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Aug31	Rutgers University Driving Students Away Bill Belew August 31, 2006 Know More: Business of Education, Traditional University 2.0, Business of Education Rutgers University is New Jersey's Largest University. And, it seems they are doing their darndest to change that. Rutgers will cut nearly 800 classes and 750 jobs as well as several sports programs in order to stay in the black. And, they will raise tuition = the students are being asked to pay MORE for LESS. By the time students pay in-state tuition costs, mandatory fees, dorm costs and such, the average Rutger student's parent will need to shell out about $19,000, making it one of the most expensive state universities in the country. The Rutgers Board of Governors said they had no choice but to raise tuition for its 50,000 student body because the state cut their funding by $66 million. Poor rich school. Can't get the money given them by the state, so they squeeze it out of it students. Let's see, pay more taxes or pay more tuition? What do you think? go to 老毕看中国 Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug31	Career Education Corporation Takes Care of Her Own Bill Belew August 31, 2006 I teach F2F for Career Education Corporation. I have been for three years. For personal reasons it has become necessary for my wife and I to move from our home on the west coast to somewhere back east. Career Education... Continue Reading Posted at 12:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Florida International University and Lehigh University Re-Orientation Bill Belew August 30, 2006 InsideHigherEd had an interesting article about orientation into Florida International University and Lehigh University. It is of particular interest to me because my son almost went to one of them and I was almost hired by one. FIU models their... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BMW To Recommend To Clemson University Who to Hire Bill Belew August 30, 2006 BMW has endowed two chairs at Clemson University with $5 million each. Though BMW is in Germany, it has a major plant in South Carolina. The state matched BMW's $10 million with $10 million. But, there is a catch...always a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	University of Connecticut Passes the Hat Again Bill Belew August 29, 2006 The University of Connecticut has to keep passing the hat to get the money for its new Frank Gehry Arts building. Apparently fund rasing is behind on the project - price tag $90 million! Holy cow! Poor UofC...can't get the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush Policies Block Cuban Scholars Bill Belew August 29, 2006 According to the Latin American Studies Association, policies of the Bush administration make it too difficult for Cuban scholars to come to the States to study. Of course, there are no Cuban policies that make it difficult. Consequently, the LASA... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	Fopros Aggressively Seek Online Students Bill Belew August 28, 2006 A report by eLearners states that within one month fopros will follow up on 91% of leads expressed by prospective online students. For traditional universities the follow-up is around 50%. The traditional universities cry 'foul!' And complain that fopros do... Continue Reading Posted at 10:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	No Way Should DePaul University Be Ranked Number One For Diversity on Campus by the Princeton Review Bill Belew August 28, 2006 In 1999 and 2003 DePaul University was ranked number one in having the "Happiest Students." For the past four years it has been in the top 20 of "Great College Towns" this year ranking number 5. However, what DePaul seems... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug27	Founders College Looking For a Home Bill Belew August 27, 2006 Gary Hull, not the Olympic swimmer (spelling is different) is an instructor at Duke University. He will also preside over Founders College which hopes to set up shop on an 1,100 acre estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Lynchburg,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UAlbany in the Chinese Spotlight Bill Belew August 27, 2006 A camera crew is following a large delegation of Chinese on a tour of UAlbany. The Chinese think that because UAlbany has ties with companies like AMD and IBM, that UAlbany knows the latest in technology and business. So, the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug25	Arizona's Apollo Group Does Its Job - Arizona Charter Schools Do Not Bill Belew August 25, 2006 Apollo Group, owner of University of Phoenix and home based in Phoenix is going great guns, meeting needs and educating students. Other Arizona schools cannot make that same boast. Randy Harrington writes in the American Chronicle of his experience with... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Creates Good Will in Asia - Students Bill Belew August 25, 2006 China's economy is growing and the influence of this growth is felt throughout the world, and particularly among her neighbors. Since 9/11 the number of foreign students in the US has decreased dramatically. As a result, they have to/want to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	University of Illinois Takes Aim at Fopro Online Approach Bill Belew August 24, 2006 The University of Illinois, with the support of its President and university board are backing instead of resisting a fopro/online approach to delivering a university education. After seeing the ongoing success of the likes of University of Phoenix, the Big... Continue Reading Posted at 2:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Talented High School Students Take Aim at SAT and ACT Tests Bill Belew August 24, 2006 With as many as 70% of students who take the national entrance examination in China NOT going to a four year college in China, Chinese high school students are starting to take aim at SAT and ACT tests in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	Devry Inc., Strayer Education Inc., ITT Educational Services Inc. All See Enrollment Grow Bill Belew August 23, 2006 When the economy slows down, people have no where else to go...except maybe back to school. The fopros usually benefit the most as the are usually professionally and vocationally focused. In the second quarter of this year - ITT Educational... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Hosts Fiercest Academic Competition in the World Bill Belew August 23, 2006 Every year around the beginning of June China's ministry of Education offers a nationwide college entrance examination. This year the test was offered on June 7-8. A record 9.52 million people registered for the test this year with 8.8 million... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	13 Schools Face Takeover By Maryland State Bill Belew August 22, 2006 There are 13 elementary and middle schools in Maryland state that face being taken over by the state because of poor performance for the past SIX years! A kid could start and finish elementary school the entire time the school... Continue Reading Posted at 2:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) - Quanta Computer at $100 Bill Belew August 22, 2006 Quanta Computer is one of the world's largest makers of laptops. Now Quanta wants every child in the world to have one of their laptops, for $100 a piece. The laptop has a 7.5 in. diagonal screen, 1,200 x 1,900... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	Fry's Electronics Determines Stanford, UC-Berkely and Santa Clara will Lose Out to Morgan Hill Bill Belew August 21, 2006 Morgan Hill? Morgan Hill is not even a university or a university town or anything else. It is a small town just south of San Jose that desperate people wanting houses they can afford (not any more) would travel to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Alameda Court Tries to Pass Students Who Have Failed Exit Exams Bill Belew August 21, 2006 Talk about the need to go back to school! This judge needs some remediation. About 20,000 students or 5% of the graduates in California could NOT pass the exit exams. These tests are administered to ensure that students meet the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug20	Good News for DeVry, Apollo Group, Strayer Education and Career Education Corporation Bill Belew August 20, 2006 DeVry, Apollo Group, Strayer Education and Career Education Corporation got some good news a couple of days ago. The National Center for Education Statistics said post-secondary education enrollment will increase by 13% between 2004 and 2014. FORBES says that in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cost of Education Leads to High-tech Begging Bill Belew August 20, 2006 The US is not the only place where the cost of education is out of reach, even for children of middle class parents. Four students at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have created a website Pay My Degree in hopes... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	Trivoli Audio's iYiYiPod Clock Radio in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 18, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an Trivoli Audio iYiYiPod Clock Radio in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Drexel University Study Says Race And Class Affect College Advice Bill Belew August 18, 2006 A Drexel University professor analyzed the responses of some 1,700 guidance counselors to student profiles with information about academic performance, race, class and so on. Regardless of academic performance, counselors were more apt to recommend community colleges to middle-class students... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	National Commission Calls for Serious Reforms in Higher Education Bill Belew August 17, 2006 Education Secretary, Margaret Spelling, commissioned a 19 member panel to investigate the state of non-profit higher education and come back with a report of what needs to be done. The commission is ready to report. There are two main issues:... Continue Reading Posted at 2:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jansport Dreamer Backpack in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 17, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Jansport Dreamer Backpack hanging from the bunk bed in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Belkin's N1 Wi-fi Router in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 16, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an N1 Wi-fi router from Belkin in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Belkin's Wi-fi Phone for Skype in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 16, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Belkin Wi-fi phone for Skype in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	Kensington's Microsaver DS Notebook PC Lock in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 15, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Kensington Microsaver DS Notebook Lock in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dada Code M Sneaker in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 15, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Dada Code M Sneakers under the bed in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	Ace Bayou's New Padded X Rocker II in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 14, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an ACE Bayou's New Padded X ROcker II in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ATI's TV Wonder 650 Card in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 14, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an ATI TV Wonder 650 Card in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	Kef's KHT3005 5.1-channel Speaker System in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 13, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Kef's KHT3005 5.1-channel speaker system in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Westinghouse Corporation LCM-22w2 in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 13, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Westinghouse Corporation LCM-22w2 wide-screen LCD monitor in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Salinas High School Bill Belew August 11, 2006 I didn't know there was such an animal until I read about our governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger visitng Salinas High School. Salinas is a year-round vocational high school. Now that makes sense to me. I wrote here a few days back... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Produces 600,000 University Trained Engineers EVERY Year Bill Belew August 11, 2006 China's universities turn out 600,000 trained engineers every year. What is that, almost 1600 each day?! However, a Mckinsey survey of nine occupations including engineers, accountants and doctors found that fewer than one in 10 of those graduates were employable... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 5) Bill Belew August 11, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	California State University is Nuts (part 4) Bill Belew August 10, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Number of Indian Engineering Students Are Limited Bill Belew August 10, 2006 India graduates about 3 million students from their universities each year. According to a survey by India's National Association of Software and Service Companies, about 25 percent of them are engineering graduates. Another 10-15 percent are considered suitable for direct... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	New Jersey Colleges to Raise Tuition Bill Belew August 9, 2006 Gee, what's new? Another university system is going to raise tuition so they can have more money to mismanage. New Jersey claims that: 1. Spiking fuel costs - yep, they are the only ones who have been hit by this.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 3) Bill Belew August 9, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	EVCI Career College Holding Company Under Fire Bill Belew August 8, 2006 EVCI Career College Holding Company is owner of the Interboro Institute, a college that specializes in getting students in college even though the students do NOT have a high school diploma. So, how does a student get into college without... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 2) Bill Belew August 8, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	University of Pennsylvania Divests From Sudan Bill Belew August 7, 2006 I bet this will make the people of Pennsylvania both happy and angry. They will be happy to know that their tax dollars are no longer being used to support genocide in Darfur. They will be angry to know that... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 1) Bill Belew August 7, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 6	Michigan State Tells Its Students to Come Home Bill Belew August 6, 2006 Michigan State has eight students studying abroad in Israel...Jerusalem. Now MSU wants them to come home. Though they are relatively far from the fighting, MSU feels it is prudent to ask not require the students to come back. Israel and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	STAND - Students Taking Action Now: Darfur Bill Belew August 6, 2006 Kudos to student movements that make a difference. STAND is Students Taking Action Now: Dafur. These students are all over their colleges for the money their colleges are investing in places like Sinopec. Why? Because Sinopec supports the Sudanese government... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Kent Reconsiders the First Amendment Bill Belew August 4, 2006 Facebook.com boasts of 7.5 million users from high school and universities. Not a few of Kent's athletes put their personal info on line - how drunk as a skunk I got, how naked I get and where I go skinny... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Compton Community College To Lose Accreditation Bill Belew August 4, 2006 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges says that it plans to take away Compton Community College's accreditation. There are two main reasons WASC says it plans to do this: 1. Poor governance 2. Lack of student support services If... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	Career Education Posts Loss Bill Belew August 3, 2006 Career Education posts quarterly loss . This report hits close to home because I work for one of their schools. Though analysts said they were expected to make money, they came up short instead. The reasons: 1. Shelling out $85... Continue Reading Posted at 6:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Growth in Full-time Jobs in Higher Ed Pales to Part-time Openings Bill Belew August 3, 2006 Inside Higher Ed :: Where the Jobs Are reports that the number of fulltime jobs at higher ed institutions grew by only 14.3% between 1993 and 2003. Compared to that, the number of part-time positions grew by 43.7% or more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	Harvard Divests Its Holdings In PetroChina Limited Bill Belew August 2, 2006 Harvard decided that PetroChina was supporting the government of Sudan's efforts at genocide in Darfur. So, they asked for their money back. Stanford followed suit a few weeks later announcing that it would sell its shares in PetroChina and Sinopec... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Connecticut College Fights to Not Pay Taxes Bill Belew August 2, 2006 I wish I had the option to not pay taxes. By golly, I would fight, too. connecticut College is one of the most selective private liberal arts college in the nation. They have some 1900 students from 42 states and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	Compton College $30 Million Bail Out Bill Belew August 1, 2006 I thought only people in jail needed bailing out. It appears colleges need it, too. The California Senate approved a bail out for Compton Community College District. The price tag - $30 million. Dang it! And I live in California,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group - A Giant Institution Bill Belew August 1, 2006 www.apollogroup.edu is a giant organization among fopros and non-profits alike. Just how big is Apollo Group, owner of 1. The University of Phoenix, Inc. 2. Institute for Professional Development 3. The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. 4. Western International... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Aug31	Rutgers University Driving Students Away Bill Belew August 31, 2006 Know More: Business of Education, Traditional University 2.0, Business of Education Rutgers University is New Jersey's Largest University. And, it seems they are doing their darndest to change that. Rutgers will cut nearly 800 classes and 750 jobs as well as several sports programs in order to stay in the black. And, they will raise tuition = the students are being asked to pay MORE for LESS. By the time students pay in-state tuition costs, mandatory fees, dorm costs and such, the average Rutger student's parent will need to shell out about $19,000, making it one of the most expensive state universities in the country. The Rutgers Board of Governors said they had no choice but to raise tuition for its 50,000 student body because the state cut their funding by $66 million. Poor rich school. Can't get the money given them by the state, so they squeeze it out of it students. Let's see, pay more taxes or pay more tuition? What do you think? go to 老毕看中国 Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug31	Career Education Corporation Takes Care of Her Own Bill Belew August 31, 2006 I teach F2F for Career Education Corporation. I have been for three years. For personal reasons it has become necessary for my wife and I to move from our home on the west coast to somewhere back east. Career Education... Continue Reading Posted at 12:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Florida International University and Lehigh University Re-Orientation Bill Belew August 30, 2006 InsideHigherEd had an interesting article about orientation into Florida International University and Lehigh University. It is of particular interest to me because my son almost went to one of them and I was almost hired by one. FIU models their... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BMW To Recommend To Clemson University Who to Hire Bill Belew August 30, 2006 BMW has endowed two chairs at Clemson University with $5 million each. Though BMW is in Germany, it has a major plant in South Carolina. The state matched BMW's $10 million with $10 million. But, there is a catch...always a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	University of Connecticut Passes the Hat Again Bill Belew August 29, 2006 The University of Connecticut has to keep passing the hat to get the money for its new Frank Gehry Arts building. Apparently fund rasing is behind on the project - price tag $90 million! Holy cow! Poor UofC...can't get the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush Policies Block Cuban Scholars Bill Belew August 29, 2006 According to the Latin American Studies Association, policies of the Bush administration make it too difficult for Cuban scholars to come to the States to study. Of course, there are no Cuban policies that make it difficult. Consequently, the LASA... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	Fopros Aggressively Seek Online Students Bill Belew August 28, 2006 A report by eLearners states that within one month fopros will follow up on 91% of leads expressed by prospective online students. For traditional universities the follow-up is around 50%. The traditional universities cry 'foul!' And complain that fopros do... Continue Reading Posted at 10:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	No Way Should DePaul University Be Ranked Number One For Diversity on Campus by the Princeton Review Bill Belew August 28, 2006 In 1999 and 2003 DePaul University was ranked number one in having the "Happiest Students." For the past four years it has been in the top 20 of "Great College Towns" this year ranking number 5. However, what DePaul seems... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug27	Founders College Looking For a Home Bill Belew August 27, 2006 Gary Hull, not the Olympic swimmer (spelling is different) is an instructor at Duke University. He will also preside over Founders College which hopes to set up shop on an 1,100 acre estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Lynchburg,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UAlbany in the Chinese Spotlight Bill Belew August 27, 2006 A camera crew is following a large delegation of Chinese on a tour of UAlbany. The Chinese think that because UAlbany has ties with companies like AMD and IBM, that UAlbany knows the latest in technology and business. So, the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug25	Arizona's Apollo Group Does Its Job - Arizona Charter Schools Do Not Bill Belew August 25, 2006 Apollo Group, owner of University of Phoenix and home based in Phoenix is going great guns, meeting needs and educating students. Other Arizona schools cannot make that same boast. Randy Harrington writes in the American Chronicle of his experience with... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Creates Good Will in Asia - Students Bill Belew August 25, 2006 China's economy is growing and the influence of this growth is felt throughout the world, and particularly among her neighbors. Since 9/11 the number of foreign students in the US has decreased dramatically. As a result, they have to/want to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	University of Illinois Takes Aim at Fopro Online Approach Bill Belew August 24, 2006 The University of Illinois, with the support of its President and university board are backing instead of resisting a fopro/online approach to delivering a university education. After seeing the ongoing success of the likes of University of Phoenix, the Big... Continue Reading Posted at 2:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Talented High School Students Take Aim at SAT and ACT Tests Bill Belew August 24, 2006 With as many as 70% of students who take the national entrance examination in China NOT going to a four year college in China, Chinese high school students are starting to take aim at SAT and ACT tests in the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	Devry Inc., Strayer Education Inc., ITT Educational Services Inc. All See Enrollment Grow Bill Belew August 23, 2006 When the economy slows down, people have no where else to go...except maybe back to school. The fopros usually benefit the most as the are usually professionally and vocationally focused. In the second quarter of this year - ITT Educational... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Hosts Fiercest Academic Competition in the World Bill Belew August 23, 2006 Every year around the beginning of June China's ministry of Education offers a nationwide college entrance examination. This year the test was offered on June 7-8. A record 9.52 million people registered for the test this year with 8.8 million... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	13 Schools Face Takeover By Maryland State Bill Belew August 22, 2006 There are 13 elementary and middle schools in Maryland state that face being taken over by the state because of poor performance for the past SIX years! A kid could start and finish elementary school the entire time the school... Continue Reading Posted at 2:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) - Quanta Computer at $100 Bill Belew August 22, 2006 Quanta Computer is one of the world's largest makers of laptops. Now Quanta wants every child in the world to have one of their laptops, for $100 a piece. The laptop has a 7.5 in. diagonal screen, 1,200 x 1,900... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	Fry's Electronics Determines Stanford, UC-Berkely and Santa Clara will Lose Out to Morgan Hill Bill Belew August 21, 2006 Morgan Hill? Morgan Hill is not even a university or a university town or anything else. It is a small town just south of San Jose that desperate people wanting houses they can afford (not any more) would travel to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Alameda Court Tries to Pass Students Who Have Failed Exit Exams Bill Belew August 21, 2006 Talk about the need to go back to school! This judge needs some remediation. About 20,000 students or 5% of the graduates in California could NOT pass the exit exams. These tests are administered to ensure that students meet the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug20	Good News for DeVry, Apollo Group, Strayer Education and Career Education Corporation Bill Belew August 20, 2006 DeVry, Apollo Group, Strayer Education and Career Education Corporation got some good news a couple of days ago. The National Center for Education Statistics said post-secondary education enrollment will increase by 13% between 2004 and 2014. FORBES says that in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cost of Education Leads to High-tech Begging Bill Belew August 20, 2006 The US is not the only place where the cost of education is out of reach, even for children of middle class parents. Four students at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have created a website Pay My Degree in hopes... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	Trivoli Audio's iYiYiPod Clock Radio in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 18, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an Trivoli Audio iYiYiPod Clock Radio in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Drexel University Study Says Race And Class Affect College Advice Bill Belew August 18, 2006 A Drexel University professor analyzed the responses of some 1,700 guidance counselors to student profiles with information about academic performance, race, class and so on. Regardless of academic performance, counselors were more apt to recommend community colleges to middle-class students... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	National Commission Calls for Serious Reforms in Higher Education Bill Belew August 17, 2006 Education Secretary, Margaret Spelling, commissioned a 19 member panel to investigate the state of non-profit higher education and come back with a report of what needs to be done. The commission is ready to report. There are two main issues:... Continue Reading Posted at 2:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jansport Dreamer Backpack in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 17, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Jansport Dreamer Backpack hanging from the bunk bed in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Belkin's N1 Wi-fi Router in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 16, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an N1 Wi-fi router from Belkin in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Belkin's Wi-fi Phone for Skype in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 16, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Belkin Wi-fi phone for Skype in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	Kensington's Microsaver DS Notebook PC Lock in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 15, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Kensington Microsaver DS Notebook Lock in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dada Code M Sneaker in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 15, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Dada Code M Sneakers under the bed in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	Ace Bayou's New Padded X Rocker II in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 14, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an ACE Bayou's New Padded X ROcker II in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ATI's TV Wonder 650 Card in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 14, 2006 Do you or does your new student have an ATI TV Wonder 650 Card in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	Kef's KHT3005 5.1-channel Speaker System in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 13, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Kef's KHT3005 5.1-channel speaker system in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition. I... Continue Reading Posted at 4:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Westinghouse Corporation LCM-22w2 in Your Dorm Room Bill Belew August 13, 2006 Do you or does your new student have a Westinghouse Corporation LCM-22w2 wide-screen LCD monitor in his/her dorm room? Things have come a long way since I went to college. Not the least of which is the price of tuition.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Salinas High School Bill Belew August 11, 2006 I didn't know there was such an animal until I read about our governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger visitng Salinas High School. Salinas is a year-round vocational high school. Now that makes sense to me. I wrote here a few days back... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Produces 600,000 University Trained Engineers EVERY Year Bill Belew August 11, 2006 China's universities turn out 600,000 trained engineers every year. What is that, almost 1600 each day?! However, a Mckinsey survey of nine occupations including engineers, accountants and doctors found that fewer than one in 10 of those graduates were employable... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 5) Bill Belew August 11, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	California State University is Nuts (part 4) Bill Belew August 10, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Number of Indian Engineering Students Are Limited Bill Belew August 10, 2006 India graduates about 3 million students from their universities each year. According to a survey by India's National Association of Software and Service Companies, about 25 percent of them are engineering graduates. Another 10-15 percent are considered suitable for direct... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	New Jersey Colleges to Raise Tuition Bill Belew August 9, 2006 Gee, what's new? Another university system is going to raise tuition so they can have more money to mismanage. New Jersey claims that: 1. Spiking fuel costs - yep, they are the only ones who have been hit by this.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 3) Bill Belew August 9, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	EVCI Career College Holding Company Under Fire Bill Belew August 8, 2006 EVCI Career College Holding Company is owner of the Interboro Institute, a college that specializes in getting students in college even though the students do NOT have a high school diploma. So, how does a student get into college without... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 2) Bill Belew August 8, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	University of Pennsylvania Divests From Sudan Bill Belew August 7, 2006 I bet this will make the people of Pennsylvania both happy and angry. They will be happy to know that their tax dollars are no longer being used to support genocide in Darfur. They will be angry to know that... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California State University is Nuts (part 1) Bill Belew August 7, 2006 California State University system is the largest in America. There are more than 44,000 employees, 23 campuses and about 405,000 students. In the past three years, tuition costs have climbed 76%!!! All the while, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 6	Michigan State Tells Its Students to Come Home Bill Belew August 6, 2006 Michigan State has eight students studying abroad in Israel...Jerusalem. Now MSU wants them to come home. Though they are relatively far from the fighting, MSU feels it is prudent to ask not require the students to come back. Israel and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	STAND - Students Taking Action Now: Darfur Bill Belew August 6, 2006 Kudos to student movements that make a difference. STAND is Students Taking Action Now: Dafur. These students are all over their colleges for the money their colleges are investing in places like Sinopec. Why? Because Sinopec supports the Sudanese government... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Kent Reconsiders the First Amendment Bill Belew August 4, 2006 Facebook.com boasts of 7.5 million users from high school and universities. Not a few of Kent's athletes put their personal info on line - how drunk as a skunk I got, how naked I get and where I go skinny... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Compton Community College To Lose Accreditation Bill Belew August 4, 2006 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges says that it plans to take away Compton Community College's accreditation. There are two main reasons WASC says it plans to do this: 1. Poor governance 2. Lack of student support services If... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	Career Education Posts Loss Bill Belew August 3, 2006 Career Education posts quarterly loss . This report hits close to home because I work for one of their schools. Though analysts said they were expected to make money, they came up short instead. The reasons: 1. Shelling out $85... Continue Reading Posted at 6:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Growth in Full-time Jobs in Higher Ed Pales to Part-time Openings Bill Belew August 3, 2006 Inside Higher Ed :: Where the Jobs Are reports that the number of fulltime jobs at higher ed institutions grew by only 14.3% between 1993 and 2003. Compared to that, the number of part-time positions grew by 43.7% or more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	Harvard Divests Its Holdings In PetroChina Limited Bill Belew August 2, 2006 Harvard decided that PetroChina was supporting the government of Sudan's efforts at genocide in Darfur. So, they asked for their money back. Stanford followed suit a few weeks later announcing that it would sell its shares in PetroChina and Sinopec... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Connecticut College Fights to Not Pay Taxes Bill Belew August 2, 2006 I wish I had the option to not pay taxes. By golly, I would fight, too. connecticut College is one of the most selective private liberal arts college in the nation. They have some 1900 students from 42 states and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	Compton College $30 Million Bail Out Bill Belew August 1, 2006 I thought only people in jail needed bailing out. It appears colleges need it, too. The California Senate approved a bail out for Compton Community College District. The price tag - $30 million. Dang it! And I live in California,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group - A Giant Institution Bill Belew August 1, 2006 www.apollogroup.edu is a giant organization among fopros and non-profits alike. Just how big is Apollo Group, owner of 1. The University of Phoenix, Inc. 2. Institute for Professional Development 3. The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. 4. Western International... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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