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Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Higher Education Funding May Need Decade or Longer to Recover, Scholar Says, by Phil Ciciora
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Jennifer A. Delaney, a professor of educational organization and leadership, says that in every decade since the 1980s, it has taken progressively longer for state appropriations for higher education to recover from previous cuts.
Better Alignment Needed Between High Schools, Community Colleges, by Phil Ciciora
Monday, July 19th, 2010“It’s a system-wide problem, as well as a fundamental lack of alignment between high schools and colleges, and the system’s lack of expectations and support for students who aren’t seen as high achievers as they progress through K-12,”
