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Alaska Regents Vote to Terminate Exigency Declaration – The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 21, 2019 Jenny

The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted unanimously on Tuesday to terminate its declaration of financial exigency. The motion is effective August 19, the day Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy formally agreed to reduce cuts in the university’s budget from the $135 million he had sought for the current fiscal year to the $25 million More Info »

Southeastern College Miami donates to HOPE Outreach Center’s back to school campaign

August 20, 2019 Jenny

MIAMI, Fla. – Southeastern College-Miami Lakes recently took part in HOPE Outreach Center’s Back to School Backpack Drive. Southeastern donated 48 backpacks full of new school supplies to the Center to be distributed to local elementary school children. Hosted annually, HOPE’s Back to School Backpack Drive helps ease the financial burden that can accompany families More Info »

Report: Judging Colleges by How Much Recent Graduates Earn Is a Misleading Metric – Ed Surge

August 20, 2019 Jenny

When consumers search the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, the results that come back are ranked by the average salary students make after graduating. That’s just one example of the growing use and prominence of early-career earnings data in evaluating colleges. But new research argues that the metric can be misleading, and that the More Info »

Burt Myers Racing Toward Fourth Consecutive Championship with a Student-Built Engine Under the Hood

August 20, 2019 Jenny

Engine-building program part of NASCAR Technical Institute education program MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Universal Technical Institute’s (UTI) Mooresville campus, NASCAR Technical Institute (NASCAR Tech), is looking to help driver Burt Myers, a nine-time Bowman Gray Stadium Modified Champion, add another trophy to his impressive collection. This is not the first time NASCAR Tech’s students have built More Info »

CECU Supports New Student Loan Transparency Legislation

August 20, 2019 Jenny

August 19, 2019 – Arlington, VA – Following the introduction of the “Student Loan Disclosure Transparency Act of 2019”, CECU president and CEO Steve Gunderson sent a letter to Representative Donna Shalala commending the bipartisan bill: “While we have shared with you our concerns over your legislation that would result in 185,000 veterans losing their More Info »

How University Partnerships Can Support Employer Competitiveness – The Evolllution

August 20, 2019 Jenny

By working with employers to understand their needs, while also providing learners the ladder they require, universities can position themselves as supporters of career growth and organizational competitiveness. An increasingly competitive labor market and concomitant talent shortages have led to innovative partnerships between higher education and industry. Employers are finding greater value in upskilling their More Info »

The US labor shortage, explained – Vox

August 20, 2019 Jenny

More Americans are quitting their jobs than ever. The US economy doesn’t have enough workers. For a record 16 straight months, the number of open jobs has been higher than the number of people looking for work. The US economy had 7.4 million job openings in June, but only 6 million people were looking for More Info »

New online nursing school now open in southwest Colorado Springs – Cheyenne Edition

August 20, 2019 Jenny

An online nursing school with on-site clinical training at a long-term care facility and other local health care facilities recently opened in southwest Colorado Springs. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Aug. 13 at Cheyenne Mountain Center, 835 Tenderfoot Hill Road. It is the first location in Colorado for Nightingale College, a private, for-profit school headquartered More Info »

Income Share Agreements Dominate Y Combinator’s Latest Education Graduates – Ed Surge

August 20, 2019 Jenny

The education industry’s current fascination with income share agreements—in which students typically pay a percent of their future income in lieu of upfront tuition—is no better exemplified than in the current crop of graduates from Y Combinator. More than half of the accelerator’s current education companies offer ISAs to attract students to their services. “What More Info »

Alaska Regents Vote to Terminate Exigency Declaration – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Southeastern College Miami donates to HOPE Outreach Center’s back to school campaign

Report: Judging Colleges by How Much Recent Graduates Earn Is a Misleading Metric – Ed Surge

Burt Myers Racing Toward Fourth Consecutive Championship with a Student-Built Engine Under the Hood

CECU Supports New Student Loan Transparency Legislation

How University Partnerships Can Support Employer Competitiveness – The Evolllution

The US labor shortage, explained – Vox

New online nursing school now open in southwest Colorado Springs – Cheyenne Edition

Income Share Agreements Dominate Y Combinator’s Latest Education Graduates – Ed Surge

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