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Pearson's REVEL aims to replace the traditional textbook [Educause 2014]
Can the latest in instructional design research and advanced learning tech finally make students complete their reading assignments?
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2014 -
More medical schools using 'holistic' admissions
A study shows that applicants are increasingly assessed on their personal life experiences in addition to grades and test scores.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
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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Yale, Duke, and Minnesota endowments up 20%
Positive returns continue for higher ed overall for the second fiscal year in a row.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
$450M in federal job training grants will go to 270 community colleges
The grants from the Departments of Education and Labor were announced on Monday.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
U-Mass Amherst reconsidering student drug informant program
A campus police program that used students as drug informants is under review after a student's death was made public.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
D2L announces Web accessibility MOOC with Portland Community College [Educause 2014]
The MOOC is meant to help online educators address the needs of students with disabilities.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Dell announces that 8 universities have adopted its learning and research solutions [Educause 2014]
The computer giant will also take part in a series of sessions and panels at the Orlando conference.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Massachusetts attorney general sued by for-profit schools
A group representing for-profit career schools says in a lawsuit that the state's new regulations are an undue burden on small businesses and a violation of their First Amendment rights.
By Keith Button • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Justice Department launches Corinthian investigation
At the center of the latest investigation are alleged student attendance and grade record manipulations, lies about funding sources, and job placement rate inflation.
By Keith Button • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Survey: Campus HR positive about harassment policies, less so about adjunct pay
A survey from Inside Higher Ed also shows growing concern over the cost of healthcare for retirees.
By Keith Button • Sept. 29, 2014 -
U of Chicago rejects China's Confucius Institute
An agreement between the two won't be renewed.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
Corinthian sale not so easy
The U.S. Department of Education finds itself trying to shore up Corinthian Colleges, for the sake of taxpayers, at the same time it shuts the for-profit education company down.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
College enrollment dropped by nearly a million in 2 years
The data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows community colleges taking the brunt of the impact.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
U of North Texas payroll scheme took $75.6M from state
The Lone Star State has been overpaying, possibly since the 1970s, and now it wants its money back.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
Study: MOOC learning rates same as MIT class
A study shows that students in a massive open online course learned just as well as those in a flipped classroom setting.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
Requestec is Blackboard's latest acquisition
The fourth acquisition under CEO Jay Bhatt places the company among leading early adopters of WebRTC technology.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Audit questions $150K spent by San Jose State
A California State University audit uncovered questionable spending on everything from massages and concert tickets to camera equipment.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Instructure unveils Canvas Commons platform
The new platform, integrated into the Canvas LMS, facilitates collaboration between educators and is being piloted by Unizin.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Where do low-income students stand in public higher ed?
Public higher education hardly got off the hook in a recent New America report criticizing financial aid practices that hurt low-income students.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Federal student loan default rate drops
The three-year default rate fell to 13.7% from 14.7% a year earlier.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Harvard taps insider to head endowment
Stephen Blyth, who has worked for the university's endowment since 2006, will oversee the $36 billion portfolio.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Udacity raises $35M as it moves to expand nanodegrees
The company's pivot to paid vocational learning for tech jobs is proving to be successful.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2014 -
Columbia releases sex assault report
The report shows that, for varying reasons, the 10 rapes reported on campus in the 2013-14 school year have thus far gone unpunished.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014 -
US Ed Dept student loan default recalculations benefit some institutions
A number of colleges were in danger of losing federal funding under the previous formula.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014 -
Thrasher to lead Florida State
State Senator John Thrasher must now face a student body and faculty that overwhelmingly opposed his candidacy.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014
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