September 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
California’s private vocational schools must disclose critical details about the quality of their programs, including their accreditation status and graduation rates, under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will require vocational schools...
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August 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
California’s private vocational schools will be required to publicly disclose more key information – including accreditation status, job placement rates and graduation rates – under a new bill the Legislature passed this week. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Marty Block, D-...
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August 7, 2012, 12:05 AM
Among the findings of a U.S. Senate committee’s recently released investigation of the nation’s for-profit college industry is a stark assessment of the huge gap between what it costs to get a degree or certificate from a career college and the price tag of a comparable program at a...
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June 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than any other group in California, African Americans stand to gain the most significant lift out of poverty from earning a college degree, according to a new report. Taking a deeper look at data from a study it released in April, the nonprofit Campaign for College Opportunity this month...
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November 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
About 8 of 10 Palo Alto residents age 25 and older hold at least a bachelor's degree, making the Silicon Valley hotspot California's most educated city, recently released census data show. The city, which tech giants Facebook and Hewlett-Packard call home, also has the state's...
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October 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
Experts warn that California needs to significantly boost the number of undergraduate degrees granted each year in order to turn around the state's economy and help the country remain competitive. But a new report [PDF] from Sacramento State University's Institute for Higher Education...
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June 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
It turns out that Speaker John A. Perez isn’t the only college dropout in the California Legislature. In data posted yesterday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that four California lawmakers left college without getting a diploma, and three more never went to college. The...
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February 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
In San Francisco and Marin counties, over half of the adult population has a college degree. An interactive graphic created by the Chronicle of Higher Education presents the percentage of the adult population with a college degree in every county around the country from 1940 to the present. ...
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