Latinos, Blacks Help Fuel Growth of Online Education
The rapid growth of online school enrollment is heavily influenced by Latino and African-American students, two historically underrepresented groups in the traditional higher education community. While campus-based U.S. colleges and universities continue to shut out a majority of qualified non-Asian minority students, accredited online schools unequivocally extend an open door to all those who ...
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Oakton Community College Briefs
Oakton Community College will be running two pharmacy technician classes this fall semester. To learn more about this new career path, attend a free information session at 6 p.m. today, July 29, at the Des Plaines Campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, Room 1506. Additional information sessions will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Skokie Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., and 6 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Des Plaines ...
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Community Calendar
Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date. Send information on fund-raisers, clubs, lectures, community events, reunions and support groups to Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake, Glenview IL 60026; fax (847) 486-7495; or e-mail to jmolitor@pioneerlocal.com. There is no charge for publication.
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Creative enterprise
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Textbook law aims to help students
PITTSFIELD -- As students prepare to head to college this fall, a new federal law aims to make buying college textbooks more cost effective for students and families this academic year.
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