A Pew Research Center study found that almost seven out of every ten Hispanic high school graduates from the class of 2012 enrolled in college last fall. That's two percentage points higher than the rate for Whites and six percentage points higher than Blacks.
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5/14/2013
California's three college systems would receive more money from the state each year through 2016-17—and would have to freeze tuition—under Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal.
5/14/2013
Voters rejected a $500 million bond package for the Lone Star College System that would have paid for more classrooms and technology upgrades. Why did the bond fail and what does it mean for the college?
5/14/2013
A private college in northwest Georgia is suing Tennessee's higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising.
5/14/2013
One in four Indiana college students needs remedial help when he gets there. Education officials are working on guidelines to spot those students while they're still in high school.
5/14/2013
On Wednesday the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will launch Compare College Texas, an attempt to organize confusing data so future students can weigh their choices.
5/14/2013
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger announced plans this morning to retire from the university. He plans to remain in the job until his replacement is found by the university’s board of visitors.
5/14/2013
In an attempt to encourage college completion, Strayer University announced a plan to reduce tuition, but only to students who are actively working toward a degree.
5/14/2013
The writer says the primary roles football and basketball programs play for universities are in the marketing and promotion areas. Nothing sells a school like a successful team.
5/14/2013
Most courses at University of California Riverside are four units, which ideally allows students to enroll in a full load of four courses and graduate on time. But plenty of courses are five units, which upsets the delicate 16-unit balancing act, forcing students to drop a course they are prepared and willing to take.
5/14/2013
Regent SNAP is a web-based application that creates a real-time connection with prospective students, easing their way through the complicated, often confusing financial aid and application process. Hobsons' solutions enable institutions to reach their enrollment objectives through expansion in both online and non-traditional learning environments.
5/14/2013
A recent study revealed that the overwhelming classroom use of software is not in teaching or learning, but in classroom administration, and that teachers find IT more useful to record grades, format exams, and communicate with students than they do for pedagogy.
5/14/2013
UBTech 2013 is higher education's most focused high-level conversation about technology's impact on every aspect of campus leadership and practice.
5/14/2013
The APSCU Convention & Exposition is a rich learning experience, bringing together 60 topical concurrent sessions in 10 educational tracks on the subjects driving career education today with "big picture" plentary meetings and leading speakers.
5/14/2013
More than 200 higher education institutions around the country are working with Pearson to address the ongoing demand and desire for results-oriented online learning programs.
