A majority of parents (61 percent) are not letting the recession change their plans for their children’s college education, according to a survey by COUNTRY Financial. Further, 47 percent say college plans are a higher priority than retirement savings (41 percent).
This marks the first time in three years a majority of parents are putting their [...]

Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks Company(TM), announced that College of the Canyons has selected Enterasys to provide secure connectivity for more than 3,000 wired and wireless devices serving more than 24,000 students, faculty and staff across multiple campus buildings.
Located in Valencia, California, College of the Canyons was recently named the fastest-growing community college in [...]

The Scholarship Handbook 2009 is an ideal resource for students and parents who need help paying for college.  It provides complete, authoritative facts about more than 2,100 scholarship, internship, and loan programs offered to undergraduates by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal government agencies.  Each program is clearly described, and indexes help students [...]

This is the only guide that contains objective information on every accredited college in the United States–2,150 four-year colleges and universities, and 1,650 two-year community colleges and technical schools.  With its clearly laid-out entries and more than 40 indexes, the College Handbook 2009 is also the fastest, easiest way for students to narrow a [...]

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Briarwood College for approximately $11.4 million in cash. Briarwood is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and currently offers two Bachelor’s degree programs and 31 Associate’s degree programs to approximately 700 students from Connecticut [...]

It is back-to-school time and many young people are saying goodbye to their families and heading off to college. Others, however, are making the journey alone: thousands of foster care teens who have “aged out” of the system. For many of these youth, education has been the one promising constant in their lives – and [...]

Certiport today inducted Brian Leonard, dean of academic development and assessment at Southwestern Michigan College (SMC), into the Champions of Digital Literacy Hall of Fame during a gala ceremony at the Certiport PATHWAYS™ HAWAII international conference. Leonard was one of six individuals from around the world honored for his outstanding contributions to ensure SMC’s 3,000 [...]

The American College of Surgeons offers International Guest Scholarships to competent young surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who have demonstrated strong interests in teaching and research. The scholarships, in the amount of $8,000 each, provide the Scholars with an opportunity to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America [...]

SpinLife.com, the country’s largest internet retailer of mobility equipment, announced today the development of the SpinLife Innovation in Motion Scholarship program designed to aid college students in their academic endeavors. The annual scholarship is open to students who are manual or electric wheelchair users enrolled at an accredited 4-year institution and applications will be accepted [...]

Delta Dental of Illinois has made a $250,000, five-year grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry to modernize the existing pre-doctoral dentistry clinic. When the renovations are complete, the clinic will be named the Delta Dental of Illinois Pre-doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Clinic.
The contribution will help the UIC Department of Pediatric Dentistry [...]