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$8 million for STEM Education in Cenla...

The Rapides Foundation has announced the award of an $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to fund the Central Louisiana Academic Residency for Teachers Partnership (CART). The award from the Department's Teacher Quality Partnership initiative is one of only 28 nationally, and one of only three in the South.

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The Right Moves...

The first issue of Moves Magazine, a publication from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Foundation, arrived recently.

 

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A Chilling Announcement from Baton Rouge...

The Baton Rouge Business Report says that Baton Rouge-based IEM will soon become North Carolina-based IEM.

 

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Jim Clinton on LPB

Cenla Advantage Partnership's CEO, Jim Clinton, will be a guest on "Louisiana Public Square" on Louisiana Public Broadcasting at 7 PM on Wednesday, November 25. The show is dedicated to the subjects of technology and innovation in Louisiana. "Louisiana Public Square" is an LPB-produced show built on the principles of deliberative democracy.

 

Louisiana Two-Year Degrees Up...Most Places

 "In fall 1999, the Louisiana Community & Technical College System awarded 44% of all associate degrees in Louisiana. By fall 2008-09, LCTCS was awarding 64% of associate degrees."--Council for a Better Louisiana

 

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CAP CEO's Letter to the Editor

CAP's Chief Executive Officer Jim Clinton wrote a letter to the Town Talk regarding a recent news story that weighed Cenla's cost-of-living in relation to its median personal and family income. The article repeated the oft-heard position that it's okay for us to have lower wages since we also have a lower cost-of-living. Clinton disagrees and highlights the gap between these measures. Published today (October 11) in the Town Talk, the letter is here.

 

Advocate Calls for More Funding for Higher Ed

The Baton Rouge Advocate's editorial of Sunday, September 27, lauds Governor Bobby Jindal for giving the state's two streamlining commissions financial targets for their recommended cost-cutting. However, the same editorial calls the Governor's strategy into question for wanting higher education to emerge with a smaller budget.

 

Natchitoches Times Weighs in on Higher Ed Cuts

"With higher education budget cuts heaped atop the other factors that have held down college graduation rates, Louisiana could continue having problems developing a strong work force that would attract knowledge-based companies and jobs," according to a July 24 editorial in the

 

CenlaFuture: President Boosts Community Colleges

Boston.com and other news sources are reporting that President Obama will announce $12 billion in new funding for the nation's community colleges. According to an advance copy of his speech, the President will announce the American Graduation Initiative.

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One Paragraph Legislative Session Summary

 The Baton Rouge Advocate's Sunday editorial is built around a single paragraph from a new report from Public Affairs Research Council.

 
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