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Boston Herald
Colleges funnel fees to stave off reforms
The state’s 15 community colleges — facing a Patrick administration plan to control student fees and seize oversight of the schools — are using those same fees to pay for a high-priced Beacon Hill lobbyist to fight the governor’s proposal. The Massachuse...
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Detroit News Online
U.S. Education official Eduardo Ochoa talks college affordability at UDM commencement
College affordability, a hot issue in this year's presidential election as student loan debt outnumbers credit card debt, was at the center of a commencement speech given to University of Detroit Mercy graduates Saturday by U.S. Education Department Assi...
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Hack Education
The Week in Ed-Tech News: RIP Maurice Sendak
Stanford University and Pearson are working on developing a new licensing procedure: teachers send the company 2 10 minute videos of themselves teacher, along with answers to a 40-page test. They pass, they’ll soon be able to get a teaching license in mu...
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Australia Business Review
State House Ceremony Honors Bunker Hill Community College Graduate - Press Releases
BOSTON, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leticia do Prado, a Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) graduate, was one of 29 outstanding 2012 graduates of Massachusetts community colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts honore...
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Street Insider
State House Ceremony Honors Bunker Hill Community College Graduate
BOSTON, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leticia do Prado, a Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) graduate, was one of 29 outstanding 2012 graduates of Massachusetts community colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts honore...
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SouthCoastToday.com
Another college newspaper comes under fire
LOWELL — Another student newspaper at a Massachusetts university is under fire for a spoof edition that some consider offensive. The traditional end-of-the-semester edition of the UMass Lowell Connector that came out Wednesday was full of profanities and...
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Boston.com
Massachusetts private colleges set 2012 commencement plans
Graduation season is upon us. Here is a rundown on commencement plans for some of the private colleges in Masssachusetts. For additions and corrections to the list, please e-mail Alli Knothe at AKnothe@globe.com. Honorary degree recipients: CNN journalis...
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Education Next
Supersize My Education? Not in Singapore
Boarding my plane from Singapore after a fascinating, whirlwind reacquaintance with that small nation’s remarkable education system, I encountered this Wall Street Journal headline: “Education Slows in U.S., Threatening Prosperity.” Reading on, I learned...
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Cape Cod Online
3 Cape students honored as standouts
Three Cape Cod college students were among 29 honored Thursday by Gov. Deval Patrick for academic excellence and outstanding civic engagement in the 29 Who Shine Awards. Each of the state's 29 public colleges and universities nominated a candidate based...
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Lowell Sun Online
MCC head blasts gov over excluding colleges from workforce talks
she said the schools deserve "a seat at the table." BOSTON -- Middlesex Community College President Carole Cowan criticized the Patrick administration yesterday for failing to include community colleges in its workforce-development discussions. "They nee...
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Daytona Beach News-Journal
Racial labels can't define opportunity
This fall the Supreme Court will hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could decide the fate of racial preferences in the college admissions process. And here's a perfect example of why higher education's affirmative action and diversity initia...
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Metro - Boston
Report: Increase higher education funding
A hike in state funding for public higher education will result in an immediate boost in jobs and a long-run benefit of increased tax revenue, according to a new analysis. The economic impact analysis, released Thursday at the State House, said that an $...
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SouthCoastToday.com
Study: Higher ed investment returns better than casinos, tax cuts
A 40-page study discussed at the capitol today concludes investments in public higher education diplomas and college certificates might provide the best chance at improving the Massachusetts economy, but state lawmakers have no plans yet to increase fund...
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Inside Higher Ed
Candace Thille talks MOOCs and machine learning
When Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sent ripples through the higher education world last week by announcing edX, a joint platform for massive online versions of their courses, many observers took it as a boon for access....
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Boston.com
29 Massachusetts students who shine
Thousands of students will graduate from Massachusetts colleges and universities this month. The students in this gallery have been singled out for the state's 29 Who Shine awards. The awards honor students from Massachusetts community colleges, state un...
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