chosen campus come fall. For parents, on the other hand, the hard work of …
source:http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/04/pf/levenson_studentloans.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009050506
Senate leader: New revenue needed to fill budget gap – Las Vegas Sun
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said Saturday that the entire state will have to sacrifice in order to restore cuts to education, a day after the latest revenue projections showed the state’s budget gap has grown by hundreds of millions of …
source:http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/02/state-majority-leader-hints-higher-taxes/