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Independence University donates tablets to help veterans and their families

January 24, 2020 Jenny

SALT LAKE CITY— Independence University is proud to help veterans and their families by donating 20 tablets to the Fisher House in Salt Lake City. The Fisher House provides a place for veteran families to stay—free of charge—while their loved one receives medical treatment at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. More Info »

Florida Career College West Palm Beach Campus Makes Donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation

January 24, 2020 Jenny

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 23, 2020 — Florida Career College West Palm Beach campus is proud to present a check for $1,000 to Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, a non-profit organization that focuses on creating life-changing wishes for children who are diagnosed with critical illnesses. FCC’s West Palm Beach campus was awarded with a $1,000 check More Info »

Which college degrees earn grads more than $1 million? Maybe not ones from Swarthmore, Penn State. – The Philadelphia Inquirer

January 24, 2020 Jenny

La Salle University wasted no time jumping on higher education’s hottest new metric: earnings after graduation. Around Philadelphia, La Salle’s billboards plaster local highways, advertising that its grads rank in the top 4% for 10-year mid-career earnings. ”We beat out research-intensive universities [and] elite Ivy League liberal arts schools,” LaSalle president Colleen Hanycz said last More Info »

Davis College moving to Four SeaGate in downtown Toledo – WTOL

January 24, 2020 Jenny

The two-year college, which offers programs in business and health care, has been away from downtown for nearly 40 years. TOLEDO, Ohio — A longtime Toledo college is making a big move. “We are thrilled to be coming back to downtown,” said Davis College President, Diane Brunner. Davis College has a long-standing history in Toledo. More Info »

Swiss Apprenticeships in Utah – Inside Higher Ed

January 24, 2020 Jenny

New program uses the European model to give students training for advanced manufacturing through a hybrid model blending an apprenticeship with coursework at Salt Lake Community College. A Swiss company is bringing its apprenticeship model to Utah to build a skilled workforce for its new facility in this country. The Swiss model, applauded by the More Info »

Grand Canyon Education’s Brian Mueller Uses Coaching Skills To Lead – Investor’s Business Daily

January 24, 2020 Jenny

When you’re a visionary, you’ll face pushback. Grand Canyon Education’s CEO can attest to that. In the late 1990s, Brian Mueller was an executive with Apollo Education Group. The company offered higher education to adults in a classroom setting. Seeing the future of his industry, he urged Apollo’s then-CEO to invest in online education. “We More Info »

National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting – Federal Register

January 24, 2020 Jenny

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary Education. ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and location for the February 27, 2020 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) and provides information to More Info »

Western Governors U to Study Impact of Emergency Financial Aid on Retention – Campus Technology

January 24, 2020 Jenny

This spring, a segment of Western Governors University’s 120,000-plus students will have access to an emergency financial aid app as part of research into how the disbursement of just-in-time funds can impact retention. The institution’s education-focused research and development lab and ed tech accelerator, WGU Labs, has partnered with student financial support platform Edquity on More Info »

A New Player in the College Completion Market – Inside Higher Ed

January 24, 2020 Jenny

MOOC platform Coursera is teaming up with the University of North Texas to offer an online bachelor’s degree aimed at working adults with some college credit. Online learning provider Coursera took another step into the undergraduate education market yesterday with the launch of its first bachelor’s degree program at a university in the United States. More Info »

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