Despite the escalating cost of college, only 59 percent of Texas students earn degrees in six years, and even fewer finish in four.
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5/20/2013
Sean O'Malley is protesting the refusal of Boston College to disinvite Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who is leading an attempt to amend Ireland's ban on abortion.
5/20/2013
The ECC mass notification system from Fire-Lite Alarms is designed to seamlessly interface with new and existing fire alarms systems to reduce costs and leverage the proven reliability of these systems, as mandated by code.
5/20/2013
Limited community college capacity could keep 2.5 million Californians out of the system over the next 10 years. The seat shortage is expected to fall hardest on Latino students, squeezing 840,000 out of the schools.
5/20/2013
At some point, 14 percent of Purdue's most recent young alumni cohort, which the school measures as anyone under the age of 35 who graduated within the last 10 years, has given gifts to the university, which has resulted in about $2 million, according to Storm. That represents a tiny chunk of the $300 million Purdue receives annually in gifts system-wide.
5/20/2013
Governor Rick Scott announced Monday that he is using his line item veto power to nix a three percent tuition increase for university students.
5/20/2013
Ashley Schumaker, who currently is senior director of board and public relations for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, has been selected chief of staff and special assistant to the president of WVSU.
5/20/2013
Thomas V. Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of Syracuse University's Division of Student Affairs since 2008, is leaving to become the 14th president of Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo.
5/20/2013
The Rural Horseshoe Initiative is being undertaken by Virginia's 14 rural community colleges. This multidisciplined initiative seeks to address the lack of overall educational attainment that handicaps our young people who reside in rural Virginia through the increased use of career coaches.
5/20/2013
College trustees, who are sometimes inclined to be overly generous, should ponder carefully whether big salaries and bonuses are in keeping with the mission of taxpayer-supported schools.
5/20/2013
College enrollments declined 2.3% this spring compared with a year earlier, a sign that more students are returning to the workforce as the economy recovers, a report says.
5/19/2013
Although delayed payments from the state are to be expected these days, university officials say the predictability doesn’t make it any easier. Nearly 11 months into this fiscal year, which ends June 30, Illinois’ nine public universities have received only about 65 percent of the $1.2 billion appropriated.
5/19/2013
Purdue University says it has found new revenue and savings to make up about three quarters of $40 million lost in a two-year tuition freeze.
5/19/2013
T2 Systems, Inc., a technology-focused provider of parking systems, has integrated the T2 Flex unified parking management platform with the Blackboard Transact OneCard payment system. Blackboard Inc. is a leader in the campus ID card industry for its seamless integration of next-generation commerce and security solutions.
5/19/2013
From buildings filled with mold to faulty water and sewer systems that back up into classrooms, higher education leaders across Louisiana are growing increasingly concerned with the state’s backlog in repairing and renovating campus facilities.
