August 5, 2009

How Much Do Colleges Really Teach Students?

A College DegreeNew Web sites make it possible for students to research how much education a school really offers

By Kim Clark Posted August 4, 2009

Until now, students shopping for a college couldn’t get answers to some of their most important questions, such as “How much do students learn at this school?”

That finally might finally be changing. A growing number of colleges are posting results of tests that gauge how much their students learn as undergraduates [...]


 

July 24, 2009

Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?

Source: Time Magazine

a plus grade on paper Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?As laid-off workers add to surging enrollments, the White House looks to two-year schools for an educational bailout…

Community colleges are deeply unsexy. This fact tends to make even the biggest advocates of these two-year schools - which educate nearly half of U.S. undergraduates - sound defensive, almost a tad whiny.

“We don’t have the bands. We don’t have the football teams that everybody wants to boost,” says Stephen Kinslow, president of Texas’ Austin Community College (ACC). “Most people don’t understand community colleges very well at all.” And by “most people,” he means the graduates of fancy four-year schools who get elected and set budget priorities [read the full article...]


 

April 26, 2009

How Do I Get Into Media | Introducing HungryGrad.com

HungryGrad.com

hungrygrad pic how to get into media How Do I Get Into Media | Introducing HungryGrad.comI was watching the news early this morning and I saw a segment that talked about how new college graduates and future college graduates can get info and help with landing a job or internship in media.  The website that was introduced was HungryGrad.com.

HungryGrad is a place to connect with media pros, mentors and grads looking for their first media job plus resources to help you get your foot in the door.


 

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