Academics
Gates Foundation to Include All States
35 states were left out in the cold when Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation would be working with 15 hand picked states for a share of a 4 billion dollar grant from the Department of Education. Needless to say, the left out states had a thing or two to say about the program. [...]
Health Career Clubs Gain Interest Among High School Hopefuls
Even in a downturned economy, health care careers are in steady demand, and high schools have taken notice. So much so, even, that the new big trend appears to be health care career clubs aimed at familiarizing students with the health care field and helping them secure prospects at the best medical, nursing, pharmacy, and [...]
SUNY Buffalo School of Social Work Goes Online
The University at Buffalo School of Social Work has the world of technology in its sights — the prestigious program has launched four internet-based social worker degree initiatives designed with the hopes of engaging “the cyberspace community” and bringing creativity and innovation to its field.
Whether it means nationally acclaimed podcasts or the emerging alternative [...]
Manatee Community College Becomes State College of Florida to Reflect New Four-Year Nursing Program
Manatee Community College, of Sarasota and Manatee counties in Florida, is no more — the school’s president, Lars Hafner, and his administration have changed its name from MCC to State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, one short month on the heels of an approval to start offering four-year RN to BSN degrees along with their standard [...]
Citizens Call For New Public Law School in Texas
An op-ed piece in the Austin American-Statesman this week bemoaned the lack of public legal and paralegal schools in North Texas. According to the article, Texas hasn’t built a public law school since 1967, even in spite of rising populations making existing schools all the more exclusive.
North Texas is home to two fine private [...]
Teaching Jobs on the Horizon in Arizona
Public education programs have suffered as much as any industry in our country’s current economy, but don’t everyone give up on pursuing those teaching degrees just yet — despite widespread layoffs, nineteen Arizona school districts have seen growth in student populations, signifying a demand for teachers and meaning that new hires (and rehires) may not [...]
Anaheim University Introduces Green Online MBA Program
It seems like online MBA degrees are all the rage for aspiring professionals these days, and going green is huge with everyone — but the two together? It’s a match made in heaven and at Anaheim University, where their Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute has created the MBA in Sustainable Management, an online program designed to [...]
New Criminal Justice Degree Offered at University of Wisconsin
Just in from the University of Wisconsin — starting this fall, criminal justice degrees will be offered at their Washington County location at West Bend. According to Greater Milwaukee Today, this bachelor of science degree will be the eighth full four-year degree offered at the WC location.
This is the eighth four-year degree students at UW-WC [...]
Community College a Good Economic Option
Starting your college career at a two year community college can save a great deal of money on undergraduate coursework. But you do need to do your research first. When choosing this route, you need to find out if all of your credits will be transferable to the next school you plan to attend.
For students [...]
Use It or Lose It
Hurry up and get that college degree before you loose it - your mind that is. According to a study in the journal, Neurobiology of Aging, certain mental abilities max out at age 22.
Certain kinds of mental skills hit their peak at age 22 and then begin to decline at age 27, according [...]
Editor: Melissa Steele is a freelance writer and focuses her research on funding for higher education. She is a graduate of UNLV and endeavors to keep her readers up to date with the most relevant education information.