NEWS (entries tagged with "higher+education")
McDonnell creates higher education panel
Richmond Times-Dispatch/Charlottesville Daily Progress
Tags: higher education, mcdonnell, college, virginia, tuition
“A college diploma is one of the keys to the good-paying jobs of the 21st century, and businesses seek to operate where there are well-educated workers with the skills necessary to make their enterprise successful. With this in mind, it is imperative we do more to expand access and affordability at Virginia’s colleges and universities.”
Rockefeller Institute Study on Higher Education
The Rockefeller Institute
Tags: higher education, study
A New Paradigm for Economic Development. How Higher Education Institutions are Working to Revitalize Their Regional and State Economies.
Governor Elect McDonnells Plan for Higher Education
by Mark Hubbard
Tags: higher education, college, bob mcdonnell, community college
“My focus is our higher education system, but the subject is really much broader. It’s about the future of Virginia as a thriving community, a growing economy, and a place where people from diverse regions and backgrounds, with varied interests ad abilities, can live fulfilling, prosperous lives.”
Kaine links colleges, roads
The Richmond Times Dispatch
Tags: kaine, higher education, college
"... the Virginia Business and Higher Education Council, sponsor of the summit, that showed Virginia's higher educational system has a major economic impact on the commonwealth, returning $1.39 for every $1 invested."