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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

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Note: this post is for External Transfers who are not UT students. Current UT students wanting to change their major or internally transfer can consult this post. Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Many transfer students are nontraditional.

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Prison Education Programs: Facts and Statistics

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4] Check The top reasons incarcerated adults enrolled in an academic program in 2014 were to learn more about a subject of interest and increase job opportunities. [5] In 2014 dollars, they had a median annual income of $19,185 prior to their incarceration — 41% less than non-incarcerated adults. [11]

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Proposed Bill Would Allow Certain California Community Colleges to Offer 4-Year Nursing Degrees

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Previously, nursing students would have to transfer to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campus to earn their BSN. The CCC Baccalaureate Degree Program began in 2014. Only two UC campuses, UC Irvine and UCLA, offer bachelor's degrees in nursing.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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Several colleges and universities recently have announced similar cuts, eviscerating the liberal arts in response to budget shortfalls, enrollment declines, and shifting student preferences. In many cases, low enrollment drove these decisions. By 2014, those figures had dropped to 2.6% At SUNY Potsdam, it’s 4%.

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Best HBCUs for Entrepreneurship

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Featured Online Entrepreneurship Programs Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below. Additionally, the entrepreneurship program is part of NASA's Technology Transfer University Program. About 80% of its enrollment is Black, and 8% is Catholic.

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The Best Online MBAs — No GMAT Required

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According to Franklin University, the number of online MBA programs in the United States doubled from 2014-2018. Featured Online MBA Programs Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below. That represents about three full working weeks.

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Weekly Update: February 21

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In 2014, New York State Education Law 2-D barred the commercialization of such information. BEST ARTICLES OF THE WEEK As more and more small, tuition-driven colleges and universities struggle with a death spiral of rising costs and falling enrollments, many have had to get creative to keep their doors open.