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Young, black and buried in debt: How for-profit colleges prey on African-American ambition - Salon.com

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:03:41 GMT

Source: littlelazer.tumblr.com --- Monday, June 10, 2013
Young, black and buried in debt: How for-profit Colleges prey on African-American ambition - Salon.com : But this headlong rush of black Americans to get schooled has also led too many down a depressingly familiar path. As with the mortgage market of the pre-crash era, those who are just entering in the higher ed game have found themselves ripe for the con man’s picking. They’ve landed, disproportionately, at for-profit schools, rather than at far less expensive public community Colleges, or at public universities. And that means they’ve found themselves loaded with unimaginable debt, with little to show for it, while a small group of financial players have made a great deal of easy money. Sound familiar? ...

Young, black and buried in debt: How for-profit colleges prey on African-American ambition

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Source: www.salon.com --- Sunday, June 09, 2013
There are a few dictums that have enjoyed pride of place in black American families alongside “Honor your parents” and “Do unto others” since at least Emancipation. One of them is this: The road to freedom passes through the schoolhouse doors. After all, it was illegal even to teach an enslaved person to read in many states; under Jim Crow, literacy tests were used for decades to deny black voters their rights. So no surprise that from Reconstruction to the first black president, the consensus has been clear. The key to "winning the future," in one of President Obama's favorite phrases, is to get educated. "There is no surer path to success in the middle class than a good education," the president declared in his much-discussed speech on the roots of gun violence in black Chicago. Rarely has that message resounded so much as now, with nearly one in seven black workers still jobless. Those who've found work have moved out of the manufacturing and public sectors, where good jobs were once available without a higher ed degree, and into the low-wage service sector, to which the uncredentialed are now relegated. So while it has become fashionable lately to speculate about middle-class kids abandoning elite Colleges for adventures in entrepreneurship, an entirely different trend has been unfolding in black America — people are going back to school in droves. Continue Reading... ...

American Sign Language more popular at colleges

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:27:00 GMT

Source: www.chicagotribune.com --- Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Every year, more college students in the U.S. are learning a new language without uttering a word. ...

Are community colleges truly preparing the future American workforce?

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:08:22 GMT

Source: www.tucsonsentinel.com --- Monday, June 03, 2013
We were very surprised at the findings of a new report showing that the instructors in many of our community Colleges expect very little from their first-year students—and a large fraction of those entering these institutions cannot meet even those low standards. ...

Local colleges sport All-American track athletes: Five at 5

Sun, 26 May 2013 09:00:01 GMT

Source: www.pennlive.com --- Sunday, May 26, 2013
David Denlinger and Matt Burkhart combine to win Hershey Links Better Ball tournament. ...

Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:32:08 GMT

Source: www.bespacific.com --- Thursday, May 23, 2013
Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community - Colleges and Restoring the American Dream. By The Century Foundation Task Force... ...

MCCC Students Named to Who’s Who Among American Junior Colleges

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:00 GMT

Source: reporterschoolnotes.blogspot.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Blue Bell/Pottstown — Sixty-two students from Montgomery County Community College’s Class of 2013 were named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. To qualify for Who’s Who, students must have graduated during the 2012-2013 academic year with a grade point average of at least 2.75 and must be nominated by a member of MCCC’s faculty or staff. The 2013 Who’s Who students are listed below by area of residence: Ambler: Amy Kolesnik Abington: Jessica Lowenstein Barto: Hilda Hynes Bechtelsville: Dana Rubright Ceders: Vincent Pupillo Cheltenham: Leland Cohen Collegeville: Devin Dietrich, James Fulop, Jessica Kelly Conshohocken: Christine Muszynski Eagleville: Patricia Piazza Erdenheim: John Harkins Gilbertsville: John McKillip Glenside : Brigitta Good Harleysville : Karen Katz, Sarah Sharkey Hatfield: Rachel Hughes, Ahn Nhu Zuynh Nguyen Horsham: Jordan Feldman, Victoria Greco Jenkintown: Kimberly Spruill King of Prussia : Warda Alamgir, Alyssa Goodman Lansdale : Abu Chowdhury, Michael Fetter, Kristina Harmon, Jaclyn Irvin, Ingrid Phelps, Brandy Pitman Limerick: Shanae Roberts Norristown : Alison Bergey, Koha Doan, John Iorio, La’Kiesha Richet, David Tatasciore, Tzu Yun (Iris) Wang North Wales: Brynne Gallagher Perkiomenville: Meghan Whitely Phoenixville: Jessica Hutchinson Plymouth Meeting: Michael Guarini Pottstown: Quanzella Butler, Abigal Galloway, Leyna Gilleland, Nicole Holland, Shannon Lyons, Scott MacNeil, Kri ...

Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:18:20 GMT

Source: drreese.wordpress.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Story ran Huffington Post April 27, 2012 It is peculiar that climate coverage since 2009, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a climate bill, has plummeted on the big four television networks. Especially since a recent New York Times poll found that the public has linked extreme weather to global warming. Given that in March 2012, more than 15,000 warm temperature records were eclipsed, dating back to 1895 (that’s 1,400 months), why wouldn’t the public start to connect the dots? It is crucial that the lawmakers in Washington, D.C., understand that the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. It’s clearly time for our nation to begin adapting to a “new normal,” as the climate is irrefutably changing. We need climate preparedness and models for a low-carbon American economy. In 2007, a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to form the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Five years later they have achieved some remarkable results. “This commitment represents unprecedented leadership by the higher education sector, which is the first and only major U.S. sector with a significant number of its members to commit to climate neutrality. Higher education leaders are sending a strong signal to society that climate change and other large-scale unsustainable practices pose a real and urgent threat and that Colleges and universities are working together not ...

Opinion: Why American Colleges Are Becoming A Force For Inequality

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:23:20 GMT

Source: www.financialaidnews.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
"We like to view higher education as the "great equalizer" that leads to social mobility. But selective Colleges have long been accused of perpetuating class divides, rather than blurring them," Josh Freedman writes in The Atlantic. ...

Muslim Brotherhood Inside American Colleges

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:15:48 GMT

Source: nowewont.ning.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
In 1988, an FBI informant inside the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood network warned that it had a front called the international institute of islamic Thought (IIIT). The IIIT leadership, the source reported, said they were in the first of six phases........................................................................................................................................................................................... Read Article Here ...

Why American Colleges Are Becoming a Force for Inequality

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:17:16 GMT

Source: workplacechoice.org --- Friday, May 17, 2013
By Josh Freedman, The Atlantic We like to view higher education as the “great equalizer” that leads to social mobility. But selective Colleges have long been accused of perpetuating class divides, rather than blurring them. Read Full Article Here ...

Local colleges: ECSU's Arielle Cooper named All-American

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:30:08 GMT

Source: www.norwichbulletin.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
Eastern Connecticut State University senior Arielle Cooper became the first third baseman in program history to earn first-team All-American honors after being feted by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. ...

With the Association of American Medical Colleges slated to introduce a new MCAT...

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:33:06 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
With the Association of American Medical Colleges slated to introduce a new MCAT in 2015, Harvard students say that the premed track at Harvard does not adequately prepare them for the exam. And, they say, they often face prohibitively expensive costs when they turn to classes run by test preparatory companies for instruction. | http://ow.ly/l7lfN Premeds in Search of MCAT Prep Say Harvard Classes Provide Insufficient Instruction | News | The Har www.thecrimson.com Ghassan S. Gammoh ’14 has taken Life Sciences 1a and 1b, Mathematics 1a and 1b, Statistics 104, Life Sciences 2, Physical Sciences 1, 2, and 3, a summer school class on organic chemistry, and a freshman seminar entitled “The Neurophysiology of Visual Perception” during his time at Harvard. ...

Why American Colleges Are Becoming a Force for Inequality - Josh Freedman - The Atlantic

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:23:06 GMT

Source: pinboard.in --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of American colleges and universities

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:31:42 GMT

Source: www.barenakedislam.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
Check below to see if any Colleges you know are in bed with the founders of al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood. Shockingly, they have infiltrated the United States Naval Academy. Clarion Project In 1988, an FBI informant inside the U.S. Muslim … Continue reading → ...

For the love of language: American Sign Language popularity surges at colleges

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:55 GMT

Source: www.timesfreepress.com --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Here is a list of local Colleges and whether they have regular courses in American Sign Language. ...

Top American and Canadian colleges coming to ACS Cobham tomorrow

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:00 GMT

Source: www.thisislocallondon.co.uk --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
ACS Cobham International School will welcome 15 North American higher education institutions for an event unique in Surrey this year. ...

Lessons by American Colleges on Hating America

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:47:23 GMT

Source: capitalismmagazine.com --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended the University of Massachusetts. Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be a good start. Let’s look at it. “We need to think very, very [...] The post Lessons by American Colleges on Hating America appeared first on Capitalism Magazine . ...

American Sign Language popularity surges at colleges

Tue, 14 May 2013 03:38:48 GMT

Source: www.contracostatimes.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
American Sign Language, rarely taught two decades ago, is close to replacing German as No. 3 behind Spanish and French at Colleges and universities. ...

New Path for Wealthy Chinese to American Colleges

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Source: www.insidehighered.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
A growing number of wealthy Chinese families are trying a new strategy to earn admission for their children to elite American Colleges: enrolling them first in private high schools in New York City. The New York Times reported that there were 638 Chinese students with visas at high schools in New York City in 2012, compared to 114 five years earlier. Ad keywords: Admissions International ...