Lambda Legal has an action kit for transgender students available on their Web site.
Whether you’re transgender or gender non-conforming, questioning, or an ally, this kit is designed to help you make your school a safer place. We’ve included ideas and information to help you advocate for change. There’s also an extensive list of resources to help you connect with the transgender community and find support.
Download it HERE.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The state of Oregon is suing Apollo Group Inc. of Arizona, the parent company of University of Phoenix, to recover $10 million the state claims it lost from misleading financial statements.
Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Attorney General John Kroger said Monday they have filed a securities fraud lawsuit claiming Apollo Group deceived investors about company revenue between 2007 and 2010.
Wheeler and Kroger said the allegations in the complaint were also the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company allegedly did not follow proper steps when dealing with federal student loans, and improperly canceled loans and left students on the hook financially for classes they did not take.
Read the full story HERE.
By David Staudacher, Rio Salado College PR Manager
“I want everyone in the world to take this class,” said Angela Ambrosia, a faculty chair member at Tempe-based Rio Salado College.
It’s safe to say every teacher will say their class is the most important and that everyone should enroll in it. But not every teacher can say their class has the potential to save lives. Ambrosia’s cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class has the potential to save lives and that is why she wants more people to enroll in her class.
“If I can teach somebody so that they will feel comfortable and not panic when this occurs, it will be great,” said Ambrosia. “I think we can improve the survival rate for cardiac arrest patients.”
In the Rio Salado class, students will learn to identify signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest with emphasis on early action. They will learn how to manage a conscious and unconscious airway obstruction and the proper technique for performing one and two rescuer CPR on the adult, infant and pediatric victim. Additionally, the students learn to deliver effective oxygenation and ventilation using a bag- valve-mask device and how to perform automatic, external defibrillation as part of the resuscitation of the adult in cardiac arrest.
“Students will learn current American Heart Association standards for one and two rescuer CPR and obstructed airway procedures on the adult, infant, and pediatric victim,” said Ambrosia. “The students will also learn to use automatic, external defibrillation and resuscitation equipment.”
According to the American Heart Association, the use of CPR dates back to 1740. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t know how to perform it today.
Rio Salado College launched the classes in January and saw more than 100 students take the online class and pass the in-person exam. Among the students who passed the exam is Tempe resident Jennifer Phoebe, who is a mother of three young children.
“I’m taking classes to get my degree in nursing and because I have children,” said Phoebe. “I thought CPR is something I should know. It’s long overdue.”
With family and work already keeping her busy, Phoebe found it difficult to attend classes in a traditional setting. So she chose online classes where she could attend class when it fit into her schedule.
“I have time constraints with kids and it made it a lot easier to take the classes online,” said Phoebe. “People think it’s going to be easy because it’s online, but you really have to learn the material. It was a great format for me and it was easy to understand. There was a lot of material and I learned a tremendous amount.”
After taking the classes online, Phoebe was relieved to practice what she learned during an in-person test under Ambrosia’s supervision at the college’s main location in Tempe.
“I felt a lot better coming in and doing it on a mannequin,” said Phoebe. “It reinforced everything I learned online.
To learn more about Rio Salado College, please visit http://www.riosalado.edu or call 480.517.8000.
The vast majority of Americans feel it is better for some students to go to community college instead of a four-year school, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and Stanford University released Tuesday.
Respondents rated community colleges as excellent or good at nearly the same rate as four-year schools, showing that Americans are generally pleased with two-year colleges. Seventy-one percent said it’s sometimes better for students to pursue a diploma or certificate from a two-year school than aim to enter a four-year college.
Read the full article HERE.
By Tiernan Ray
Over the transom this morning came word of a lawsuit filed in Florida by Keiser University, a privately held for-profit education institution, claiming a conspiracy by Florida State College, two of its administrators, and several “short-sellers”, alleging that Florida State sought to “derail” the for-profit education companies through a campaign of mis-information.
(Florida State College is not the same as the more well-known Florida State University, I should note.)
The suit names as “co-conspirators” Steve Eisman, with FrontPoint Financial Services, who has been a frequent, vocal critic of the for-profits, even appearing before Congress to testify about what he deems underhanded practices on the for-profits’ part.
Read the full story HERE.
According to a Reuters column, Bunker Hill Community College instructor Charles Daniel’s writing class is scheduled from 11:45 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. due to surging enrollment.
“The idea of midnight classes was something of a novelty, but it’s turned into a necessity,” said BHCC President Mary Fifield. “Students are looking for a way to start their college career, and all the day, weekend and early evening classes were closed.”
Have they heard of online colleges? Based on the pictures of people yawning in the class it look like they are not getting much out of the class. Through an online class they could cut driving out and get a little extra sleep.
At Rio Salado College, our students are online and earning an education their way.
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said community colleges are the “unsung heroes” of the U.S. education system and play a crucial role in training American workers to compete in the global economy.
Education is the key to future economic growth and the U.S. is falling behind other nations in the number of college graduates, Obama said today at the first White House summit on community colleges.
Rad the full story here.
Channel 12’s Kim Covington has covered many of Rio Salado College’s offerings on her School Solutions program. I take a lot of pride in Rio Salado College when she covers them, but her recent coverage about education in Finland was jaw dropping. Finland’s dropout rate is nearly at zero. Check out this video.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid42804637001?bclid=35249324001&bctid=621698534001.
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