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Friday, February 18, 2011

195. MVCAP fyi

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1. Education funding crisis expected to grow beyond Wisconsin, by Michael Martinez - http://bit.ly/h8GOFT #cnn

‎"What concerns educators is that the quality of education -- and student achievement -- will take staggering hits under budget cuts now being considered in many states, Bryant said."

2. House Poised to Block 'Gainful', by Doug Lederman - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/i4CnUd

"The measure would block the Education Department from using any of its appropriated funds for the rest of the 2011 fiscal year to implement, administer or enforce its controversial plan to assess the quality of vocational programs based largely on the ability of former students to repay their student loans."

3. Duncan Announces Four Community College Regional Summits Aimed at Boosting College Completion, by Jane Glickman -U.S. Department of Education: http://bit.ly/gbR5Wu

"These regional summits are an opportunity to build partnerships that strengthen our community colleges, turn challenges into actions, and produce the best-educated and most-competitive workforce in the world," Duncan said."

4. Do College Athletes Have Time to Be Students? by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/38doH03

‎"According to the survey, the most demanding sport is Division I and II baseball, which has the longest season of any collegiate sport. Division I baseball players devote 42.1 hours a week to the sport during their season, which is 10.4 hours more than they spend on academics. Division I basketball and football players also spend more time on their sports than they do on their school work."

5. DePaul Becomes Biggest Private University to Go 'Test Optional', by Eric Hoover - http://chronicle.com/article/DePaul-U-Will-Make-SAT-and/126396/

‎"Starting with applicants for the freshman class entering in 2012, students who choose not to submit ACT or SAT scores will write short responses to essay questions designed to measure "noncognitive" traits, such as leadership, commitment to service, and ability to meet long-term goals."

6. Georgia Lawmakers Keep Hope Scholarship Alive, but with Cap on Awards, by Eric Kelderman - http://chronicle.com/article/Georgia-Lawmakers-Keep-Hope/126412/

‎"The scholarship pays all tuition, and a small amount toward books, at the state's public colleges for any resident who graduates from high school with a B average. Private-college students can get $4,000 a year. The program, financed with lottery proceeds, is nearly 20 years old and now pays for about 200,000 Georgia residents to attend college each year."

7. Smart people + big report = dreamy nonsense, by Jay Mathews - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2011/02/smart_people_big_report_mush.html

"It identifies a major problem in our education system -- that the movement to get high schools to prepare all students for college has not worked. Only about 40 percent of our high school graduates earn college degrees. The ones that don't go to college often have trouble finding jobs."

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