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Students First: Rally on State Capitol Tuesday, April 12th

Staff — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:29:12 +0000

Parents and students from all across Pennsylvania will be arriving in Harrisburg for a rally on the steps of the state Capitol, Tuesday, April 12, to express their strong support for the passage of SB-1, known as school choice legislation. Also present at the event will be a large number of diverse grassroots coalitions who [...]

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Higher Education Advertised Job Openings Up 64 Percent in Third Quarter

Staff — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:04:32 +0000

The number of advertised job openings in higher education soared in the third quarter of 2010, according to a newly released report from HigherEdJobs, the leading resource for job openings in academia. Job postings at colleges and universities rose 64.3 percent compared to the same period one year ago. According to the report, which examined [...]

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University of Phoenix Launches New College of Criminal Justice and Security

Staff — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:28:32 +0000

University of Phoenix today announced the opening of the College of Criminal Justice and Security – a field-of-study and employment sector with an average projected growth of 10 percent by 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The new College will help meet the country’s increasing demand for these professionals by providing associate’s, [...]

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College Scholarship in Photo Contest Ends March 18, 2011

Staff — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:21:05 +0000

University Language Services wants to know what inspires students to study abroad. And now, they’re hosting a photo scholarship contest to get some (creative) answers. University Language Services will award one $500 grand prize scholarship and two $100 scholarships in its newest contest. All students that have studied abroad, are currently studying abroad, or have [...]

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Sympoz Revolutionizes Online Learning

Staff — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:45:58 +0000

New Online Approach Offers Remedy to Learning Landscape Sympoz (www.Sympoz.com) has launched a new Internet learning platform that directly challenges current online education approaches. Sympoz (SIM-POSE), the brainchild of five Internet veterans (eBay, Yahoo!, ServiceMagic), started with an idea, wrapped in an entrepreneurial dream: That people are ready for a learning experience that captures the [...]

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Online Education Grows by Almost One Million Students; Eighth Annual Sloan Survey of Online Education Shows Economy Still Driving Growth

Staff — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:31:03 +0000

WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 16, 2010 –The 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by almost one million students from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 5.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2009, the most recent term [...]

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New federal student loan interest rate 2010

Staff — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:56:58 +0000

On July 1, 2010, the interest rate for subsidized federal student loans dropped to 3.4%. This is third year in a row it has dropped. It is required drop by College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. On September 27, 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act was signed into law. College Cost Reduction [...]

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Mistakes Women Make with Job Interviews

Staff — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:32:34 +0000

Women can’t be great at everything. Like at a job interview, some of the mistakes women make are being too chatty, not negotiating a better salary or wearing inappropriate attire, said Principal of My Job Search Pilot Linda Projansky. Here are some of the mistakes with job interviews that women make: 1.They tell instead of [...]

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Diploma Mills Attacked by Congress

Staff — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:13 +0000

Some members of Congress are getting fed up with diploma mills. They state that diploma mills are a public heath risk, especially in fields like health, engineering and security, so Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduced the bill, Diploma and Accreditation Integrity Protection Act of 2009, this [...]

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Female Teachers Transfer their Math Anxiety to Girls

Staff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:10:39 +0000

Some people are just not math people. But according to a new study by the University of Chicago, one person’s math anxiety can be transferred to another. Think back to elementary school. Did you have a female teacher who said to you that boys were better at math than girls? Professors even admit to this. [...]

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