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Why President Obama and Arne Duncan Need Glenn Brandon Burke, M.Ed.
By Alan Gray, NewsBlaze

I just finished reading Chicago Tribune columnist, Clarence Page's article entitled "Quiet crisis in our colleges."

The main message of the article is that higher education is sorely lacking in America. Student retention is low and so are graduation rates. President Obama's proposed American Graduation Initiative would put $12 billion into community colleges, with the aim of adding five-million n… Continue

Students are dropping out of college at an alarming rate! Why?
According to the U.S. Department of Education (2007) and the American Association of Community Colleges (2007), the attrition rate, or what’s more commonly known as the dropout rate, on average, for traditional colleges, universities, community college and career/technical colleges, the dropout rate is nearly 45%. In other words, nearly 1/2 the students in America are dropping out of their higher educational institutions withi… Continue

How Can A Motivational Speaker Truly Benefit A College?


Well, to answer that question, we need to know for what purpose a Motivational Speaker`s been hired? I know several speakers who give the Rah-Rah speeches that get’s the students "fired-up" as though they were listening to a dynamic southern preacher, but in reality, it simply leaves them feeling empty. Is this of true benefit?
I suppose it`s subjective.

Then there`s others who speak on Life After College and/or business, and some… Continue