Higher Ed: Page 408


  • How will Microsoft's shake-up affect education?

    CEO Steve Ballmer says the company needs to change. Here are the differences educators might see.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 26, 2013
  • Oversight on for-profit colleges 'nearly impossible,' report says

    Government money to for-profit schools rises, but knowing where it goes is tricky.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 26, 2013
  • Best students travel farther for school, study says

    Most students are limiting their college choices and sticking close to home.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 26, 2013
  • College enrollment: Numbers drop as economy improves

    The first meaningful decline since the '90s could hold down tuition prices.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 26, 2013
  • U. of Hawaii CIO to become interim president

    David Lassner has been with UH for over three decades.

    By Roger Riddell • July 25, 2013
  • Stanford University investigating network breach

    Hacker "Ag3nt47" claims to have the school's "entire database."

    By Roger Riddell • July 25, 2013
  • Calif. files petition for Bridgepoint records

    The documents were originally requested in a January subpoena.

    By Roger Riddell • July 25, 2013
  • Can MOOCs bring higher ed together?

    MOOCs can unite or divide, but one online learning backer says the debate may be misleading

    By Daniel Shumski • July 25, 2013
  • Is community college worth it?

    More education usually means better pay, but where does that leave 2-year schools?

    By Daniel Shumski • July 25, 2013
  • Top colleges: Forbes puts 2 non-Ivies at top of list

    In a first, two California schools take 1st and 2nd place.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 25, 2013
  • Student loans: Senate approves plan to tie rates to market

    The deal would apply retroactively to borrowers since July 1

    By Daniel Shumski • July 25, 2013
  • Obama looking for 'shake up' on college costs

    The president says he's looking for ways to keep costs down.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 25, 2013
  • Deep Dive

    4 ways universities can survive extinction

    Higher ed faces some massive problems, but if institutions adapt now, they could come out looking better in the end.

    By Davide Savenije • July 24, 2013
  • Google eyes August for Play Textbooks launch

    The tech giant is partnering with five major publishers for the service.

    By Roger Riddell • July 24, 2013
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    Deep Dive

    Blending learning and 3D printing: Hendrix College's CIO explains what's working

    Hendrix College Executive Vice President and CIO David Hinson spoke with Education Dive about his role in melding technology with the school's ethos and increasing its visibility locally and online.

    By Roger Riddell • July 24, 2013
  • Historian group wants to keep dissertations offline

    Historical association worries grad students can't get book deals if Ph.D. papers are given away on the web.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 24, 2013
  • Court gives student's 'Hot for Teacher' essay a fail

    A judge ruled that the student had no First Amendment right to write the paper that got him suspended.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 24, 2013
  • How colleges can design cutting-edge learning spaces

    Once the funding is set, there's still plenty of work ahead to make smart decisions about technology.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 24, 2013
  • Could cheap online master's degree radically change higher education?

    Georgia Tech is offering a $6,600 master's degree in computer science.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 24, 2013
  • No raises for 6 Cal State presidents

    Previous salary increases had been questioned amid other cutbacks.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 24, 2013
  • Tuition set to increase at almost every W.Va. college and university

    Most of the institutions have scrambled to cut costs to soften the blow as state funding cuts force them to raise tuition.

    By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2013
  • Is a major university the urban success ingredient Detroit is missing?

    Slate's Matthew Yglesias says the city would have been better off if it had the University of Michigan.

    By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2013
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    Deep Dive

    10 ed tech acquisitions: How the landscape has changed since 2012

    Several of the industry's biggest names have been buying up younger competition in a bid to keep with the quickly changing times.

    By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2013
  • Harvard e-mail searches conducted in 'good faith,' says outside counsel

    The investigation involved covert faculty e-mail searches conducted by officials at the Ivy League school during a cheating scandal.

    By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2013
  • Dartmouth, USC investigated over sexual misconduct responses

    The U.S. Department of Education is looking at the schools' handling of sexual harassment and misconduct.

    By Daniel Shumski • July 23, 2013