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Global Competition

In 2010, President Obama told a supportive crowd he wanted the United States to lead the world in number of college graduates by 2020. More recently, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have introduced legislation to make college tuition-free – meaning taxpayer-funded – for all students. They buttress their request that the two-thirds of American […]

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Who’s Ready?

McGraw-Hill Education’s (MHE) survey on readying college graduates for the workforce is hot off the press. With the school year just around the corner, a new crop of graduates gearing up for their job search after summer break and a robust economy, this survey is timely. In fact, for the class of 2018, 44% of […]

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Free Textbooks at a Cost

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or so the old saying goes. The same is true of textbooks. Even with the popularity of open educational resources, in the end, somebody pays. With OER use increasing, the costs are shifting from students to institutions of higher learning – or more accurately less revenue is […]

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Accept Transfers

What do top colleges have against transfer students? In May, Princeton University announced that it accepted 13 transfer students for this fall’s freshman class. And while that is a tiny fraction of the 1,300 students expected to arrive this fall on campus, the news was still significant: It marked the first time since 1990 that […]

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Not ‘Debt Free’

Rising student loan debt and concerns about college affordability got considerable attention from Democrats in the 2016 presidential campaign. Those issues are bound to get renewed attention since House Democrats recently introduced the Aim Higher Act – an effort to update the Higher Education Act, the federal law that governs federal higher education programs. The […]

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The Future of Work

The White House, with its recent executive order establishing the National Council on the American Worker, is recognizing a seismic shift in the world of work, one that California’s community colleges have been focused on in recent years. Demands placed on workers have permanently and significantly changed. California’s economy requires workers with demonstrable skills and credentials. […]

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5 Questions about ‘Free’

“Free college” has become a rallying cry for politicians across the country — and not just on the left. Our relatively conservative neighbor, Tennessee, was among the first to implement such a program, with seemingly promising results. Other states, however, have been less fortunate. Oregon had to cut back its funding for the program due […]

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Protecting the Brand

I was Orange Coast College’s public relations director for 37 years, from 1971 through 2008. Disneyland may be the happiest place on earth, but to my mind OCC is the most encouraging, enlightening and accommodating place on the planet. I’ve loved being a Coast student, career employee and alumnus. As public relations director, I was […]

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17 Top-Paying Jobs

With college costs going nowhere but up, the idea of getting a four-year degree might seem overwhelming from a financial perspective. Case in point: For the previous academic year, tuition alone at a four-year in-state public school cost an average of $9,970 on an annual basis, while out-of-state tuition cost an average of $25,620 a […]

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Remembering the Consumer

Your opinion matters. Tell us about your shopping experience. No sooner do we pay for coffee or exit an Apple Store, than we are inundated with questionnaires, surveys, or flash polls that solicit our views as consumers. The ubiquity of mobile computing enables retailers to curate products that pique our interest and experiences that satiate our […]

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Infographic: Trade School Vs. College

There’s no one size fits all when it comes to school. Before jumping into what could be thousands of dollars of debt and a useless major, it’s important to weigh the pros and cons of going to a four-year college, trade school or community college. Many students go to a four-year school because they believe it’s the normal […]

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Deserted Villages

Almost one-quarter of a millennium ago, at the very same time James Watt was inventing the steam engine, the Irish novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith wrote “The Deserted Village,” a poem despairing the alleged depopulation of rural communities as the Industrial Revolution and urbanization proceeded. A thought occurred: history is repeating itself. We are having […]

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