First time I've seen higher education budget cuts linked
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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 31, 2012 First time I've seen higher education budget cuts linked To employee . theft And The Advocate's Koran Addo isn't talking about taking pencils home . UL budget cuts cited as thefts rise The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors heard Tuesday that state budget cuts caused a wide range of dismal conditions in the state’s higher education system , from low morale and program cutbacks to tuition hikes and faculty layoffs . nbsp Board members for the system that oversees nine public universities received testimony that state budget cuts may be the cause of an increase in employee thefts on
: , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 31, 2012 Meanwhile , just over the mountains in North Carolina Appalachian State is celebrated on the fifth year anniversary of its upset of . Michigan Tempus fugit . From The High Country . Press ASU’s Crowning Achievement’ About to Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary Receiving National Media Attention It was the day that college football changed forever . Sept . 1, 2007. When the clock hit 0:00, Appalachian State University had defeated No . 5 ranked Michigan 34-32. Now , as we close in on the five-year anniversary of what Head Coach Jerry Moore called the crowning achievement , 8221 the win is receiving
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 30, 2012 Only a month left for the early bird rates I've already got my flight , hotel reservations , and paid my conference fee . November 12-14. ACHE 2012 : Collaboration and Partnership Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : ACHE continuing education conferences : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for Continuing Higher
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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 28, 2012 Now , if you're looking for a California winery trip , look no farther than TCU But for other locations , including just across the mountains in North Carolina , look at this list from MainStreet And I learned a new word : nbsp viticulture Fall Winery Trips That Don't Require a California Flight North Carolina Tobacco road is apparently also on the grapevine . North Carolina has always been a popular vacation place from the Smoky Mountains to the Atlantic coast and Cape Hatteras , and wine is one more reason to plan a trip to the state . There are three major viticultural areas : Yadkin Valley ,
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , August 28, 2012 The Marshmallow Test Wait for it From . Slate Delaying gratification in preschool is linked to weighing less as an adult Have you heard of the marshmallow study Between 1968 and 1974, about 650 4-year-olds in a nursery school at Stanford were offered a selection of marshmallows , cookies , and pretzels . After they chose one let's say it was the marshmallow , though I'd have picked a cookie myself they were told they could either eat it immediately , or wait a few minutes and get two . The researcher giving the kids this choice then left the room . The kids tried to wait . As Jonah Lehrer describes I
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 27, 2012 Washington County Tennessee is one of the top 25 counties In CNN Money's Best Places to Live : Where the Jobs . are We come in at 24. Franklin County , TN , is 10. Where the jobs are 24. Washington County , TN Towns include : Johnson City Job growth 2000-2011 10.5 Washington County is ready to serve you . From its many call centers serving companies like AT T and Citigroup to a thriving health care industry , opportunities abound for individuals who can deliver top-quality service and care . nbsp Situated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains , the area was once a major steel production center
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 24, 2012 Pruning higher education in Tennessee It bothers me that politicians who had liberal arts majors as undergraduates and attended college when it was inexpensive now want to change the playing . field Incentives work so perhaps we'll get funding bonuses for each program we cut . And if you read the rest of Kevin Hardy's article in The Chattanooga Times Free Press you'll learn that Unum's vice president for human resources really doesn't like sports management majors . Governor : Cut some higher ed programs to fund new ones To get state funding for new programs in Tennessee higher education , older ones
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 24, 2012 Sunday is Women's Equality Day . And don't forget the topless rally over in Asheville that celebrates the holiday . From Holiday Insights Women's Equality Day When Always August 26th Women's Equality Day commemorates the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , granting women the right to vote . nbsp In 1971, after much work , and at the urging of U.S . Representative Bella Abzug D-NY Congress designated August 26 each year as“Women’s Equality Day . 8221 This day was selected to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on August 26, 1920. This amendment granted women the right to
: , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , August 24, 2012 Once again , we're thankful for Mississippi Tennessee's ACT scores inch up to 19.7 from 19.5. On the other hand , we are a state that requires all high school seniors to take the exam , not just college-bound . By Lisa Fingeroot , writing in The . Tennessean Tennessee ACT scores scrape bottom For the second straight year , Tennessee’s high school students scored so poorly on a national college and career readiness test that only Mississippi students received a lower overall score . nbsp Just 16 percent of Tennessee’s 2012 graduating seniors were fully prepared for college , according to a report
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 23, 2012 The Princeton Review names ETSU as a 2013 Best Southeastern College’ East Tennessee State University has been named a 2013 Best Southeastern College” by The Princeton Review , an education services company known for test preparation programs and college and graduate school . guides The 136 institutions named as Best in the Southeast” may be found in 2013 Best Colleges : Region by Region” on the company’s website at http : www.princetonreview.com best-regional-colleges.aspx Robert Franek , The Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher , says , We’re pleased to recommend these colleges to
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 23, 2012 Number two with a bullet My alma mater is climbing the ranks of party schooldom From number four to number two in one short year Interestingly enough , two of the top five are located in cities named Athens . What this means , I don't know . From The . Gazette University of Iowa ranked second-best party school’ The University of Iowa is the nation’s No . 2 party school , 8221 according to an annual review that ranks things such as academics , campus life , politics and extracurricular involvement . nbsp The Princeton Review ranks the UI second on the party school list in its 2013 guide , right
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , August 23, 2012 It's always a thrill a minute at TSU It's never a good thing to be led away in handcuffs from the faculty senate meeting . From Brian Wilson , writing in The . Tennessean TSU Faculty Senate leader arrested Tensions at Tennessee State University reignited Monday as a vocal faculty member opposing university leadership was taken away in handcuffs from a meeting . nbsp After campus police arrested the chair of the Faculty Senate , Jane Davis , on a charge of disorderly conduct , the Senate voted to remove her from her leadership position a vote she claims is illegitimate . nbsp Davis , an English
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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 21, 2012 Must be that weight I lost Tennessee isn't in the top ten of highest percentage of obese residents . Still , we're a biscuit away from having 30 of our residents . obese Mmmmmm . biscuits . nbsp From USA Today Percentage of obese residents by state and District of Columbia from highest percentage to : lowest 1. Mississippi 34.9 2. Louisiana 33.4 3. West Virginia 32.4 4. Alabama 32 5. Michigan 31.3 6. Oklahoma 31.1 7. Arkansas 30.9 8. tie Indiana and South Carolina 30.8 10. tie Kentucky and Texas 30.4 12. Missouri 30.3 13. tie Kansas and Ohio 29.6 15. tie Tennessee and Virginia 29.2 Posted by Rick
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , August 20, 2012 Loss of summer Pell hurts summer session enrollments And while community colleges might be affected the most , universities also feel the pain . Last summer , ETSU had 1171 students using Pell in the summer , generating over 1.5 million . This year , a different story . From Community College Spotlight Without Pell , summer enrollment slips Without the year-round Pell Grant , which was cut from the federal budget in 2011 in a bipartisan compromise , summer enrollments are down at many community colleges , reports Inside Higher Ed . College leaders fear graduation rates will fall too . nbsp President
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