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New Papers Released that Focus on Education Finance

The National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) recently released, “Developments in School Finance: 2003.” The report is a compendium of papers presented at the 2003 NCES Summer Data Conference featuring noted education authors Eric Hanushek,…

Carricaburu: Utah colleges pass the grade in business

BYU employs a graduate student in accounting part time to analyze statistics reported in surveys the school must complete to be considered for various rankings, says Joseph Ogden, Marriott School assistant dean.

North Carolina Adopts New High School Model – 5 Years

Governor Michael Easley recently announced a new program, Learn and Earn, that allows students the option of earning a high school diploma and an associate’s degree through a fifth year of high school. The program’s aim is to keep students in school while preparing them to take advantage of the new employment opportunities in the state, most of which require at least an associate’s degree.

Community Colleges Can Benefit Industry Clusters

Local economies and their industry clusters can benefit from strengthening linkages with community colleges

Boosting community colleges

It is clear that two-year institutions of higher learning prepare students for some of the most-needed jobs in a community – jobs that often pay better than those many four-year college graduates are able to get. More resources can only improve that picture.

UM gets $550,000 in journalism grants to expand its journalism program for American Indian students nationwide via the Internet

The school’s reznet program is a Web-based student newspaper that hires 20 American Indian college students each year as reporters and photographers to cover their tribal communities and colleges.

MSU seeks snappy slogan – What do you suggest?

MSU is in the midst of a "branding" effort to strengthen its identity in the public mind. It plans to come up with a new logo and new, uniform letterhead, Web pages, colors and photos.

Montana #1, Colorado #2 when it comes to educating children challenged by poverty and other social barriers

The study calculated how well each state’s schools overcome social problems.

UM Business School launches new Web site

Welcome to the University of Montana School of Business Administration’s new Web site http://www.business.umt.edu/ . It’s been redesigned to provide all the information potential students, current students and faculty members might need, with the professionalism…

Princeton Review ranks UM high on campus life, low on academics

"There’s a good ‘work hard, play hard philosophy’ there," he said. "Missoula is a good-sized town, a liberal town and has easy access to environmental pleasures, and a lot of students take advantage of that."