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College Enrollment Fell by 2.3 Percent This Spring, Report Says
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 16, 2013. College enrollment in the spring-2013 term dropped by 2.3 percent compared with the same term a year ago, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Four-year, for-profit …
American Career College Massage Therapy Students Offer Services to Mark National Nurses Week
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. MAY 15, 2013. American Career College’s Massage Therapy students put their skills to work during National Nurses Week by offering free 15-minute massages to nurses and other personnel at St. Vincent Medical Center. The event enabled …
Senate Leaders Introduce Student Loan Interest Rate Bill
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 16, 2013. Senate Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would keep the interest rate on subsidized student loans at 3.4 percent for another two years at a cost to the government of $8.6 billion — a measure that …
Trying to ‘Reset’ Online Fight
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 16, 2013. Seeking to “reset” a contentious debate about the role of technology in California public higher education, the authors of a new report argue that California policy makers need a statewide approach to end what they call …
Testy Battle Over Tests
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 16, 2013. The GED no longer has a lock on the market for tests that serve as the equivalent of a high school degree. Three states have switched to new competitors from Educational Testing Service (ETS) …
LAUSD aviation school at Van Nuys Airport will continue thanks to $1-a-year lease
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS. MAY 14, 2013. The embattled Los Angeles Unified aviation school at Van Nuys Airport will continue operating next year, thanks to a $1-a-year lease negotiated between the school district and the city. The district had threatened …
6 charged with stealing SF school funds
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. MAY 14, 2013. Six current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees, including an ex-associate superintendent, are facing a total of 205 felony charges for allegedly misappropriating $15 million in public funds, prosecutors said Tuesday. A three-year …
Governor tries to fix adult ed plan, but controversy remains
EDSOURCE. MAY 14, 2013. Backing away from his controversial plan to hand control of adult education over to community colleges, Gov. Jerry Brown is instead proposing that regional consortia, made up of community colleges and school districts, determine adult ed’s future. However, …
Community colleges get boost under governor’s revised budget
EDSOURCE. MAY 14, 2013. Community colleges will receive millions more to begin to restore cut classes, rebuild flagging enrollment and strengthen student support services under Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget released Tuesday. Brown would add an additional $30 million to the system’s …
Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Lodi? Tech jobs boom in Central Valley
SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL. MAY 14, 2013. Silicon Valley is being outpaced in new online technology jobs by both Southern California and the Central Valley, but a new report says the industry job gains could help the economy for the …
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