San Juan College to offer helicopter flight training

A new helicopter aviation program at San Juan College is set to take flight this spring. On Tuesday, the college announced a new partnership with Albuquerque-based Enchantment Helicopters that will allow students to obtain an associate degree in technology helicopter from January. The degree covers four semesters, after which a student has logged 200 flight hours and have received both private and commercial licensing of helicopter flight, Enchantment Helicopters owner Doug Christian said. Even graduates will be certified as flight instructors. Enchantment Helicopters offers flight schools in Albuquerque and Phoenix. The company will also provide helicopters and flight instructors, while the College will provide the space and the class of degree. The number of helicopters and instructors based at the college will depend on the number of students enrolled in the program. Many of the introductory courses, such as school private land and the study of weather systems will be shared with students in the pilot program Mesa Air Group airline, aviation college coordinator Rae Lynn Shropshire said. "This simply adds another dimension to flight training. We're really excited about this," said Shropshire. The college hopes to begin offering classes that count for the degree of technology helicopter this spring. Shropshire anticipates approximately 7-10 students initially, with the expansion program in future semesters. Students will pay 's Advertisement Normal registration fee of $ 32 for each hour of credit in-state credit hours or $ 70 for out-of-state for the necessary classes. Must pay a cost more per flight hour flight completed, but the rate is not yet set, college spokeswoman Linda Baker said. The cost of the flight for the pilot program and 65,000 Mesa $, according to the program site. The need for helicopter pilots fly in the coming years due to about 60,000 veterans of the Vietnam War is expected to retire, said Christian. "There's a bit 'demand, especially here in the future," he said. Helicopter pilots are used in a variety of fields. Graduates can expect to fly for the services of a medical emergency, traffic news agencies, border patrol, construction firms and police forces, among other industries. Students will train with Robinson R22 and R44 model helicopters. They are the safest piston-engine helicopters in the world and about 75 percent of the jobs to use the airplane pilot, Christian said. Transition to other helicopters after achieving mastery with models Robinson also takes only five hours of additional training.

Education Expert recruiters a three-year degree

Robert Zemsky is only a scholar, he belongs to the same cohort, has not been studied with a critical eye for more than 40 years. Zemsky is the founder and director of the University of Pennsylvania, the Institute for Higher Education and Research current president of the Alliance of learning for higher education. In these and other professional tasks Zemsky, the delicate balance between a college or university Mission studied the entrepreneurial training and the need to keep financially afloat. Consultant partisan watchdog part, Zemsky advice to individual schools on how to improve, but it also means that something is wrong with higher education and how to fix it. Here, in a discussion with U. S. News, Zemsky talks about his new book, a labor reform: the case Transforming American Higher Education. Click here to learn more! Robert Zemsky Robert Zemsky Reprints: Q: How has asked to participate in the notations the influence of the Commission's arguments in a process of reform? A: I was an enthusiastic member, but a signatory of the report disappointed Spellings Commission. It has been said before the start of the book, I myself, 'Well, what do I know which is better next time, if we are ever so slightly' as the Spellings Commission has once again do I do? " and the answers to this question was the book. I learned that you can not write at university level, you can not change ashamed to be better, you can not beat them over. Even if you could starve them financial, which would only make them more modest. I decided a lot of meandering in my mind on key issues and their possible solutions, and that big, potential agents of change is a three-year degrees. Q: What's so great about a three-year degree? A: Right now, it takes too much time to students for their classes for what they will do a degree in four years. We created a structure of the curriculum in schools, is just nuts! It is about 50 years since I college, which is a frightening thought, but then we had a curricular structure. You have a first, B, C, and then you have, but that simply does not exist. Create a schedule of the college of today is like walking down the aisles of a supermarket, one of them, two to show up at the box office and get your measurement. People are lost in this whole election and the main reason why people take so long for their needs is incomplete because it does not, what courses they needed to take to stay in the race to clear it was too late. Q: How does a job of three years of graduation? A: In contrast to the supermarket model of education we have today, much of the curriculum required to obtain a degree-three years would be solved. As a student you get to choose where to go and your general, or field, but if you take a decision, do not want around. I also want to know what a Gen "and" to take over the last year of high school. When my colleagues tell me how absurd this idea and what they believe in the importance of gender and, let me say that I am that funny, because none of them can actually teach. Get High-school teachers to teach undergraduate courses, to be led astray before students through their three-year degree studies attack. Q: But what happens when a student changes his mind about his path? So many students, the University with undeclared majors to come. A: If you change your mind half way you will have to start over, but one must also bear in mind that the average time to complete college is 5 ½ years, so as not to waste time at the old standard. Q: Given three years of graduation would be a significant loss of tuition fees for colleges and universities, we may suppose that they would jump on board with your plan? A: Universities must take a big gulp and do just that. Yes, the front end, we are looking at a reduction of 25 percent, but colleges and universities are smart. You will see that three-year degree opening, a growing market for the master. Making-st more efficient for students means growth potential for the programs of the Master. It's so easy. Q: When three-year degree does not start, it throws some 'colleges and universities have discussion "on and support for the transition. What could be the spark? R. I write some, since the book, and I played a game of imaginary "It could happen, and if so, what should I do?" In the book I speak of the President always together all five presidents, but that's nonsense. That would never all. Instead, we make four states: California, because the public universities in terrible shape, Ohio, because the governor and the Chancellor must think I have to change the upper and, in Texas, because you either Florida or Texas, because of the multidimensional nature of their democracies Pick .. .; And New York, because his condition is excellent overall. Now imagine, [that] the chairman of the governors of those states, 16 education leaders from these states, other scientists who are speaking positively about three years of graduation, and the heads of four accreditation bodies of state calls for a withdrawal to begin process. You know, that is not necessarily a fantasy that might just work!

N.B.A. Players make their way back to school

Westbrook, a second guard year for the Oklahoma City Thunder, came to an end a history class this summer at UCLA as an NBA opens its season, Westbrook had been among about 45 players - 10 percent of the league - the gym Backpacks traded in the off-season. "The teacher has just called my name," Hey, Mr. Nice Westbrook. To see you. Nice for you to appear, "said Westbrook." I had to go all the way to the front and sit on the stage in front of the class all the time. For two hours. I could not sleep, could do nothing. For two hours. " The N.B.A. Unione ha iniziato a monitorare migrazione la classe di quest'anno. Murman Debbie Rothstein, director of professional development for the Union, said that the figure is considerably higher than before, even if he has the numbers earlier. For elite athletes, the seven-digit salaries ordered to return to college is an investment and a hedge against what may be an uncertain future. Chris Paul New Orleans Hornets re-working classes at Wake Forest and Westbrook teammate Kevin Durant ever further towards its conclusion in Texas. An amendment to the Rule League in 2006, stipulates that players at least a year removed from high school and will be processed at least 19th For many players who want to attend at least one year of college. The rule was the influx of players who entered the league directly from high school. But it could have an unintended consequence: Some try to finish what you started it. "I had classes with regular students and went to study hall and took the bus to school gym," Durant said. "It was everything I was doing than I was before. I'm only two years of college and three years removed from high school. It all came back pretty quickly." The average annual wage in N.B.A. is 5.85 million U.S. dollars, and the players are generally safe in the short term. Retirement is this completely different. It is estimated that 60 percent of the N.B.A. The players are broke within five years of retirement, and 78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt or in financial hardship due to lack of work or divorce within two years, according to a report by Sports Illustrated March. The magazine also reported that the struggle of many baseball players, after the financial retirement. "That's not necessarily working from a financial perspective, but it is the perspective we take with them," Murman said Rothstein. "Basketball is one of their passions, but they have others. What they need to become acquainted with their passion if they are equipped for basketball ready? Where are they going to make their brands more?" Professional leagues and unions have stressed education as a way to prepare athletes. Major League Baseball has set up the professional baseball scholarship plan in early 1960, to benefits and reimbursements to the players, many of whom are involved in their school or third year of academics. From 1962 to 1999, 69.2 percent of baseball players back into the classroom, "said Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball. Half of NFL players have college degrees - a higher percentage than the NBA or baseball, do not tell the players to professional football eligibility soon. Nearly 100 players back to school in the off season, the league and leads a management program with universities, including Harvard and Stanford. Players receive up to U.S. $ 15,000 for reimbursement of education. The best basketball players usually start studying if their populations are higher, often as early as possible in their academic careers. About 21 percent of the current N.B.A. The players have degrees, Murman said Rothstein. Some may not want to leave college early, but I feel obliged to help their families with financial burdens. Demand in the camp of the Union of High School signed players, players' contracts, that they will continue their training, should never the pro before graduating from the university. Some players groaned when Rothstein Murman they remembered when they are rookies. The agreement is largely symbolic, but some players take it seriously. The thunder and the Golden State Warriors had three players enrolled in summer courses. While some are creating building blocks for the future, others are fulfilled promises to loved ones or are destined to spend the first member of a family from the university. "I have a younger brother, and is an example of him and how important it is," said Westbrook, who has declared for the NBA season after his second year at UCLA The lessons can be tedious, he said, and it took a whole day on one side of the first document issued to him to write the contract. But he had called the advantage of participating in a university in which a number of NBA players for pickup games. Westbrook so easily back and forth by the court for the classroom. Twitter has recently received all B in its summer courses. Westbrook teammate Jeff Green took his class at Georgetown, where it undermines an English degree. One day he was sitting near the door, when a group of high school students passed. "A baby began to scream my name, and felt weird because I was trying to focus attention and everyone else has to pay in the class started to look like," What's going on? "Said Green." My teacher managed very well. He has just left and locked the door and went about his teaching. " The obligations of the sport and the school can sometimes collide. Vince Carter left the University of North Carolina for the NBA in 1998, but still continue to work toward his degree in Afro-American studies. In 2001, Carter, then a guard with the Toronto Raptors, was to juggle the preparations for a playoff game with his college degree. After the ceremony, rushed to Philadelphia to play the 76ers on. Carter finished the last stroke is missing the Raptors were eliminated. Fans and members of the media questioned his priorities, in accordance with this result. "The people who criticize me think, think with something that I, because this is an important moment in the life of everyone," Carter said at the time. "It is a person who could sit there and say that they lose their final exams for nothing." The distinction has a special meaning for Carter. Used for Durant, left the school after one season. It ignores the fact that his mother, Wanda Pratt wanted to return to school, but was consumed with raising him and his brother. "To walk across the stage will be as important as being prepared," Durant said. "Perhaps more importantly, because it lasts a lifetime." As another part of being a graduate: requests for donations from the alumni fund-raising office.

Wit, the team of graduate programs at Iowa

Western Iowa Tech Community College and the University of Iowa, have signed an agreement allowing Wit adapted to earn a bachelor's degree from Iowa campus in Sioux City. It was signed the agreement earlier this year, President Robert Dunk Wit said in a press release. The agreement allows Wit graduates who earn two years to complete associate degree programs in Iowa, including a degree in liberal studies, Undergraduate degree in applied science and nursing. Iowa President Sally Mason said he was happy to Iowa City-based institution may serve northwest Ohio. Dunk said, "The joke has always been the best place to start, and now offers the ability to pass the finish line with a bachelor's Hawkeye."

Zone delay degrees

The region of St. Louis is pretty average when it comes to the percentage of residents with a high school diploma. But when it comes to the part of residents with a bachelor's degree, the region sank near the bottom of the list, compared with large metropolitan areas. "It's a classic story of Louis," said Terry Jones, University of Missouri-St. Louis political scientist, who recently a study on access to university in the region. "We're not deep in the pack, but we are in the bottom half. And in most years, most indicators, we are far from the national average." A new coalition of business executives and nonprofit organizations, is trying to change that. The Louis Regional College Access Pipeline Project, which got off the ground on the first half of the year, has the lofty goal of nearly doubling the rate of completion of college in the region from 28 to 50 percent by 2020. MORE EDUCATION COVERAGE bullet Get educated in schools, the page STLtoday education, a permanent site for news of education, in St. Louis bullet following the Grade, Louis premier blog on education. The first initiative of this project was to commission the report of Jones to assess the current state of the region and efforts to address the post-completion of high school. With the data now in hand, the project is hosting a symposium average today at St. Louis Art Museum that organizers hope will be a call to action. Faith Sandler and Jane Donahue, co-chairs of the committee's project pipeline of the steering wheel, met after noticing an increase in programs to improve access to university in the region. The amount of federal and private money for such efforts has also increased. Programs for access to universities often offer students classes, test preparation and intensive counseling faculty who could not get in their schools. Donahue, but said the region lacks the coordination to ensure these programs are as effective as they should be. "There was no coordinated strategy and discussion of the community," said Donahue, who is also vice president of the Deaconess Foundation. "This is about aligning the efforts of good out there." In all, Jones identified 35 organizations - nonprofit groups and universities - in the region that are doing the work of university entrance or retention. But he found that these services are not evenly distributed throughout the region. The 25,000 low-income students in the neighboring county of seven, only about 1 in 3 of them are exposed to these programs. This is largely because many of the programs focused on the urban core in 25 schools. Meanwhile, about 57 schools in the region are not served by any of these programs. "Everybody tends to gravitate towards a relatively small number of public schools," said Jones. But many low-income students, parts of Warren, Jefferson and Franklin County, which are not the way to go to college is to receive the programs, he added. And in some cases, Jones found that various groups were doing similar work in the same school - the efforts of seven in Welding High School, for example - but were not necessarily aware of each other, he said. The Louis region ranks 24th of 35 metropolitan areas, the vast proportion of residents with a bachelor's degree, according to U.S. Census cited by Jones in his study. While the proportion of university graduates increased between 1990 and 2007, Jones said the increase would have been out of the increased secondary school completion and the performance of other metropolitan areas. Jones compile data from various sources, also points to well-established results, such as people with postgraduate school, on average, earn more money, healthy lifestyles and are more likely to participate in civic activities such as voting and volunteering. One of the speakers listed in today's event is Greg Darnieder, which was hit earlier this year to become special assistant to E. U. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in access to university. It is the first position of its kind and is focused on the goal of President Barack Obama in the U.S. regain its place as the country with the highest percentage of university graduates throughout the world by 2020. Darnieder, a graduate of St. Louis University, praised the efforts of Louis gas pipeline project to date and noted that the philanthropists, business, education and legislative communities need to work on it together. "This work must be done in partnership," he said. "The challenge goes beyond the capacity of any K-12 system to solve this." Communities need to address the crisis of abandonment at the same time, encourage learning in the classroom and making sure more students from college to do so, he said. In the region of St. Louis, there was some anecdotal evidence and statistics that college programs access and province have been paying great efforts. The proportion of the region's high school graduates taking the ACT rose to 69 percent, up from 60 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to the study of Jones. And more students are filling out the software free of Federal Student Aid, which has been criticized for being too complicated. "It used to be a false barrier because that was so stupid the way," said Sandler, who is also executive director of the Foundation scholarships Louis. But much remains to be done. Jones and others, I regret that there is a good monitoring system to follow students through the pipeline from school to university to gauge the effectiveness of these efforts. "We have unemployment measure very carefully, but do not measure access to university," said Jones. "We do not have a tracking system. What inhibit our ability to know how we're doing."

A new report on higher education makes the link between access and income: students want a lower cost

A report released yesterday by the Ontario Council of the quality of higher education (HEQCO) made the link between increases in tuition fees and reducing student participation low secondary income, a conclusion which does not surprise students of colleges and universities. The report confirms a phenomenon that students have identified for years, namely that the costs of higher education represent an obstacle for students from low and middle income.

"High school students from families with low incomes or in rural Ontario should have the same access to university or college than children from higher income families living in an urban center," said Shelley Melanson, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario. "The report concludes that more likely than high school students from high income backgrounds make an application for admission to university than students from low income backgrounds, and the gap is widening more. It is clear that equal access to higher education is a myth and that students need a reduction in tuition. "

Although it displays data prior to 2005, the report was released just weeks after the recent Statistics Canada report reveals that the rising unemployment rate among students in Ontario has been unprecedented during the summer. This reality, in addition to high tuition fees and student loans huge, paints a grim picture for many students hoping to study at college or university to improve their prospects. The fees that students pay in Ontario will soon be the highest in Canada because the funding for postsecondary education by the provincial government is still below the national average. Those who are lucky to study at college or university will face levels of debt without precedent that may be up to $ 28 000 for a four-year program. "If the Ontario government really wants to solve the problem of poverty and improve access to postsecondary education, it must invest in postsecondary education and reduce tuition fees," says Melanson. "If we ignore the warning signs and further indebtedness on the current generation of students and students, the consequences for the graduates and the economy will be disastrous." The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario unites more than 300 000 students of college and university attending public schools across Ontario. Students plan events across Ontario to November 5 this year, asking the government to invest in reducing tuition fees and inject new funds into social programs to reduce poverty.

The Canada Company awards scholarships to seven children of deceased

Charity of business called Canada Company today paid tribute to Canadian Forces members who died in active service by giving seven of their children scholarships worth 16 $ 000 each ($ 4 000 per grant for the next four years) to contribute to their costs of post-secondary education.

Blake Goldring, chairman of Canada Company and chairman and chief executive officer, AGF Management Limited presented the scholarship with Gerry McCaughey, president and CEO, CIBC. "I am very proud to find myself in the company of these remarkable young people," said Blake Goldring. "This initiative reflects the commitment of Canadians to support our military and their families, and to ensure that their loved ones are not abandoned. Canada Company enables businesses and individuals to tangibly demonstrate our appreciation to these women and men who risk their lives. The scholarships that we award today are an example of our ongoing commitment. " "We're deeply saddened that so many young people have lost a parent on active duty since January 2002," said Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, Chief of Staff of the Army. "This tragedy has still a glimmer of hope. I wish that all these young people know they are part of a large family. An extended family consists of people and Canadian companies are proud of the brave soldiers sailors and air force. I thank Canada Company and all those who contributed to this important initiative. "

Recipients of the scholarship from the Canada Company for the year 2009-2010 are:

Scott Senecal, 24, of Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) - Scott studied at

Lethbridge College, where he is enrolled in the program management

stuff. Scott has also recently obtained a degree in Criminal Law

Lethbridge College.

Adam Naismith, 18, of Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) - Andrew intends

joining the Canadian Forces as a fighter pilot and he

currently studying at the University of Saskatchewan in education and

psychology.

Kirsten Hess-vonKruedener, 21, of Kingston (Ontario) - Kirsten studied

at McMaster University in Hamilton, Communications and French.

Natasha Roberge, 18, of Hamner (Ontario) - Natasha studied at

Laurentian University in Sudbury in English and music and

wishes to become a school teacher.

Michel Girouard, 22, of Pembroke (Ontario) - Michael is a recent

graduated from Royal Military College in Kingston and is now

officer in the Canadian Forces. Michael works in the cell

Operations Headquarters 1 Wing Kingston

(Ontario).

Jocelyn Ranger, 24, of Pembroke (Ontario) - Jocelyn is studying

Business at Algonquin College.

Myriam Mercier, 19, of Quebec (Quebec) - Miriam studied at the College of

Sainte-Foy and plans to study nursing.

About the Fund Scholarship Canada Company The funds of the scholarship of the Canada Company pays $ 4 000 per year up to four years, young people who are eligible for support in their post-secondary education. Children of Canadian soldiers who died in active service as part of a Canadian military mission with the Canadian Forces or the reserve since January 2002 can apply for the scholarship. The funds of the scholarship of the Canada Company will provide scholarships to these young retroactively to 1 January 2002. The education fund Canada Company has received funding from CIBC totaling one million dollars. Additional support was provided by leaders from business such as Power Corporation, Peter Munk, founder and chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation, Jim Balsillie, co-chairman and CEO of Research In Motion (RIM); RBH Inc.. and the foundation W. Garfield Weston, The TD Bank Financial Group, BMO Financial Group, Scotiabank and The AGF Management Limited. Canada Company invites other members of the business community to contribute to this important initiative. The Canada Company administers the funds through an independent committee and members of Canadian Forces to ensure that children who have lost a parent can benefit from this scholarship.