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University Of Montana to require all students to take sexual violence tutorial
The tutorial must be taken before students can return for a second semester.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 26, 2012 -
'Mechanical MOOC' coming from MIT OpenCourseWare, Codecademy and others
The course on coding will use resources from its partners to teach Python.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Money saved, students confused in e-book pilot program
Students' negative experiences with the devices may not represent long-term challenges to e-book technology.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 24, 2012 -
15 books that investigate problems in education
A list of muckraking books on the quality of education in America.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Liberal arts students' career prospects improved by summer business programs
The programs, available at a number of schools across the nation, have given numerous students an edge career-wise.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Faculty, staff disagree with management consultants on U. of North Texas at Dallas' direction
Bain & Company were retained last year for help designing a new model for the university, but faculty and staff have their own ideas regarding the school's future.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 24, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: Digital textbooks, Emory University and Pinterest
Did you read Education Dive's most read posts about Emory University and Pinterest this week? Catch up on what you may have missed.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Disruptive behavior leads to U. of Iowa's firing of a tenured professor
The school's first firing of a tenured faculty member since 2005 isn't ending the 20-month drama and public relations headache anytime soon.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
New Pell grant limit goes into effect
The reduction in semesters a student is eligible for the grant may be beneficial.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Coursera now giving students honor code reminders
Stipulations about honesty must now be acknowledged before some online assignments are submitted.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Aurora joke threatens professor's tenure
A professor is faced with losing his tenure position after making a joke about the Aurora shootings.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Report: Working conditions of adjuncts impacts student learning
Report cites hiring adjuncts at the last minute among factors that have an impact on their classroom effectiveness.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Pennsylvania's public universities to offer credit for prior learning
Students could potentially even receive credit for previously taken MOOCs.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
University of Texas System makes performance pay official
The move could prompt other university systems to take similar approaches.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
UT Austin looking into MOOCs
The University of Texas at Austin is expressing interest in offering courses for free online.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 23, 2012 -
E-textbooks become a requirement at some universities
Some universities force students and professors to adapt to the e-book trend.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 23, 2012 -
Cal State expands its online effort
The United States' largest public university system is centralizing the online offerings of its 23 campuses.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 22, 2012 -
An academic ghostwriter 'retires,' comes clean with new tell-all memoir
'The Shadow Scholar' cites impending sense that he could be doing something better with his life among reasons for his retirement.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2012 -
University of Virginia official pushes for collaboration between admissions and financial aid offices
The school's dean of admissions suggests the two offices could create better strategies for increasing prospective students' interest.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2012 -
Udacity math course canceled due to low quality
An online math course being offered on Udacity has been canceled for not meeting the site's quality standards.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 21, 2012 -
Rice University named No. 1 for 'Happiest students' by Princeton Review
Rice also earned high marks for quality of life and financial aid.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 21, 2012 -
44 higher ed experts on Twitter
EdTech delivers a list of thinkers and schools on Twitter with useful info about higher education.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 21, 2012 -
Beloit's annual 'mindset list' helps academics understand incoming freshmen's experiences
The list aims at identifying the sociopolitical and pop-cultural mindset of incoming freshman classes.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2012 -
New book paints picture of today's college-age youth as 'confounded by contradictions'
The book identifies the current crop of students as shaped more by the rise of the World Wide Web than any other event.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2012 -
Sociologists try to explain the significance of football's role in American universities
The paper argues that the traditional explanations for football obsession are wrong and that universities that join top athletic conferences may improve academics as well as sports.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2012
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