The Hardin-Simmons University board of trustees decided Friday not to raise tuition for incoming freshmen in 2012-13 school year.
Tuition rates next year for full or part-time students will not increase above the $715 per semester hour rate that freshmen are paying in the current school year.
Base fees paid by full-time students will increase from $900 to $1,000 next year, according to Shane Davidson, vice president for enrollment and marketing management.
Because HSU’s tuition is frozen at a student’s freshman rate, incoming students in 2012-13 will be able to lock in the $715 per hour rate until they graduate, as long as they remain full-time students.
“With rising costs of higher education across the country, reduced state financial assistance, and our country developing new attitudes toward student loan debt, HSU felt a positive response was necessary,” Davidson said in a statement.
Davidson said this is the first time in recent history that HSU has not raised tuition for incoming students.
Students taking 30 credit hours this year will pay $22,350 in tuition and fees.
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For anyone seeking a new career or just graduating high school, online community colleges can help put you on the path to success. Here are three things that community colleges can offer you.
1. Degree Programs
Online community colleges have a variety of Associate, Bachelor and Master Degree programs. You can get an online degree in programs such as Psychology, Education or Criminal Justice in as little as two years. You can also advance your degree and attend a four-year online college after graduation. The higher your degree, the more income you may receive in the future.
2. Online Classes
The convenience of having most, if not all, of your classes online is a plus. This helps out students who have other obligations, such as jobs and family, complete their degree program without having to worry about commuting or time management. If you fall into this category of students, you are not alone. There are many others like you who study for higher paying careers while working or raising a family. So
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Published by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), this is a report on research undertaken to find out how schools use, and anticipate using, new technology. It covers funding, hardware used by teachers, hardware used by pupils, software used by teachers, communicating with parents through social networking and other means, and home access.
This will be of use primarily to companies wanting to plan for selling to the education market, although I think it has enough of interest to justify purchase by Local Authorities despite its eye-watering price tag of £650 to non-members (which is pretty low in comparison with another corporate-funded piece of research which was selling for £5,000.)
It contains interesting results, such as the fact that none of the schools covered by the survey currently make extensive use of smartphones, which seems a bit of a wasted opportunity. Another interesting observation is that a much higher percentage of primary schools make extensive use of visualisers (document cameras) than secondary schools – 15% compared to 1%. Why
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Mary Louise Carter, an associate professor of art at Louisiana Tech, presented the “warmth and excitement” that is her latest project, “Work on Porcelain,” along with Andy Shaw Sept. 17 at an art exhibition at Louisiana State University’s School of Art.
Carter has been a potter for more than 30 years, and her current porcelain work brings sentimental life to functional ceramics. Vases, teapots, cups, serving and storage containers are only a few of her porcelain pieces she works with.
“My desire to live and work in relationship to others is integral to my work as a functional potter,” Carter said. “I imagine th
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Three university professors in Abilene will serve as officers this year for groups in the Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education.
Two will serve as presidents and one will be treasurer. Dr. Perry K. Haley Brown, professor and dean of the School of Education at McMurry University, is president of the Education Deans of Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (EDICUT).
Dr. Dana K. Hood, professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Abilene Christian University, is president of the Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (TACTE).
Serving as treasurer of EDICUT will be Dr. Pamela Williford of Hardin-Simmons University. She is professor and dean of the Irvin School of Education at HSU.
Brown described the consortium as an avenue for leaders in teacher preparation programs in Texas to cooperate, address common issues, increase public awareness and advocate for teacher education in Austin before the Texas Education Agency and the Legislature.
She said EDICUT is an organization of about 30 private colleges and universities, usually smaller than state colleges and universities.
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