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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, June 10th, 2016 / Columns, Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Biasotti: New SBCC president faces challenge of success
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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, March 11th, 2016 / Columns, Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Higher education faces disruption because of technology
Business scholar and consultant Clayton Christensen coined the phrase “disruptive innovation” in the 1990s to describe a breakthrough that reshapes a market and displaces its leading firms. Twenty years later, “disruption” might be the defining theory of the modern economy. Print newspapers, brick-and-mortar retail and taxis have been some of its chief victims. On a Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, January 15th, 2016 / Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Cal Poly and UCSB set application record
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen and transfer students. Nearly 57,000 Cal Poly hopefuls applied for the upcoming 2016-17 school year, the college said Jan. 15 in a news release. That was a 2.8 percent increase from the incoming freshmen who applied last year and Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Ventura County schools unwrap academy effort
We hope that other districts up and down the Central Coast pay attention to what works — and what doesn’t work — as the Career Pathways program in Oxnard gets under way. It should hold important lessons for creating a 21st-century economy across our region.
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By Staff Report / Friday, October 24th, 2014 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Munger’s $65M gift raises the bar for UCSB
Munger’s gift outpaces a $50 million gift by Oracle Corp. Vice Chairman Jeff Henley to fund UCSB’s research into energy efficiency and other science programs.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 3rd, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on ParentSquare software helps connect classrooms
Santa Barbara-based startup ParentSquare is making a communication system that hopes to reach all parents, regardless of what kind of communication technology they have at home or what language they speak.
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By Staff Report / Friday, May 2nd, 2014 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on Oasis Technology hopes to get kids hooked on white-hat hacking
Oasis Technology of Camarillo is sponsoring a contest with three Ventura County high schools to get students interested in becoming the good guys in the world of cybersecurity.
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