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How ‘Achieving the Dream’ Data Spur Change

MDRC released a report Thursday analyzing how five community colleges that participated in the Achieving the Dream initiative used the funding they received from the Lumina Foundation for Education to become more “data-driven.” The report notes that the $450,000 each of these institutions received from Lumina made up only a small percentage of the cost of implementing these reforms. “Colleges tended to support much of their work through the reallocation of existing employee time,” the report says.
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How ‘Achieving the Dream’ Data Spur Change

MDRC released a report Thursday analyzing how five community colleges that participated in the Achieving the Dream initiative used the funding they received from the Lumina Foundation for Education to become more “data-driven.” The report notes that the $450,000 each of these institutions received from Lumina made up only a small percentage of the cost of implementing these reforms. “Colleges tended to support much of their work through the reallocation of existing employee time,” the report says.
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Local further education college tutors are » ahlinzavarovanja.com

Local further education college tutors are very tolerant towards ESOL students because they understand most such students are busy at their work places and have to spend much time at works in order to survive in unknown environment. ...
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Local further education college tutors are » ahlinzavarovanja.com

Local further education college tutors are very tolerant towards ESOL students because they understand most such students are busy at their work places and have to spend much time at works in order to survive in unknown environment. ...
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Student Loan Bill Scorecard (Inside Higher Ed)

"Books will probably be written about the legislation Congress is poised to enact to transform the federal student loan programs," Inside Higher Ed reports. "But while the historians do their work, here's a look at which institutions, people and other players will be helped, hurt and otherwise affected by the measure -- and how it positions them for the future."
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Checklist for the Transition to Direct Loans Now Available

NASFAA and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have collaborated to create the Checklist for the Transition to Direct Loans. NASFAA is pleased to announce the availability this checklist that will help institutions consider all relevant issues as they prepare for participation in the Direct Loan Program. The checklist has interactive fields, allowing the user to answer questions and save their work without printing the document.
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Forde Minutes: 40 names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college hoops – ESPN

Seattle Post Intelligencer Forde Minutes: 40 names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college hoops ESPN Anyway, this rumination led to a Minutes Media Poll of sports writers who do their work in the college towns of America. The Minutes asked writers who cover ... College basketball: No. 1 Kansas rips Texas St. Louis Post-Dispatch College Basketball: Kansas Jayhawks vs Texas Longhorns Game TheOnlinewire Consistency Propels Jayhawks Sports Central FanHouse all 362 news articles
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Sociologists Get Religion

In significant shift over time, issues related to faith get more play in top journals, more scholars make religious issues central to their work, and more are getting outside funds.
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JCTC Course Gives Students with Down Syndrome a Taste of College Life

The six students in Luanne Goldsby's class have Down syndrome and are not receiving college credit for their work, but instead get a Continuing Education Unit.
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The Insecurity of Higher Ed Research

Scholars of higher education debate relevance of their work, even as annual meeting features scores of compelling studies.
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