From Community
College to Law School in California
California's community college system today will announce the
creation of a smoother pathway for students from 24 of the state's
community colleges to eventually gain entry to six law schools in
California. The agreement, which was brokered by the State Bar of
California, will provide law school-related resources to students at
two-year institutions, including financial aid counseling, academic
advising and LSAT prep. And the six participating law schools -- which
include ones based at the University of Southern California and the
University of California at Davis -- agreed to waive application fees and
take various other steps to increase the pipeline of community college
students.
Inside Higher Ed, May 1, 2014
Worried by FCC
Plan, Net-Neutrality Advocates at Colleges Gauge Next Steps
Some members of the
higher-education community, including major professional associations and
individual scholars, say they will fight proposed rules from the Federal
Communications Commission that would reportedly allow Internet-service
providers to charge a premium for faster connection speeds. The rules,
which will be publicly presented at the FCC’s May 15
meeting, have been characterized by some as a death knell for what’s
known as net neutrality—the equitable treatment of all flows of information
on the Internet.
The Chronicle of
Higher Education, May 1, 2014
The Agent Impact
Agents to recruit international students may be like global rankings of
universities, suggested William Lawton in a presentation here Wednesday.
"Even if you don't like the look of them, they are here to stay,"
said Lawton, of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, a think
tank.
Inside Higher Ed, May 1, 2014
The Good That
Community Colleges Do, Part 1
In a classic case of dueling studies, the American Association of Community
Colleges recently issued a report showing that most
community-college students see a significant return on their financial
investment. That was in response to an earlier report, produced
by the American Institutes for Research, indicating that for some students,
the value of a two-year degree is less than that of a high-school diploma. The
release of those two apparently contradictory studies within a few months
of each other prompted a fair amount of finger-pointing, thinly veiled
accusations, and claims and counterclaims. In other words, it was business
as usual in the dog-eat-dog world of higher-education policy debate.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 30, 2014
Google Disables Scanning of Student Email for Advertising Purposes
Under pressure from privacy advocates, Google announced on Wednesday that
it had permanently removed all ads from its Apps for Education, including
its email service, so the company can no longer harvest students’
information for advertising purposes.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 30, 2014
Bridge or Back Door?
The course: AMS 2270, 20th Century American Culture. The day’s lecture: the
Civil Rights movement. The composition of the class: one-third American
students, two-thirds international. The international students are enrolled
in a pathway program here at the University of South Florida, one of a
growing number of such programs that permit international students to take
a mix of credit-bearing academic and English as a second language courses
despite lacking the English language test scores required for direct
admission.
Inside Higher Ed, April 30, 2014
Lingua Franca
English has taken off as a global language in higher education -- as a
"medium of instruction," not just a foreign language in those countries
where English is not the first language, says a report released
Tuesday evening here. But in many countries and at many institutions, key
issues related to the expanded use of English have not been defined or, in
some cases, even discussed.
Inside Higher Ed, April 30, 2014
Business Leaders See U.S. Colleges
as Lagging in Readying Students for Jobs
Fifty-four percent of business leaders believe the American
higher-education system is falling behind developing and emerging countries
in preparing students for the work force, according to a released by
Northeastern University. The survey is the third in a series by the
institution. Eighty-seven percent of respondents said college graduates
lacked the most important skills needed to succeed. Ninety-seven percent
said colleges should expand opportunities for experiential learning, and 89
percent said colleges should increase teaching about entrepreneurship.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 29, 2014
Millennials Have Pretty Depressing Things To Say About Teachers
If American teachers are anywhere near as unimpressive as ambitious
Millennials perceive them to be, then the state of public school education
is quite depressing. A study released Tuesday by the centrist think
tank Third Way reveals that high-achieving undergraduate Millennials
don’t think much of the teaching profession and would rather choose a
different career. According to the study of 400 college students with GPAs
of 3.3 or greater, only 35 percent described teachers as “smart,” half
said the profession had gotten less prestigious over the years, and most
described teaching as the top profession for “average” people.
Huffington Post, April 29, 2014
Hundreds at Wash. school march for
diversity
A Western Washington University campus march in support of a more diverse
school has drawn hundreds of young people.
KIRO 7, April 28, 2014
Great Divide: Gap between poor and
wealthiest continues to widen
Like 34 percent of low-wage workers, Omogun and Vazquez have some college
education. Omogun finished one year of a two-year nursing program. Vazquez
dropped out after two years studying hotel and restaurant management at a
state school. The frenzy to funnel all high school graduates into some sort
of postsecondary education ignores reality: Many of the jobs being created
are low-wage, low-skill jobs. Of the 20 occupations the U.S. Department of
Labor predicts will add the most jobs between 2012 and 2022, eight require
a high school diploma or GED. Eight others don’t even require that.
The Daily World, April 16, 2014
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