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George Lucas donating Disney money from $4B Lucasfilm sale to education
The move comes as part of the director's larger pledge to give his money to charities and other philanthropic causes.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
University of Phoenix spent $160,000+ per day on Google AdWords in Q3
The for-profit education company was the top AdWords spender in Q3 2012, according to WordStream data.
By Brian Warmoth • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Trendline
Mental Health and Wellness
This Trendline examines how colleges are adapting their mental healthcare to pandemic-era constraints.
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Speakers at Madrid conference urge liberal arts revival for universities in Arab spring nations
Such a revival would fight the myth that liberalism and humanism are gone from the Arab world, one speaker said.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Tutor Matching Service provides a safe, effective way for students to find tutors
The company is already working with 15 institutions.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Universities develop partnerships to make four-year degrees more accessible for community college STEM students
The partnerships are geared not only at making the degree more affordable, but also at easing the transfer process.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 1, 2012 -
Spelman does away with athletics, redirects money into campus-wide wellness program
The redesigned physical education curriculum will focus more on activities working women will continue in their adult lives.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 1, 2012 -
UCLA to impose tobacco ban this spring, ahead of system-wide 2014 ban
The Los Angeles campus' tobacco ban begins April 22.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 31, 2012 -
CourseSmart partnering with Internet2 and Educause on e-textbook research project
The company will offer 100- and 200-student licenses for its catalog at different prices to participating institutions.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 31, 2012 -
St. Louis University faculty votes no confidence in president
In the aftermath of a controversial proposal to change the school's tenure rules, the faculty senate reacted with a vote of no confidence in Rev. Lawrence Biondi.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Deep Dive
18 iPad uses: How classrooms are benefiting from Apple's tablets
Schools across the U.S. are investing in iPads, but what are teachers doing with the tablets once they're in classrooms?
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Colleges deal with post-Sandy clean-up, make plans to reopen
Institutions from Virginia to Maine were affected by the storm.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Pell cuts impact transfer and returning students
The number of students affected lines up with initial projections.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Law professor sparks admissions and race debate at UCLA
The report says the school's holistic approach to admissions is used to admit a disproportionate number of minority students.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 31, 2012 -
Unforeseen costs of free Massachusetts campus prove too great for Arizona school
The owners of the campus will begin a new search for a recipient.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2012 -
Seeing post-recession tech boom on the horizon, Northeastern opens remote campus in Seattle
The new campus' location across the street from Amazon's headquarters is no coincidence.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2012 -
Udacity partnering with Amara for crowd-sourced captions
The subtitles should help Udacity expand its reach with new languages internationally.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 30, 2012 -
MOOCs 'inevitable' at U. of Minnesota despite Coursera problems
The school's plans for massive open online courses could materialize by the end of 2012.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 30, 2012 -
Hurricane Sandy leads Harvard to cancel classes for first time in 34 years
The Ivy League school's last weather-related closure occurred during a blizzard in 1978.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 30, 2012 -
California community college's online degree partnerships reach beyond state's borders
The school's new partnerships with Penn State and the Universities of Massachusetts and Illinois-Springfield are expected to go live next spring.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2012 -
Survey: Many students with mental illness unaware of campus mental health services
A new survey by the National Alliance on Mental Illness shows that many students who withdrew from college because of mental illness didn't know how to get help on campus.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2012 -
Justice Elena Kagan may be swing vote in copyright case impacting libraries and publishers
The case revolves around whether or not first-sale doctrine applies to copyrighted works made and purchased outside the United States.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 29, 2012 -
California's Solano Community College makes LMS, ebook deal with Pearson
The deal will see the community college getting free use of Pearson's learning management system and allowing students to opt for a flat fee for digital texts.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 29, 2012 -
University of Phoenix pledges to keep physical locations open for current students
Despite widespread closures, students will still be able to complete courses of study within existing markets.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 29, 2012 -
Retrieved from Apple on October 29, 2012
Long Island University sees iPad challenges and benefits with pilot program
The school knew it would need to upgrade its wireless network capacity, but the iPad proved to be a greater accommodation challenge than the LIU expected.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 29, 2012 -
Antioch University to incorporate licensed MOOCs from Coursera into bachelor's program
The deal is one of the first instances of such an agreement, and puts Coursera one step closer to a revenue stream.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 29, 2012
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