Posts Tagged ‘college degrees’
Raising Degree Productivity by Spending Wisely
by Darrell P. Aaron
December 15, 2010
The nation is consumed by the quest to grant more college degrees. A new report by Douglas Harris and Sara Goldrick-Rab if the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a look at how to do that cost-effectively.
“The (Un)Productivity of American Higher Education: From Cost Disease to Cost-Effectiveness" compares several practices to see which are cost-effective for producing ...
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Game Over? Degree Programs in Video Game Design Growing Across U.S.
by Shoshana Akins
August 20, 2010
The number of U.S. colleges and art and trade schools offering degree programs in video game design will reach 300 nationally this fall—a nearly 20% increase in degrees offered in the field over last academic year, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
Twenty of the programs are offered at New England colleges.
Vermont's Champlain ...
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