04 Feb 2012 00:47:02
Thoughts on career academies, politics on prisons - Bradenton Herald
Bradenton Herald Imagine an 18-year-old holding more computer software certifications than a veteran professional in the same field. That's but one young representative of the many students participating in Manatee County's impressive array of high school academies. |
04 Feb 2012 00:44:42
CHED endorses nationwide contest for best e-trike design - Philippine Information Agency
Philippine Information Agency TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, February 4 (PIA) -- Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Patricia B. Licuanan recently issued a memorandum endorsing the nationwide e-trike design contest for support and participation of all concerned in the Agency. |
03 Feb 2012 21:09:53
Augusta Catholic schools say enrollment beginning to rebound as economy recovers - The Augusta Chronicle
The Augusta Chronicle At Aquinas High School in Augusta, students were participating in a contest to write a school-sponsored prayer that will be used for decades to come. In North Augusta, kindergartners at Our Lady of Peace School welcomed prospective pupils and their ... |
03 Feb 2012 15:05:56
E-books attempt to impact higher education - Western Herald
Western Herald Apple threw its hat into the ring in a massive way earlier this month by unveiling an updated version of its e-reader app, iBooks, to support rich, interactive textbooks on its popular iPad tablet computer. Apple is big enough that they could [push ... |
03 Feb 2012 13:55:10
An 'Arab Spring' of free online higher education - Washington Post (blog)
 Deseret News | Washington Post (blog) If education is both expensive and has a low ROI, the demand for traditional education is likely to fall. And then there is Sebastian Thrun, a tenured professor of computer science at Stanford who, a few days ago, announced that he had given up his ... |
03 Feb 2012 11:49:53
We Need a Higher Education System Fit for a Great Nation - Huffington Post UK (blog)
Huffington Post UK (blog) Architecture, fashion, computer games, even young forms such as web design all reflect a little glory at those nations which excel at them. When Germany chose Norman Foster to design their Parliament building, or Japan became the number one maker of ... |
02 Feb 2012 20:59:24
Education roundup: Kern High to discuss career tech rules - Bakersfield Californian
 Deccan Herald | Bakersfield Californian Kern High School District 's board on Monday is expected to continue discussing implementing a "permissive law" allowing students to use career technical education courses toward graduation requirements instead of a fine arts or foreign language course ... |
02 Feb 2012 10:02:21
Philip Castille: The TT Interview - Texas Tribune
Texas Tribune by Reeve Hamilton Philip Castille was aware of the controversy surrounding higher education and in Victoria, in particular when he moved his family from Hawaii and became the new president of the University of Houston-Victoria. |
28 Jan 2012 22:14:49
Editorial: States need to maintain higher education support - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Huntington Herald Dispatch An unsettling but not surprising trend has been confirmed by a recent study that examined the amount of support states give to higher education. In an era hit by the Great Recession and the ensuing slow economic recovery, declining or flat tax revenues ... |
25 Jan 2012 15:45:21
Alternatives To College: Succeeding Without Higher Education - Huffington Post (blog)
 Los Angeles Times | Huffington Post (blog) Charles Murray, political scientist and scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education "It has been empirically demonstrated that doing well (B average or better) in a traditional college major in the arts and ... |
