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Deep DiveDoes it pay to be a social CIO? [Educause 2014]
Four CIOs explored the risks and rewards of being active on social media during a panel at last week's Educause conference in Orlando.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 7, 2014 -
Starbucks-ASU collaboration enrolls 1,800
About 1,000 employees will start their subsidized educations next week.
By Keith Button • Oct. 7, 2014 -
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TrendlineEnrollment and Retention
A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.
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Only a third of re-enrolling college students graduate
An InsideTrack study shows that students who return to college after a year away have a 33.7% chance of graduating.
By Keith Button • Oct. 7, 2014 -
More than half of SAT takers not ready for college
Only 43% of students in 2014 scored at a college-ready level on the exam.
By Keith Button • Oct. 7, 2014 -
$6M in proposed cuts for U of Southern Maine
The university may cut 50 faculty jobs and two more programs as it attempts to close a $16 million budget gap.
By Keith Button • Oct. 7, 2014 -
5 colleges win ed tech awards
WCET, a division of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, issues WOW awards annually for innovation in technology-based learning programs.
By Keith Button • Oct. 7, 2014 -
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Deep DiveEducause 2014: Our recap of higher ed IT's premier gathering
We've rounded up all of our coverage from the higher ed IT mega-gathering in one place for your convenience.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 6, 2014 -
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Deep Dive4 reasons CIO is the best job on campus [Educause 2014]
Five CIOs set out during a panel conversation to counter the conversation about how tough being CIO is while encouraging the next generation to step into the role.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 6, 2014 -
American Enterprise Institute calls for market-based higher ed reforms
Among recommendations: Establishing a performance floor for institutions and having them share risk in their students' outcomes to encourage improvement.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Sexual assault reports rise 40% at Northeast colleges
A Boston Globe analysis found a sharp increase at New England's largest colleges in 2013.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Cornell to offer community engagement courses
The program will be funded by $150 million in donations.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Harvard students ask university to sever ties with TFA
Members of the Student Labor Action Movement sent a letter to President Drew Faust demanding the organization provide additional training, among other things.
By Allie Gross • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Admissions group says applicant interest in other colleges is private
The NACAC says the federal government shouldn't let its higher ed members see the list of up to 10 colleges that each student using the FAFSA is interested in and asked to divulge.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
NoteBowl targets college calendar, LMS issues
Two University of Arizona graduates have launched an ed tech startup with an app that combines social network and learning management platform functions.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Florida for-profit college officials indicted
The CEO and three admissions employees of FastTrain College are accused of stealing $6.6 million from the federal government by admitting students without high school diplomas.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Mansfield U. announces cuts, layoffs
State funding cuts and enrollment declines are forcing the Pennsylvania institution to scale back programs and lay off faculty.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
New York institutions overhauling campus sex assault policies
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing the state's colleges and universities, beginning with the State University of New York, to overhaul their prevention and response policies.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Paper suggests fixes for broken Pell Grant system
The report says the Pell Grant system is increasingly less effective and that an overhaul of federal college financing is needed.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Deep Dive
3 things you need to know about disruptive innovation in higher ed [Educause 2014]
A general session keynote by Clayton Christensen laid out what higher ed administrators should know about disruption in the marketplace.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2014 -
USC partners with WIRED, others on online master's degree
The integrated design, business, and technology degree will be launched in fall 2015.
By Keith Button • Oct. 2, 2014 -
LinkedIn unveils tools for helping students find the right college
The professional networking site is offering three new features to help college-bound students align colleges, courses, and careers.
By Keith Button • Oct. 2, 2014 -
General Theological Seminary professors fired for walkout protest
Eight full-time faculty members were let go after calling for their dean to be fired.
By Keith Button • Oct. 2, 2014 -
Audit: Ed Dept too lax with direct assessment program applications
The department reportedly failed to ensure that undeserving programs offering degrees based on direct assessment student evaluations aren't funded with federal aid.
By Keith Button • Oct. 2, 2014 -
U. of California reconsiders out-of-state enrollment push
As in-state enrollment declines, the university system is reviewing whether it has focused too much on non-resident students.
By Keith Button • Oct. 1, 2014 -
Penn State dropping its Confucius Institute
The announcement follows a similar falling out with the China-government-backed institute at the University of Chicago.
By Keith Button • Oct. 1, 2014
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