Posts Tagged ‘College Board’
Warming up to a Tuition Freeze
by Monnica Chan
March 14, 2012
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, in its recently released fourth quarter 2011 New England Community Survey, cited an emerging concern facing low- and moderate-income communities: the escalating cost of higher education.
The New England region has the highest average tuition and fee rates for 2011-12 across institutional sectors, according to the College Board's most ...
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College Board and NCSL Issue Strategies on Boosting Completion
by Monnica Chan
December 20, 2011
Policies to foster college completion in three New England states are cited in The College Completion Agenda 2011 Progress Report and State Policy Guide, new national reports published by the College Board and National Conference of State Legislatures.
The policy guide cites Connecticut Public Act 04-212 as a low-cost way to coordinate workforce training and professional ...
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A New AP Style: The College Board Looks at Ways to Revamp Advanced Placement
by Christine Cassis
January 26, 2011
The College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) exams, often preceded by AP courses, have a reputation for spitting out an overwhelming amount of information, but that is about to change. The nonprofit, which also administers the SATs, says it will revamp the biology and U.S. history tests to give students the opportunity to learn the materials, ...
Read MoreTags: "Race to Nowhere", Advanced Placement, AP exams, biology, christine cassis, College, College Board, college credit, exams, history, Standard Aptitude Test, U.S. history | 1 Comment
Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy
by Journal Staff
January 25, 2011
For more than half a century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England’s demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.
Our printed compendium richly juxtaposed 60-plus figures on state, regional, national and global higher education trends, ...
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Free Tuition: An Idea That’s Still Green
by John O. Harney
October 21, 2010
More than 100 Green Party candidates nationwide called for a “Green New Deal” that includes making tuition free at public universities.
It's not the first time. California public campuses charged no tuition (but increasing fees) for state residents for decades. in 2003, Preston H. Smith II of Mount Holyoke College and Sharon Szymanski of The Labor ...
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Education Pays … Still, says College Board
by David Mabe
October 12, 2010
Over their lifetimes, holders of associate degrees earn almost 25% more than their peers who only completed high school. Bachelor’s degree holders earn around 66% more than those same high school-educated peers, according to Education Pays, the College Board’s compilation of data that emphasizes the personal benefits of pursuing higher education.
College graduates have a much ...
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Common Core Backer to Lead College Board; Maine Development Foundation Prez Heads to Thomas; Former UMass Amherst Chancellor Ousted at LSU
by John O. Harney
May 16, 2012
David Coleman, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant and co-founder of Student Achievement Partners, will become president of the College Board in October 2012, succeeding Gaston Caperton, who announced plans to step down.
Maine Development Foundation President Laurie Lachance announced she would leave the position to become president of Thomas College in Waterville, Maine, ...
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