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British Middlesex U offers students free digital textbooks
The university expects students to save an average of $681 per year and will also study the educational benefits of having such a program.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015 -
Lumina-sponsored summit seeks to make sense of crowded credential marketplace
The summit will bring together representatives from labor, business, education, and public policy to sort out the tangled credentialing web.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015 -
Trendline
Mental Health and Wellness
This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes.
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Resource barrier presents security hurdle for community colleges
Two-year schools attempt to serve students before and after tragedy on significantly smaller budgets than their four-year peers.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2015 -
Duncan, higher ed's purpose, and school health: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on the latest higher ed data from NCES and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2015 -
General Assembly adds $70M in capital during latest funding round
The five-year-old startup is serving 14,000 students this year alone, offering tech training to adults who want to expand their skillsets and get a leg up in the job market.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015 -
Statistics grads still on the rise, but not quickly enough
NCES data shows explosive growth in graduates in the field, but demand is growing faster than colleges can expand programs.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015 -
Caltech once again Times Higher Ed's top research university in the world
Caltech has claimed the British publication's top spot for the past five years, though the number of US schools on the full list has dropped.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015 -
Perkins Loan Program dies as Alexander blocks funding bill
An extension to the program passed in the House, but Alexander blocked its advance out of the Senate’s education committee.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015 -
2015 survey of admissions officers highlights continuing trends
Admissions officers are focusing on international and out-of-state student recruitment, and many are losing students due to debt concerns.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 2, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Strayer program may hold key to keeping corporate partners through downturns
CEO Karl McDonnell says Strayer@Work is designed to boost corporate performance while helping companies attract and retain quality talent.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
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Excelencia in Education highlights four programs as Latino ed leaders
The organization honors one community-based organization each year, as well as programs at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
Campuses increasingly adopting mobile payment options
The move is a no-brainer, given the adoption rates for smartphones on campuses nationwide.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
Information Technology Infrastructure Library could be key to IT improvement
Ohio State is among institutions seeing marked improvement in customer satisfaction due to its use of the framework.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
U of Iowa expands in-state recruitment, to the dismay of its competitors
The recruitment push follows a mandate from regents that criticized the university’s resident to non-resident ratio, threatening to pull funding.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
Rutgers suffers fourth cyberattack-induced network outage in less than a year
Distributed denial-of-service attacks have repeatedly flooded the network with traffic, blocking users out but posing no threat to personal data.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Oct. 1, 2015 -
Court: Colleges don’t owe student-athletes beyond cost of attendance
The panel upheld a previous federal ruling that chided the NCAA's efforts to preserve amateurism and declared it is 'not above antitrust laws.'
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2015 -
Hack Reactor acquires iOS bootcamp, reorganizes operations
The tech ed provider will expand its expertise to include mobile education with the acquisition and split its satellites into autonomous companies.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015 -
Just 13% of top 300 colleges to require SAT essay
A new SAT will debut in March with an optional essay portion that most schools will forego, though many elite schools will still require completion.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015 -
New York latest state to consider free community college
Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed he is in talks with the White House about the affordability of a statewide program.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015 -
Micro-credentials open higher ed to those looking to broaden skills
Thanks to badges and other 'subdegree' programs, It no longer takes years to prove to employers that graduates have the necessary skills.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015 -
Barely half of college grads believe their education was worth it
The national poll of 30,000 college alumni by Gallup and Purdue University found that number lowered to 26% for for-profit grads.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2015 -
San Francisco program to train software engineers using project-based learning
The Holberton School, named for female programming pioneer Betty Holberton, aims to increase diversity in tech and ready students for high-paying jobs.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015 -
U of the Incarnate Word to try Ellucian Brainstorm for CBE
The new cloud-based LMS for competency-based ed is still in beta, but it's designed to offer highly personalized learning, in part by using big data.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015 -
'The Coalition' to offer new college application option for students
In all, 80 institutions will accept a new online application allowing students to develop a high school portfolio and letting schools individualize questions.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015 -
Wisconsin HOPE Lab highlights states' per-student higher ed funding disparities
The state's two-year colleges get just $3,211 per full-time-equivalent student, while the its flagship institution gets $12,410 under the same measure.
By Tara GarcÃa Mathewson • Sept. 29, 2015
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