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Clearinghouse Data May Help Students Home In on Success

District of Columbia Public Schools administrators are using National Student Clearinghouse data to determine how well their graduates are faring at particular institutions of higher education.

University of Alaska Fairbanks to Eliminate Economics Degree

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The University of Alaska Fairbanks is discontinuing its economics degree program. The Board of Regents made the decision to cut the program during its most recent meeting. Two faculty members recently received layoff notices, giving them one year left to teach, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tuesday. The university’s Faculty Senate met […]

Report: Good Jobs Available for Those Without Bachelor’s

Despite the decline of manufacturing that made good jobs for high school graduates a rarity, there are still 30 million good jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, a new report being released today shows.

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Program to Help Guide Hispanic Prep Students to College

The Hispanic Student College Institute is aimed at helping students become better prepared for applying to colleges by learning about the search and application process, essay writing, resume building, and developing leadership and public speaking skills.

Jordanna Maziarz is associate director for Recruitment and Community Engagement at Montclair State University.

2 Ohio Schools Utilize Transfer Partnership to Help Students Step Up

This past fall, the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College welcomed the first cohort of six students to the UD Sinclair Academy, a new joint venture intended to bridge the distance between the two schools.

Julia Thompson is associate director of admission and financial aid at the University of Dayton.

Applications Pile Up for University of Montana’s Top Job

MISSOULA, Mont. — A recruiting company official says 98 people have applied to be the next president of the University of Montana. Jim McCormick of AGB Search tells the Missoulian that the applicants come from 38 states and five countries. The school hopes to select a new president by October. Former Commissioner of Higher Education […]

Teens From 15 States Learn Mandarin Chinese in Mississippi

OXFORD, Miss. — Thirty American teenagers are learning to speak Mandarin Chinese during an intensive summer program at the University of Mississippi. Now in its 11th year, Mississippi StarTalk is a federally funded program for students who will be high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. A university news release says language classes are taught at […]

New Program: Centenary College to Baylor Nursing School

SHREVEPORT, La. — Centenary College says a new program helps science graduates enter a one-year program at Baylor University’s nursing school. Representatives from the schools in Shreveport and Dallas signed the agreement last week. Centenary spokeswoman Kate Pedrotty says students who graduate with all of the courses required to get into Baylor’s FastBacc program will […]

Indian River State College Breaks Down Math as Barrier to STEM Success

Indian River State College (IRSC), a community college in Florida, created a new approach to help minority and low-income students overcome the math barrier for entry into selective enrollment programs across the country.

Tyrone Joseph practices his skills during his internship with FPL at IRSC’s Brown Center.

Scholars’ Research Challenges College ‘Mismatch’ Theory

Low-income students could have a better shot at upward mobility if they had greater access to more colleges with a record of good student outcomes, but “income segregation” is getting in the way, several scholars argue in a new study.

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New York Gets 75,000 Applications for Free Tuition Program

BUFFALO, N.Y. — About 75,000 people who applied for New York’s first-in-the-nation tuition-free college program are finding out whether they will start the fall semester without a tuition bill to pay. “It feels absolutely terrific,” Binghamton University student Natan Nassir, of Great Neck, said after learning Thursday that the state will pick up his tab […]

Yoga Utilized to Assist Young Girls on Coding Path

HowGirlsCode “Mind, Body, and Coding” summer camp, held on the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore County, is a computer science and coding camp for girls ranging from the 3rd to 9th grades.

Photo courtesy of Marlayna Demond for UMBC

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