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• Shai Reshef is bringing the university to the people
• Jeb Bush seeks common ground in higher education
• The Huffington Post solves college tuition crisis: just make it free!
• Report: College students mobile

Shai Reshef is bringing the university to the people Posted: 20 Mar 2014 12:25 PM PDT And on April 2 the first seven students (four from the United States and one each from Nigeria, Jordan, and Syria) will formally graduate. The nonprofit, online-only university, which began operation in 2009, seeks to reach millions of potential learners worldwide who would otherwise have little or no chance of earning a two-year or four-year college degree. Though interest in online learning has soared (Coursera, MIT OpenCourseWare, edX, Khan Academy, etc.), most of those studying online today either aren't seeking a college degree, already have at least one degree, or fail to complete the online courses they begin, says Shai Reshef, the president and founder of the University of the People. In contrast, UoPeople is aimed at students of modest means who are serious about earning their first degree: Some 75 percent of current UoPeople students have completed at least 10 courses and have advanced to what would be the equivalent of a second year of study.

Jeb Bush seeks common ground in higher education Posted: 20 Mar 2014 12:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday the partisan divide isn't as wide when it comes to improving the nation's higher education system as it is in many other areas.

The Huffington Post solves college tuition crisis: just make it free! Posted: 20 Mar 2014 12:02 PM PDT In a 1,661-word essay in The Huffington Post, Richard Eskow, a senior fellow at the progressive Campaign for America's Future, argues that "free higher education is an affordable dream" and "not an unaffordable fantasy," if only Americans would wise up and soak the rich with higher taxes. In the essay, published on Thursday, Eskow compares the right to a totally free college education "for all those who would benefit from it" to other social struggles, including women's equality, marriage equality and the abolition of slavery. "If public colleges and universities were to be made available to qualified students without charging tuition, the total annual cost would be an estimated $62.6 billion," he asserts. The lefty think-tanker says government aid to students totals $69 billion each year.

Report: College students mobile Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Today's mobile college students are switching schools not just within their state but outside of it.

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