Huffington Post Canada, provides some answers to the changing workplace for the Gen Y workplace and suggests that, unlike their parents, they will not concede loyalty to corporations that view their employees as faceless commodities. [read more]
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Jane Manley
March 11, 2013
The US Army News Service announces that new requests for tuition assistance will be denied until further notice due to budget cuts. This declaration affects both active duty and reserve soldiers. [read more]
Jane Manley
March 4, 2013
NICOLE ALLAN and DEREK THOMPSON of The Atlantic supply an interesting take on the state of student debt as well as the value of a college education. While “the cost of college has spiked 150 percent since 1995, compared with a 50 percent increase in the cost of other goods and services” and “outstanding student loans soared to nearly $1 trillion—a 300 percent jump since 2003” is the student debt level really a national crisis? [read more]
Jane Manley
March 4, 2013
What’s the fastest way to mess up your college application? U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2013 guidebook features 10 college admissions officers sharing their pet peeves. [read more]
Jane Manley
February 28, 2013
Jada Graves of US News and World Report Money section posts an interesting article citing the latest research regarding student interest in STEM careers. Interest as well as opportunity is on the rise and the future holds promise for more diversity. [read more]
Jane Manley
February 26, 2013
Thomas Edison State College located in New Jersey, has been conferring degrees on adults for forty years by awarding credit for classwork and life experience. Now many other colleges/universities are following suit. ““We don’t care how or where the student learned, whether it was from spending three years in a monastery,” said George A. Pruitt, the college’s president, “as long as that learning is documented by some reliable assessment technique.” TAMAR LEWIN of the New York Times highlights several non-traditional students by sharing their stories of collegiate success. [read more]
Jane Manley
February 26, 2013
Jane Manley
February 25, 2013
ADITYA MAHESH, writing for Tech Crunch, discusses his regrets with his business degree even though he had some very exciting classes and lecturers. [read more]
Jane Manley
February 25, 2013
“Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announced plans to launch the nation’s first bachelor’s degree in Commercial Space Operationsduring a news conference Wednesday at the 16th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, D.C.
The new degree program, which would be offered at the Daytona Beach, Fla., campus of the world’s largest accredited aviation and aerospace academic institution, will supply the commercial spaceflight industry with skilled graduates in the areas of space policy, operations, regulation and certification, as well as space flight safety, and space program training, management and planning.” [read more]
Jane Manley
February 25, 2013
One of the latest trends in Higher Education is the use of MOOC “Massive Open Online Courses.” The industry leaders, Coursera and edX, announced last week that they have almost doubled their course options by adding courses from some of the top institutions in the country. “MOOCs have attracted millions of students and captured the public imagination over the past year, allowing people from all walks of life to learn from leading scholars at top-tier universities — free of charge” writes TERENCE CHEA of the Associated Press. At the same time he questions the effects of this movement on the degree seeking population. [read more]