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29 Jul 2010 16:07:06

Photo Release -- Two Area Students Receive $10000 Engineering Scholars Awards ... - MarketWatch (press release)



MarketWatch (press release)
Recent high school graduates Cory Ochs from St. Xavier High School and Ryan Matthews from LaSalle High School each received the merit-based scholarship for ...
29 Jul 2010 14:18:54

President Obama on Education: The Status Quo is Morally Inexcusable - The White House (blog)


CBS News


The White House (blog)
And because the standards we set were high, only a couple of states actually won the grant in the first round, which meant that the states that didn't get ...
29 Jul 2010 14:05:03

AP-Univision Poll: College dreams for Hispanics - The Associated Press



The Associated Press
Seventy-four percent said the most important goal for a girl right after high school is to attend a four-year college, compared with 71 percent for boys. ...
29 Jul 2010 08:32:13

Kaplan Higher Education School of Nursing Launches New Online Nursing Programs - Business Wire (press release)


Kansas City Business Journal


Business Wire (press release)
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kaplan Higher Education School of Nursing today announced the launch of its new online Master of Science in Nursing's ...
29 Jul 2010 03:12:56

Mid-Market for Private Admissions Help - Inside Higher Ed



Inside Higher Ed
The idea, the company says, is to offer information and services that families feel they may not be getting from high school guidance counselors, ...
29 Jul 2010 00:26:14

Missouri auditor releases higher education reviews - BusinessWeek



BusinessWeek
"We have allowed political influence to come in and play way too high a figure," Montee said during a news conference. Her audits focused on coordination ...
28 Jul 2010 23:53:38

Brown unveils education reform plan - Los Angeles Times


Ha'aretz


Los Angeles Times
Brown said the state's master plan for higher education, which was created in 1960 to assure every high school graduate would have access to higher ...
28 Jul 2010 20:53:18

Brown proposes more spending in higher education - San Jose Mercury News



San Jose Mercury News
Sarah Pompei, a spokeswoman for Meg Whitman, described Brown's record on education as a failure, noting California's per pupil school financing dropped ...
28 Jul 2010 18:04:36

Patrick Welsh is wrong about too many going to college - Washington Post (blog)


TauNews.com (blog)


Washington Post (blog)
My favorite teacher/essayist, Patrick Welsh, had an intriguing piece in USA Today July 7 about what he considers an overabundance of high school students ...
27 Jul 2010 16:47:53

Duncan being too 'modest' - Washington Post (blog)


Washington Post


Washington Post (blog)
Part of the reason is that high school standards don't correspond to college standards. High schools spend a lot of time and effort on literature while ...