Higher Ed: Page 453
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In high profile summit, Education Department discusses need for efficiency and innovation
The department is open to ideas, but adds that alternative credentials from sources like prior learning and MOOCs are still an unproven concept.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 2, 2012 -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry introduces proposals aimed at increasing the state's college graduates
Perry wants more of the state's students to get their degrees in a timely manner and at a better price.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Ole Miss struggles with history 50 years after integration
The University of Mississippi was racially integrated 50 years ago this week.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Law school at Indiana's Valparaiso University launches student career planner app
The law school believes their app may be the first of its kind.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
OSU and UNL blogs aim to raise awareness of hateful speech online
So far, the sites have inspired both student and administrative discussion of hate speech.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Two-year student loan default rates increase again while three-year rates see slight decline
This is the first year the government has released the official three-year rate data.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Rise of free courses presents a challenge to UC Online
The University of California's online school has fallen short of the revolutionary force it was pitched as.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Psychologist takes on troubled Alabama chancellorship
Mark A. Heinrich previously led a troubled institution in 2008 and brings enthusiasm for student success to latest position.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
What it's like to take a MOOC
Higher ed veteran Ann Kirschner signs up for a Coursera class and reports back on her experience.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: iPhone ed tech, MOOCs and digital shifts
Education Dive runs down the most read posts of the week each Friday. Here's what educators were looking at.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 28, 2012 -
Affirmative action defended by American Educational Research Association in Fisher v. University of Texas
AERA discussed their amicus brief in a hearing Thursday, less than two weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear Fisher v. University of Texas.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 28, 2012 -
Brice Harris named chancellor of California community colleges
The former Los Rios Community College District will face big challenges in the nation's largest community college system.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 28, 2012 -
U.S. graduate schools see enrollment drop despite increase in applications
Overall enrollment over the last decade remains up, though.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 28, 2012 -
Deep Dive
The top 10 states in the U.S. by mean SAT scores
Education Dive looks at which states have been getting the highest average scores by category and asks the College Board for some context.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012 -
John Silber, Boston University's former president, dead at 86
Silber served at the school for more than a quarter century, advancing academic programs and eventually running for governor.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Gates Foundation awarding $2.5M for Facebook ed tech apps
The competition kicks off with a Thursday hackathon co-hosted by Facebook.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Panel focuses on strategies to increase HBCUs' alumni giving
The importance of engaging potential donors early and teaching students to give were among the top strategies discussed.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Random drug testing for athletes embraced by more colleges
More Division III schools are joining their Division I and II counterparts in submitting to the NCAA's random drug testing procedures.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Lynn University courts prospective students with personalized campus visit
The Boca Raton private university's resource-intensive campus visit pays off.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Princeton student accused of invasion of privacy
Accuser says fellow student took sexually explicit photos of him while he slept.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012 -
CU-Boulder faculty seek support from colleagues for legislation to reinstate campus gun ban
The school's campus gun ban was struck down last spring by the Colorado Supreme Court.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012 -
Deep Dive
10 Coursera MOOCs that offer certificates for completion
MOOC students won't receive credit toward graduation from taking any of these classes, but they will earn certificates to prove that they passed.
By Davide Savenije • Sept. 26, 2012 -
UVa. officials unimpressed with Playboy's '2012 Top Party Schools' honors
A spokewoman told NBC News that it would be better for the university to be known for its academic accomplishments.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 26, 2012 -
Ball State to offer free MOOC on comic book gender roles
"Gender Through Comic Books: A Super-MOOC" may attract upwards of 1,000 students online.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 26, 2012 -
University of Iowa fraternity suspended for hazing is subject of sexual assault investigation
The investigation's role, if any, in the fraternity's suspension is unknown at this time.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012
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