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Stakeholders await details on debt-free college plans
While the idea of debt-free college has taken off among Democratic presidential candidates, details on how those plans would be implemented remain to be seen.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 22, 2015 -
Student engagement, billionaires, and art MOOCs: The week’s most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on Kadenze's new MOOC platform for creative arts, Penn State's virtual reality prototype for distance ed, and more right here.
By Roger Riddell • June 19, 2015 -
ACT Compass placement test discontinued
The test has been criticized for its lack of predictive power about student success in college and faces declining use nationwide.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015 -
Marian Court College announces abrupt closure
The small, tuition-reliant Catholic college near Boston faces ‘insurmountable’ financial trouble amid shrinking enrollment.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015 -
CFPB takes aim at lender treatment of co-signers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau followed up on a 2014 report with a new review showing there is still great cause for concern.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015 -
Coding bootcamp offers students real-world experience
Free Code Camp partners with nonprofits after students reach an online learning milestone, giving them project experience to take to employers.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015 -
Accreditors' higher ed 'watchdog' role called into question
A Wall Street Journal report finds that accreditation bodies serve as consultants to colleges, helping them improve on their own metrics but keeping low-performing schools open.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 19, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Arts education goes MOOC
A new platform, Kadenze, was designed to handle the needs of creative arts courses.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
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Business degree program at Portland State focuses on e-portfolio
The undergraduate, part-time, online program sets students up with demonstrable achievements to take to future employers.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
Video spurs deeper interaction with college websites
Colleges that have turned still images into moving ones on their homepages have seen success driving traffic to admissions and other internal pages.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
CFPB student loan ombudsman Rohit Chopra to step down
Chopra submitted a letter of resignation following four years in the post on Wednesday.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
House GOP budget would block key Obama higher ed regulations
The proposed budget would prohibit spending on gainful employment regulations and a proposed system for rating colleges and universities.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
Accrediting council, Ed Dept provide new competency-based clarification
The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions and the U.S. Department of Education seem to be on the same page with assessment framework.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 18, 2015 -
Columbia students speak out about sexual assault handling
Three cases profiled in the Huffington Post were allegedly dragged on months longer than university policy dictates and full of questionable actions by officials.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015 -
IT help desks gaining prominence on campuses
More colleges and universities are moving IT centers from obscure locations advertised only with a phone line to Apple-like service centers.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015 -
Bloomberg donates $100 million to NYC Cornell campus
The donation came as Cornell broke ground on its campus for Cornell Tech, a recent collaboration between the university and the city.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015 -
For-profits find a home in Brazil
DeVry, Apollo, and Laureate are all seeing growing profits globally while their business model in the United States breaks down.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Can in-class communication tools boost student engagement?
Ohio State University is among hundreds of institutions hedging their bets on BYOD-friendly platforms like Top Hat and Echo 360.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
New Jersey's last women's college going co-ed
The College of Saint Elizabeth will begin its next chapter in the fall of 2016, opening its daytime classes to men.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
Student success centers on the rise
There are certain keys to designing, launching, marketing, and funding such centers, which aim to boost retention on campuses.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
England's University of Cambridge to hire Lego professor of play
The Lego Foundation donated £2.5 million to fund the position, which would also lead a research center focused primarily on play in education.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
Higher ed spending priorities criticized from both sides of the aisle
Both Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last week criticized lush campus amenities.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
UMass set to approve $250-per-year IT fee
Students are protesting the fee, which would go toward improving the information technology network across four campuses.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 15, 2015 -
Penn State prototype brings virtual reality to distance education
The student-designed system gives distance learners an immersive classroom experience using Oculus Rift VR tech.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015 -
Ed Dept expresses concern over university access to student health records
Loopholes in FERPA give university officials access to otherwise private information.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 14, 2015
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