Aerospace
education key to retaining industry in Washington, Dorn says
Washington needs to redouble its efforts to train the next generation of
aerospace workers, said a panel of educators and human resources
professionals Wednesday at Pierce County’s Third Annual Aerospace
Summit. Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy
Dorn said the need for technically proficient workers has increased many
times in the last several decades.
The News Tribune, July 23, 2014
Education Dept.
Will Test Use of Student Aid in Programs Not Based on Credit Hour
In an effort to graduate more nontraditional students faster, the U.S.
Education Department will test the idea of awarding student aid based on
something other than credit hours, the department said on Tuesday.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 23, 2014
Rockstar
Parking, for a Price
Consider it yet another woe of American higher education:
parking. Now, though, some parking reformers are looking to make major
changes. [Brian] Shaw, who is now director of parking and transportation at
Stanford University, is a proponent of what he calls “the dark side of
parking.” That means, among other things, charging people more for rockstar
parking spots.
Inside Higher Ed, July 23, 2014
Experimenting
With Aid
The U.S. Department of Education will give its blessing -- and
grant federal aid eligibility -- to colleges' experimentation with
competency-based education and prior learning assessment.
Inside Higher Ed, July 23, 2014
Affordable
Options
Intensive advising programs can result in significant savings
for low-income students going to college, according to a new research
paper, but many high schools lack the sort of resources the paper
discusses.
Inside Higher Ed, July 23, 2014
Bryman College
Operator Files for Chapter 11
For-profit school company BioHealth College Inc., which
operates four Bryman College campuses in California, has filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection. ... BioHealth College acquired Everest
College campuses in San Jose, San Francisco, Hayward and Los Angeles in
January 2013 from Corinthian Colleges—a for-profit college operator with
more than 100 schools that is now in the process of winding down its
own operations—and changed the schools’ names to Bryman.
The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2014
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