The California Department of Education said Thursday that nearly three-quarters of California’s high school graduates went on to higher education, a statistic made possible by a recently developed statewide student tracking system, reports the Los Angeles Times. Using data from the 2008-09 school year, the education department found that about 75% of students who graduated from California public schools enrolled in a college or university in the United States…
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Report outlines changes to community colleges
A task force created to look at Nevada’s community colleges is recommending sweeping changes to the way the colleges are run, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The task force’s report, to be presented to the higher education system’s governing Board of Regents this week, recommends revamping or tweaking online education, K-12 partnerships, remedial education, tuition pricing, the funding formula and the colleges’ governing system, among other changes. In all, the report recommends 10 changes…
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