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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

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In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We

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The "Liberation of Education" Online Conference Starts Today - I'm Speaking Twice

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Despite i ndications that youth are increasingly involved in civic life , voter turnout among 18- to 24-year-olds remains stubbornly low , and many young adults say they don’t know the basics of how to register to vote and cast a ballot. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. Equity is not that everyone knows how to write a loop but that they understand why it matters and how a loop can help people,” says Wybrant.

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Learning by Voting: Students Want the Right to Make a Difference in Real Life

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Despite indications that youth are increasingly involved in civic life , voter turnout among 18- to 24-year-olds remains stubbornly low , and many young adults say they don’t know the basics of how to register to vote and cast a ballot. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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In a panel discussion moderated by Mark Phillips (CEO at HireEducation), Graham Forman (Founder of Ednovate) and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge (Portfolio Services Director at Kapor Capital) will talk about the challenges of obtaining funding, and how to overcome those obstacles to get your business started. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m.

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Colleges fight attempts to stop them from withholding transcripts over unpaid bills

The Hechinger Report

But in the beginning there was a lot of resistance, and we needed to have a lot of advocacy to take this bill across the finish line.”. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Colleges and universities there eventually “came around to recognize this as an equity issue,” said Slatter. They are “reluctant to let go,” she said.