LEBANON, Tenn. — Dozens of World War II-era veterans who are now in their 80s and 90s received honorary master's degrees at the site of their training as young soldiers.
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Ban College Football? – Turf Show Times
There's a discussion taking place to ban college football. Is that reasonable?
READ MORE »Shaquille O'Neal Earns Doctorate In Education At Barry In Fla.
MIAMI — Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is a doctor now. O'Neal received his doctoral degree in education from Barry University alongside 1100 other students during commencement ceremonies Saturday.
READ MORE »Big Labor forced to sell its only college | Washington Examiner
In the latest sign of the fast-shrinking Big Labor movement, the National Labor College established in 1969 by AFL-CIO icon George Meany to teach new labor organizing tactics and management to new generations of …
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Now, with the colleges passing out degrees in Creative Writing and fill-in-the-blank Studies like dollar off coupons from the Sunday paper, these worthless degrees still don't guarantee a job and the loans keep defaulting.
READ MORE »College why? | Steve Lundeberg
One of my colleagues had an interesting suggestion, at least to me: Given how expensive tuition is these days even at places like my alma mater Oregon State, is a college degree still worthwhile when someone could spend a …
READ MORE »Calculating The Value Of A College Degree
By Lauren Young NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) – How much is that college degree really worth? That depends on your major.
READ MORE »CARPE DIEM: Huge Gender College Degree Gap for Class of 2012 …
The chart above shows the huge college degree gap by gender for the Class of 2012 (data here). Women will earn a disproportionate share of college degrees at every level of higher education this year, and the gender …
READ MORE »Tao of Foo: Higher education as investment opportunity
Opponents to higher education tend to point out how many students tend to have trouble finding jobs after they graduate, especially those who chose to major in humanities. However, if we look at it from the same perspective …
READ MORE »Jefferson Award Winner Keeps Bay Area College Students Focused …
There are plenty of programs to help get students into college , but far less support to keep them there. This week's Jefferson Award winner is working hard to help students earn their degrees.
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