California
As classes start for California’s community colleges and universities, the high school seniors of last June will find that higher education slots per eligible student are down 6% from nine years ago.
Sept. 12, 1999
Politics
More than a million students who attended for-profits have had their loans forgiven. But veterans who used their GI Bill benefits have no recourse.
April 18, 2023
The board of trustees of struggling Northrop University has decided to scrap the half-century-old institution’s degree programs and lay off about half of its 50-member faculty, President John Beljan said Thursday.
May 10, 1991
World & Nation
Education: Four-year colleges are accused of snobbery as they reject many technical school courses. The move causes time and money woes.
July 7, 2002
Gregory Spon was a drafting student at Pittsburgh Technical Institute when he decided to move on to a four-year college and earn a bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture.
Technology and the Internet
Computer-related occupations remain highly segregated by sex, with women earning lower wages and men dominating in the high-paying executive posts, a new study shows.
Aug. 4, 1985
Entertainment & Arts
When you spend a billion dollars on a building complex, you can hardly avoid having an impressive technical infrastructure, and so it comes as no surprise that the spectacular new Getty Center--now nearing completion on its hilltop perch in Brentwood--incorporates a trove of nifty innovations.
July 21, 1997
Company Town Blog
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Nov. 15, 2010
California college and university students are abandoning liberal arts in favor of business and technology, a trend that has alarmed educators predicting many state schools will become narrow technical institutions.
Jan. 6, 1985
The California Student Aid Commission announced Thursday that it has suspended six private California vocational schools from the state’s student loan program because of mismanagement of funds and other abuses totaling nearly $1 million.
Aug. 28, 1987