Cal Poly and UCSB set application record
By Staff Report / Friday, January 15th, 2016 / Higher 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 →

Amazon opens brick and mortar store in Isla Vista
By Marissa Nall / Friday, January 15th, 2016 / Higher Education, Latest news, right, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amazon opens brick and mortar store in Isla Vista

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CSUCI partnering with manufacturing industry
By Marissa Nall / Friday, January 8th, 2016 / Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on CSUCI partnering with manufacturing industry

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New UC venture fund to pump $250M into spinoffs
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, January 1st, 2016 / Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on New UC venture fund to pump $250M into spinoffs

There certainly is no shortage of money available for startup companies — total venture investments in 2014 were more than $57 billion, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, and there are signs 2015 could top that by billions. There hasn’t been this much cash flowing, particularly in the tech sector, since the late 1990s dot-com boom. Read More →

Cal Poly SLO offers new master’s degree in business analytics
By Marissa Nall / Friday, December 18th, 2015 / Central Coast, Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cal Poly SLO offers new master’s degree in business analytics

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Tri-county accounting graduates in demand
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, December 4th, 2015 / Central Coast, Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county accounting graduates in demand
Universities aren’t always great at adapting to the workforce needs of today and tomorrow. Journalism schools across the land, for example, still churn out thousands of graduates every year — bright-eyed, but unable to find jobs, and soon forced to move back in with mom and start freelancing. But at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Read More →

UCSB strives to spur more manufacturing
By Philip Joens / Friday, November 27th, 2015 / Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on UCSB strives to spur more manufacturing
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