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"I believe I will come back a more well-rounded person and that this experience will enhance my understanding of business on a global scale."

States are seeking to increase the numbers of students that transition successfully from high school to college. One popular policy option is to encourage dual enrollment of students in both secondary and postsecondary institutions which allows them to earn credits for high school and college at the same time.

In a study of school districts with court-mandated public school funding, increases in education spending immediately raised real estate values.

Of the total, about $746,000 will be used for the college’s process-plant technology program and about $438,000 will go to health-care programs.

Students might learn math by laying out the garden plots. Biology and earth science lessons can be taught as students prepare soil, gauge the weather and harvest food. Grinding corn can be the basis for a lesson on pre- Columbian civilizations. Recipe writing can become an English lesson. Digging weeds might count as physical education.

"It just seemed like a huge opportunity for Coors to spend time with future business leaders," Guthrie said. "It really exceeded our expectations. We were able to touch some future business leaders and have some smart people think about our business."

Montana needs to stop viewing two-year colleges as second class citizens and do a better job of using its skilled workforce to lure companies, Butte leaders said Tuesday.

But the booming enrollment in online courses offered by South Florida colleges suggests reports of the failure of ”e-learning” are premature.

”What I understand is that for community colleges across Florida, it’s booming,” said Kristi Lozano, director of distance learning at Miami Dade College. “My program has almost doubled every year.”

"There was a greater sense 30 years ago that academic institutions were so very different from business enterprises," says John Lippencott, interim president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. "Now there’s more understanding that everybody at the institutions plays a role in presenting the school to students, parents, and the public."

"I also hope to learn more about how the company runs global agriculture business and compare it to how we do things in the U.S. I believe I will come back a more well-rounded person and that this experience will enhance my understanding of business on a global scale."