If President Barack Obama has his way, students across the country could soon have access to two free years of community college. Obama announced his proposal of a program called America’s College Promise in a video posted on Facebook on Jan. 8 in a preview of the State of the Union address, which he delivered Tuesday night. “Put simply, what I’d like to do is … [Read more...] about Obama Proposes Free Community College Education
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Education without Borders
It's not that there are no creative types in higher education. It's that the ladder of modern education requires a level of organization and type-A memorization that often purges the system of the purely creative mind. Think back to high school. Perhaps this is a fallacy, but I remember far more artists, musicians and drama geeks — people who, while they tested poorly and … [Read more...] about Education without Borders
Payson Library Extends Saturday Study Hours to 9 P.M.
Photo by Madison Harwell Payson Library will be extending its hours until 9 p.m. on Saturdays beginning in the spring 2015 semester. The Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday to fund the staffing costs of this pilot program for one semester. SGA has been advocating for extended library hours since passing an advocation resolution in … [Read more...] about Payson Library Extends Saturday Study Hours to 9 P.M.
We can Defeat the Impossible
Las Vegas students do not graduate. That is an overgeneralization; nevertheless, in the 2009-2010 academic year, only 52 percent of black males graduated high school, according to the 2012 Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males. In 2011, the Nevada Report Card reported that only 59.34 percent of Las Vegas’ enrolled high school students graduated that … [Read more...] about We can Defeat the Impossible
