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Sacramento Bee
Viewpoints: Plan to slash Cal Grants will cut into California's future success
As a rising college senior, I should be finalizing plans for my future beyond the halls of academia. But that's not on my mind these days. Instead, I am concerned my future is in jeopardy. It's not because I am doing poorly in school. I am near the top o...
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Asbury Park Press
Puppy therapy: Colleges go to the dogs for stress busters
ATLANTA — Just down the hall from the reference desk at Emory Universitys law library in a room housing antique legal texts is Stanley the golden retriever puppy, barking his head off. Stanley rolls around on the floor and chews on a squeaky toy while zo...
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PR Newswire
Stevens-Henager College Announces $6 Million in New Scholarships
SALT LAKE CITY, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stevens-Henager College, a leading provider of on-campus and online higher education, today announced 14 new scholarship programs worth $6 million annually. All of the new scholarship programs may be awarded o...
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Visalia Times-Delta
4 vying for top COS job
The slate of candidates vying to take the helm as the superintendent/president of College of the Sequoias on Monday afternoon addressed students, community members and faculty of the college they may soon be heading. The four candidates down from five a...
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Daily Bulletin
Cal State San Bernardino president-elect is ready for the future
SAN BERNARDINO - The incoming president of Cal State San Bernardino, Tomas D. Morales, was on campus Monday, fresh off the university's announcement last week that he's the school's top administrator. his take on his career and the job he will take over...
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Napa Valley Register
Worsening state budget threatens Napa schools, services
The state government’s financial outlook worsened Monday, as Gov. Jerry Brown laid out his plan to close a $16 billion budget gap with the May revision of his budget proposal. The plan includes $8 billion in cuts to caregivers for the elderly and disable...
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Santa Monica Patch
Gov. Brown's Latest Budget Plan: Bigger Shortfall, More Cuts
With a plea to voters, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed steep cuts across a variety of programs Monday to close a nearly $16 billion state budget deficit. As predicted, public education from kindergarten though college, could see billions in cuts, pending voter...
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Los Angeles Times
The case for more UC autonomy
The Times’ April 30 editorial, "," which challenges our proposal for modernizing University of California governance, deserves a response. First, the editorial predicts that allowing each campus more autonomy would risk turning highly sought-after school...
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University Business
U of Southern California To Award Degrees To Japanese Interned During WWII
Friday morning, the USC campus will be filled with smiling students posing for pictures next to the most important people in their lives. For Hitoshi Sameshima, however, graduation comes a little too late. It's been 70 years since Sameshima attended USC,...
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Fresno Bee
EDITORIAL: UC system shouldn't go in private direction
Given vast fluctuations and declines in revenue from the state, University of California chancellors are getting desperate and creative. State funding is 11% of the $22.5 billion operating budget for the 10 UC campuses. The rest comes from the federal go...
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Community College Spotlight
Training for energy jobs must match needs
Community College Spotlight is written by Joanne Jacobs. It provides a forum for discussion and debate about America’s community colleges, which are home to nearly half of all college students in the U.S. Views expressed on the blog are those of Joanne J...
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Naples Daily News
Open book interview: Candidates for Edison college president know what they'll be asked
The nine candidates vying to become Edison State College's next president will come into this week's interviews well-prepared — they already know the questions. With that in mind, committee members will pay close attention to their answers, which will he...
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Freshnews.com
Faculty Adoption Portals Announced: Enhanced Online Search for Textbooks Pushed by Non-profit 20 Million Minds Foundation
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 20 Million Minds Foundation (20MM) in partnership with Akademos today announced the launch of a non-profit faculty-focused Textbook Search Tool to help determine affordable peer-reviewed textbook optio...
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PennLive.com
President of Harrisburg Area Community College looks to the future in challenging economic times
The short commute through midtown barely taxed the avid sportsman. Nine months into the job, the president of Pennsylvania’s oldest and second-largest community college has had to put the bike away. “This job has been consuming,” said Sygielski, whom eve...
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Street Insider
U.S. Business School Leaders Visiting China Available for Interviews on Global Business, Management and Higher Education
DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- International business school leaders Steven C. Currall, dean and professor of management at University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management and Wendy Beecham, a former CEO and now managing director of exec...
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