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Pima Medical Institute Recognizes Veterinary Technician Week – With a Twist

October 18, 2018 Jenny

This week is National Veterinary Technician week. In honor of Pima Medical Institute’s programs and the profession – the school took a unique approach to shining a light on the importance of animal care. In addition to its human instructors, Pima Medical used this week to highlight some of the four-legged, feathered and even scaled More Info »

What Everyone’s Missing About That Court Ruling On Defrauded College Students – Forbes

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Having recently ruled that the Department of Education acted illegally in delaying a 2016 regulation aimed at making it easier for students defrauded by their colleges to receive loan forgiveness, District Court Judge Randolph Moss on Tuesday ordered the regulation to take effect immediately. Activists on the left hailed the ruling as a massive victory More Info »

Report: Gainful Employment Elimination Signals ‘Blasé’ Attitude Toward Higher Ed Abuse – NASFAA

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to scrap the federal gainful employment regulations wasn’t just a step back in holding institutions accountable for student outcomes—it ensures no for-profit institution can lose access to federal funds, no matter how poorly it performs, argue former Education Secretary Arne Duncan and David Whitman, Duncan’s former speechwriter, in a new More Info »

Online education’s expansion continues in higher ed with a focus on tech skills – Education Dive

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Dive Brief: Online learning continues to expand in higher ed with the addition of several online master’s degrees and a new for-profit college that offers a hybrid of vocational training and liberal arts curriculum online. Inside Higher Ed reported the nonprofit learning provider edX is offering nine master’s degrees through five U.S. universities — the More Info »

Google Brings Computing Courses to 10 Colleges

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Google announced its latest higher education foray Wednesday: technology courses developed in-house and delivered to students at 10 four-year institutions. Students at eight institutions can enroll this semester in two introductory courses on computer science and data science. The company developed the curriculum and provides the content and materials; institutions supply faculty members to lead More Info »

Struggling Law School Will Not Accept New Students This Spring – Above the Law

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Will more law schools stop enrolling students (or even close) in Thomas Jefferson’s wake It’s not a great time to be a law school that’s struggling to survive. We’ve received word that yet another law school has decided not to enroll an incoming class this spring. (Yes, there are a few law schools that have More Info »

The Either/Or Paradigm: Short-Term Training in Higher Education – The Evolllution

October 18, 2018 Jenny

While short-term training and degree programs are often seen as completely separate, institutions that find ways to blend these kinds of offerings and create pathways from one to the other will better serve their students in the long run. As the economy continues to boil and jobs are plentiful, it is important to keep in More Info »

How Nontraditional Educators Will Influence Digital Learning #DLNchat – EdSurge

October 18, 2018 Jenny

Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future More Info »

How Harvard’s Admissions Office Courts Donors and Low-Income Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education

October 18, 2018 Jenny

William R. Fitzsimmons loves Harvard University. As its longtime dean of admissions, he spent the day here in federal court on Wednesday testifying about how the university labors to find the most promising students in all corners of the country. He sought to portray the elite institution as fighting widening economic divides, not a place More Info »

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