Blog Posts by "JRF"
Peace College makes some radical changes
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 by JRF |
Next year, Peace College will begin admitting men as full time students. For more than a century, Peace has been a women only school, but in 2009 men were allowed to take night and online classes. After Debra Townsley accepted the role of president, there has been further restructuring of program...
Tagged: peace college, women only schools
Are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) the key to improving the state of national education?
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 by JRF |
The White House seems to think so. HBCUs graduate about 17% of all black students in the U.S. In order to achieve the national initiative to make the U.S. a world leader in education, 200,000 more graduates need to come from HBCUs. Presidents of HBCUs agree that this is a daunting task. With cuts...
Tagged: hbcus, education initiative, diversity
The economic imperative for more adults to complete college
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 by JRF |
A new paper, Not Just Kid Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College, predicts that there will be a shortage of workers with college degrees by 2018. It calls for federal funding to help adults afford higher education in order to qualify for these jobs. The paper a...
Tagged: higher education, worker shortage, scholarships, nontraditional students
Where are the women MBA and engineering students?
Posted on Jun 14, 2011 by JRF |
There have been at least a couple of things posted recently about the lack of women in certain fields of study, namely science/engineering and business. “The UK needs to recruit 13,000 automotive, mechanical and aerospace engineers every year just to stand still.” But when only 9% of UK engineers...
Tagged: women, college, mba, engineering, stem, scholarships
Living wages not minimum wages
Posted on May 31, 2011 by JRF |
The study referenced in this article provides more proof about the ridiculous expectations of people to provide for themselves and their families when they have to work for minimum wages. Cameo, the woman featured, is raising two sons as a single parent, while working two jobs. One pays $9.50/hou...
Tagged: minimum wage, living wage, education, the basic economic security tables for michigan, jrf
UN launches the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education
Posted on May 26, 2011 by JRF |
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris will be the headquarters for the Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education. UNESCO estimates that two thirds of illiterate adults are women and that only one third of countries have achieved gender pa...
Tagged: womens education, unesco
A call for colleges to step up for nontraditional students
Posted on May 12, 2011 by JRF |
While reading this article about how Elizabethtown College is receiving the 2011 Excellence in Innovation Award for their accelerated adult degree program, I began to think about support for nontraditional students. If colleges enact policies and programs that help or hurt; whether or not profess...
Tagged: adult ed, nontraditional student, elizabethtown college
Women earn more degrees than men
Posted on May 4, 2011 by JRF |
For the first time in history, there are more women than men that hold a master’s degree or higher. According to the 2010 census data, 10.6 million women (25 and older) have either a master’s degree or higher, while men were estimated to earn about 10.5 million. This trend has been decades in the...
Tagged: education, masters degrees, bachelors degrees, 2010 census
Wal-Mart v. Women
Posted on Apr 21, 2011 by JRF |
One of America’s most recognized businesses has been accused of unfair practices in pay and promotion. 1.5 million women say their employer, Wal-Mart, discriminates against women. These women are making strides by trying for the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. A ruling in favo...
Tagged: jeannette rankin, walmart, class action
States implement programs to increase college access
Posted on Apr 7, 2011 by JRF |
The College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Program has increased yearly funding to $150 million in grants awarded to low-income students enrolling in postsecondary education. The fifteen western states have been challenged along with the federal government and non-profit agencies to promote access...
