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Thunderbird Alumni Protest Link to For-Profit Laureate
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 30, 2013. Alumni of the Thunderbird School of Global Management are protesting plans for the nonprofit business school to create a joint venture with for-profit Laureate Education. The joint venture would allow Thunderbird to set up programs at …
Obama To Hold Student Loan Event
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 30, 2013. With one month remaining until the interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, President Obama will gather students today at the White House to call …
State Systems Go MOOC
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 30, 2013. Universities from New Mexico to New York will join Coursera in a sprawling expansion of the Silicon Valley startup’s efforts to take online education to the masses. Together, state systems and flagship universities in …
Adapting to the New Normal in California Employment
FOX & HOUNDS. MAY 29, 2013. (A version of this article first appeared last week in Zocalo Public Square as “Five Ways to Get a Job in California”). We’ve reached a New Normal in California Employment. It is characterized by (i) …
American Career College Celebrates Opening of Long Beach Campus
PRWEB. MAY 29, 2013. American Career College (ACC), a leader in the health care education field, has opened the doors to its fourth campus in southern California. On April 25, 2013, ACC unveiled its new facilities, welcoming dignitaries, students and …
How to Get a Job
THE NEW YORK TIMES. MAY 28, 2013. Underneath the huge drop in demand that drove unemployment up to 9 percent during the recession, there’s been an important shift in the education-to-work model in America. Anyone who’s been looking for a …
Slashing Higher Ed Red Tape
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 29, 2013. In a radical policy change, Australia’s Tertiary Education Minister, Craig Emerson, is this week releasing a new approach to quality control that meets university demands for a lighter regulatory burden and could gut Labor’s …
The rise of the fourth branch of government
THE WASHINGTON POST. MAY 24, 2013. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University. There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington. President Obama …
More Young Adults Hold Degrees, a Boost in the Job Market, U.S. Says
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 24, 2013. The educational attainment of young Americans has increased over the past two decades, and those who have completed more education earn more money, on average, and are more likely to be employed. …
MOOCs: Will Online Courses Help More Students Stay in School?
POLICYMIC. MAY 24, 2013. Editor’s Note: This article is part of a special week of discussion PolicyMic is hosting withNoodle and EdTech Women around online education. Read more about the content weekhere. Udacity, one of the pioneers of the MOOC (massively open …
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