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Governor tries to fix adult ed plan, but controversy remains

Friday, May 17, 2013

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, …Continue reading »

High Schools Set Up Community-College Students to Fail, Report Says

Monday, May 13, 2013

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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 7, 2013. Community colleges’ academic expectations are “shockingly low,” but students still struggle to meet them, in part because high-school graduation standards are too lax in English and too rigid in mathematics, according to …Continue reading »

MOOCs and Community Colleges

Monday, May 13, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 13, 2013. What is the future of MOOCs and how will they blend into the higher education landscape — specifically, into the community college landscape? The “deMOOCratization” of higher education content, making courses readily available to …Continue reading »

CSU chief concerned about Brown’s higher ed plan

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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U-T SAN DIEGO. APRIL 24, 2013. California State University Chancellor Timothy White expressed concern Wednesday that the governor wants to tie state funding to increasing the number of freshmen who graduate in four years and to other targets that could …Continue reading »

Under Plan, California Would Embrace Performance-Based Funding For Colleges

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 23, 2013. California would move aggressively into performance-based funding for higher education under a draft plan being circulated by Governor Jerry Brown, the Los Angeles Times reported. Under the draft of a revised budget blueprint for higher education, …Continue reading »

California Students Oppose Bill to Let Colleges Charge More for Some Courses

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. APRIL 21, 2013. Community-college students and faculty members in California are gearing up to fight a bill before the State Assembly that would allow colleges to offer additional sections of high-demand courses at a premium …Continue reading »

Innovative online developer to broaden college partnership

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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EDSOURCE. APRIL 19, 2013. The marriage of innovative online course developer Udacity and San Jose State University is going so well that the partners are offering for-credit summer classes to 10 times as many students per course. “So far, so …Continue reading »

U.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of $474.5 Million to Strengthen Training Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Employers

Friday, April 19, 2013

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, today announced the availability of $474.5 million to create and expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to educate and ...

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Friday, April 12, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 11, 2013. In his annual budget request on Wednesday, President Obama proposed a major change to student loan interest rates that would save students money in the short term but eventually make loans more costly for …Continue reading »

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Friday, April 12, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 11, 2013. In his annual budget request on Wednesday, President Obama proposed a major change to student loan interest rates that would save students money in the short term but eventually make loans more costly for …Continue reading »

Posts Tagged with "Community Colleges"

Governor tries to fix adult ed plan, but controversy remains

High Schools Set Up Community-College Students to Fail, Report Says

MOOCs and Community Colleges

CSU chief concerned about Brown’s higher ed plan

Under Plan, California Would Embrace Performance-Based Funding For Colleges

California Students Oppose Bill to Let Colleges Charge More for Some Courses

Innovative online developer to broaden college partnership

U.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of $474.5 Million to Strengthen Training Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Employers

Back to Market-Based Rates

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