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Tuition Time Bomb

Rising tuition and student debt is a pressing concern for college students but also society at large. For future economic well-being, improvements in civic participation and social unification, we need a system that encourages those interested in pursuing higher education to do just that. Instead, the current system does the opposite: discourages through unaffordability. A […]

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$1 Million in Grants Will Give Veterans Commercial Driver Training

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded nearly $1 million toward programs aimed at helping train military veterans to be commercial drivers, the agency announced in a press release on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Specifically, the money has been awarded to seven technical and community colleges across the United States to help train veterans and […]

Center for Online Education Offers Perspective

After years of experience guiding students toward success in online education, OnlineColleges.net has relaunched as the Center for Online Education (COE). The new name formally establishes COE’s transition into a holistic resource for online college students. Online education instructor and expert Melissa Venable, PhD will lead the team of subject matter experts behind the COE […]

$400 Million College Bond Includes Funds for Veterans Support

The Southwestern College district is asking voters on Nov. 8 to approve Proposition Z, a $400 million bond measure to finance repairs and construction at its four South County campuses. District officials said bond money is needed to renovate classrooms and facilities in order to provide more instruction and job training to South County residents […]

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Convicted Molester, Drug Dealers Among Trump U Staff

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts — including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP identified 107 people listed as speakers […]

New Rules Clear Debt in Fraud Cases

BOSTON —The government has issued new rules meant to help students get their federal loans erased in cases involving fraud and misconduct by their schools. Federal education officials have been working to create a more detailed system for students to file claims since the Education Department received thousands of claims from former students of the […]

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Could “Finish in Four” Initiative Be Harmful?

There is an internal struggle between colleges making sure that graduates are not being passed through to graduation and the notion that many learners have financial or academic capacity to handle a 15-hour course load. While it is the traditional path to completion in four years, it does not account for new models of learning […]

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Shape Higher Education

Artificial intelligence will be able to conduct much of the scientific and research-based work of the future, with the ability to run or to predict millions of trials based upon billions of variables and data points. But what robots and computer programs will not be able to do is identify key areas of human suffering […]

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Higher Ed Is Being Upended By Dwindling Funding

In a panel during the annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Monday, college leaders from around the country agreed: the biggest challenge facing public higher education today is the dwindling state support for the enterprise. Beyond that, however, finding ways to reassert the value of the degrees they offer was the […]

Academic Freedom in Accrediting

“College Accreditors Need Higher Standards” (editorial, Oct. 20), quite appropriately, calls on the accrediting community to focus more attention on protecting students and to demand better performance from colleges and universities that are accredited. The editorial reflects a growing consensus — from Congress, the Department of Education, members of the media and some in the […]

Pentagon Strengthens Transition Program

After your time in the military is up, how do you get ready to go back to the civilian world? For Cpl. Fabian Purvis, it involved a five-day seminar at Camp Pendleton that taught him things like how to translate his military experiences into something a civilian human resources department could better understand, along with […]

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Business, Military Leaders Partner on Jobs Summit

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — Civilian business leaders and senior military personnel rallied to solve the challenge of helping the military community find jobs during the Hawaii Transition Summit, Oct. 18. The two-day summit was organized by the Schofield Barracks Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and Hiring Our Heroes, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The […]

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