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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , August 31, 2011 Like the rest of us in Tennessee Faculty and staff at the University of Tennessee are underpaid compared with their . peers From The Knoxville News Sentinel Study details peer , UT pay disparity The system as a whole , including its other campuses , falls at about 87 percent of market value for faculty and 78 percent for staff , according to a study by Sibson Consultants , a firm based in New York City . Staff at UT make about 74 percent of market . value It would cost about 153 million to bring salaries across the system up to market value . It would cost 71 million to bring them within 85 percent
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , August 30, 2011 More Extension cuts This time in Missouri . nbsp State budget cuts , of course . nbsp From The Columbia Missourian UPDATE : MU Extension to close , scale back rural technology centers Funding cuts have forced nine centers that provide technology and education access to rural areas to close or scale back their . operations Two decades ago , the University of Missouri Extension began operating nine Telecommunication Community Resource Centers with the help of community partners that included school districts and junior colleges . In one case , a hospital was a . partner The centers located in the
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , August 30, 2011 Washington Monthly's 2011 national university rankings Lists six universities from . Tennessee Four publics and two privates . ETSU is fifth among Tennessee universities and 225th overall . These rankings look at three items : Social Mobility , Research , and Service . nbsp This results in some curious rankings , with Tennessee State University ranking above Vanderbilt , for example . nbsp I've pulled out the Tennessee institutions and listed their overall rank within the top 200. In other categories , Tennessee has fifteen colleges and universities ranked in the Master's Universities , led by
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 29, 2011 Tales of the non-traditional More news about adult and continuing education students . From . NewsOK.com Oklahoma City mother of 11 heads to Harvard Allyson Reneau dropped out of the University of Oklahoma in 1981 to get married and start a . family She promised herself she would return to school after her first child turned 5. Thirty years and 11 children later , Reneau is finally fulfilling her promise , and then . some The Oklahoma City woman is just three credit hours away from earning a bachelor's degree in communications from OU . Somehow , she has maintained a 4.0 GPA while raising her children
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 29, 2011 Only two days left to register for the ACHE conference And take advantage of the Early Bird . rates For more information , go . here To register at the lowest rate , go . here Sustainable Leadership : Bold Thinking about Who We . Are Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm a recent past president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and also a past President of the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing
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: , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 29, 2011 Till death do us part , y'all The Census Bureau analyzes marriage rates across the . country The South has higher divorce rates . nbsp From Knoxnews.com Southerners like to get married and divorced Surprisingly , the South and West , which we think of as more socially conservative , have higher rates of divorce than does the supposedly liberal East , said Andrew Cherlin , a professor of sociology and public policy at Johns Hopkins University . The reason is that young adults in the South and West tend to have less education and marry earlier , both of which lead to a higher risk of divorce . The
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 26, 2011 UM awarded grant To support first generation college . students I guess I'm a little surprised that an urban university has so many first generation students , but perhaps I shouldn't be . We have a lot at ETSU and we keep that it mind when we initiate retention efforts . From the Memphis Commercial Appeal University of Memphis wins funds for students who want to break family education patterns The University of Memphis has just beaten dozens of other colleges in a grab for cash to help support first-generation . students U of M is one of only two of 47 colleges , along with Washington State
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 26, 2011 Today is Besse Cooper day At . ETSU A 1916 graduate of ETSU , Besse is listed as the world's oldest living person . nbsp Today is her birthday . You can find my original post about her . here Her class ring is in a display in the President's Conference Room . You can find more information and see a brief video . here Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm a recent past president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 25, 2011 TACHE conference registration open To register online now for this year's annual Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education conference in Gatlinburg , go to TACHE Registration Also , be sure to make your hotel reservations at the Park Vista and beat the leaf lookers . You can reach them directly at 1-888-479-7307, or through Doubletree reservations at 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention that you are attending the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE . conference Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 25, 2011 New venues of online learning The New York Times has an enlightening series , Weaving a Web of Knowledge that discusses the major new players in the world of learning . online It describes Western Governors University , Learning Counts , The University of the People , and Straighterline . nbsp I've mentioned all of these in earlier posts . Tamar Lewin , in A Short-Lived Test , Even With Coaching chronicles her experience with two online . courses Are these the future of adult and continuing education Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree Harvard and Ohio State are not going to
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 25, 2011 Clearing the path to a bachelor's degree It took over a year and involved over 400 faculty members , but Tennessee's Universal Transfer Pathways are . ready This is a great step but the problem comes when students complete an AAS degree and then decide to transfer . nbsp That pathway is cluttered . nbsp The link to the pathways can be found . here TBR , UT Announce 50 Guaranteed Transfer Pathways between Community Colleges and Universities Community college students who want to complete a bachelor’s degree now have a guarantee that their credits will transfer to a public university in Tennessee , if
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 25, 2011 Also designed to make us feel old I Love Charts Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm a recent past president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and also a past President of the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE Some might say my time has passed In the real world , I work in university continuing education administration . The views expressed here are my own and not the
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , August 24, 2011 The Beloit College Mindset List Designed to make us feel even . older Sigh . nbsp Here's the first ten . The Mindset List : 2015 List There has always been an Internet ramp onto the information highway . Ferris Bueller and Sloane Peterson could be their parents . States and Velcro parents have always been requiring that they wear their bike helmets . The only significant labor disputes in their lifetimes have been in major league . sports There have always been at least two women on the Supreme Court , and women have always commanded U.S . Navy ships . They swipe” cards , not merchandise . As
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , August 24, 2011 The economics of low college graduation rates Looking at the potential income that states . lose Instead of looking at the dropout's personal lost income , this report looks at what the states are losing , particularly those with a state income tax . nbsp For Tennessee , since we lack a state income tax , the loss is a modest 4.1 million . nbsp For a state like New York , the loss is 24 million . From the American Institutes for . Research The High Cost of Low Graduation Rates There also are more immediate reasons for elected officials to want more college graduates . College graduates earn , on
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That's what she said. No, really, that's what she said. My office mate felt the earthquake and sked if I had. But I hadn't. he finally got confirmation that she wasn't crazy from the interweb. The 5.8 magnitude quake was centered around Richmond, Virginia. Find the details here.
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , August 23, 2011 Chattanooga State designs new training classroom I'm sure my colleague Ju-Hsin Lusk , Managing Director of Corporate Training , Workforce Development and Continuing Education has been involved with this . effort There's certainly a lot going on in Chattanooga right now , with Volkswagen and Amazon locating there . nbsp And we will be hosting a future NAASS Conference there in a couple of years . nbsp From The Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga State hosts Wacker pilot plant A miniature version of Wacker's planned production plant is going up at Chattanooga State Community College as the company
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: , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , August 23, 2011 Meanwhile , just over the mountains in North Carolina The Music on the Mountaintop festival starts this . weekend From The High Country Press Music on the Mountaintop 4 The High Country’s biggest music festival is on pace to meet or exceed last year’s attendance numbers , its founder and director , Jimmy Hunt , said this week . Music on the Mountaintop , taking place Friday and Saturday , August 26 and 27, boasts a new location , more campground amenities and more activities than ever . before The fourth annual Music on the Mountaintop will take place at Grandfather Campground in Foscoe . A two-day
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 22, 2011 Don't let the bed bugs bite You wouldn't think they would be attacted to that blue . blood From Kentucky.com Bedbug U : How to avoid the blood-sucking critters at college A word of caution for the tens of thousands of students who will lug their belongings back to the University of Kentucky and other state schools this weekend : beware of blood-sucking bedbugs . Michael Potter , professor of urban horticulture and medical entomology at UK , is among the bedbug experts who on Wednesday released a study saying that a bedbug resurgence continues to gain steam from coast to coast . The report titled The
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 19, 2011 Continuing education job openings Colleges and universities are hiring continuing . educators Here are some current job postings from the Chronicle of Higher Education and . HigherEdJobs.com Pfeiffer : University Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Dean of Continuing Education Barton : College Leader of Accelerated Professional Programs Florida Gulf Coast University Executive Director for Continuing Education and Off-Campus Programs Harper College Dean , Academic Enrichment and Engagement CSU San Marcos Associate Dean , Extended Learning Triton College Assistant Dean , Continuing Education Grambling
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On oney Magazine's list of best small towns to live in 2011. In fact, the South is barely represented at all. The best place is Louisville, but that's Louisville, Colorado, not Kentucky.
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 19, 2011 Big Extension cuts at UT They've lost over 100 position in the past 8 . months From the Knoxville News Sentinel UT Extension to cut 44 grant-funded jobs University of Tennessee officials on Monday informed 44 employees running nutrition education programs across the state that their jobs would be eliminated on Sept . 30 because federal grant funding was . cut Another 12 vacant positions were also eliminated , bringing the total number of employee cuts this year in the University of Tennessee Extension to 116 positions after state budget cuts led to the elimination of 60 jobs in . January The Tennessee
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The importance of higher education cannot be understated as the economy rebounds from the great recession of 2007. It is the passport to success.
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Workers with a degree in technical occupations earn more money and enjoy greater job security than others, due to the rapid growth of these career fields.
