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Video: Trustees Tour UCA
The cubicles are made of cheap chipboard. Students wear goloshes at their desks when it rains because sometimes the floor is covered in about three inches of water. A ceiling tile is missing. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012 -
U.S. Student Wrongly Denied N.J. Tuition Grant Because Of Mom's Immigration Status, Court Says
An American-born student was wrongly denied financial assistance for tuition at a state college because her parents are not United States citizens, an appellate court panel ruled today. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012 -
OSBI To Examine Langston University Official's Computer
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is examining a computer belonging to a Langston University administrator, the bureau confirmed Wednesday. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Holy ApostlesTo Offer Massive Open Online Courses
Holy Apostles College and Seminary will begin to offer massive online open course (MOOC) programming through a partnership with Edvance360 and the Catholic Distance Learning Network involving two certification programs for the fall 2012 semester. The two programs include Online Teaching and Le...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Mobile tech and cheating assessed in infographic
20% of students admitted to using their mobile device to search the Internet during tests.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 8, 2012 -
University of Chicago Press to use Oxford University Press e-book platform
The University of Chicago will use Oxford's UPSO platform to launch Chicago Scholarship Online.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Top 10 U.S. schools by number of degrees awarded include online, for-profit institutions
For-profit and online schools now rank among among leading brick-and-mortar programs in terms of graduates.
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Is your institution's network ready for back-to-school BYOD?
IT network analyst Jon Domen offers detailed suggestions for campus IT departments.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 8, 2012 -
New presidents provosts Auburn Georgia College Gordon IU-Bloomington Merced Redlands
Timothy Boosinger, interim provost at Auburn University, in Alabama, has been appointed as provost and vice president for academic affairs there. Janel Curry, professor of geography and environmental studies and the dean of research and scholarship at Calvin College, in Michigan, has bee...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Increase in colleges requiring internships in liberal arts
The number of programs requiring internships is on the rise, especially in the liberal arts.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 8, 2012 -
New online certificate for undocumented immigrants
A new certificate program -- offered jointly by the National Labor College and the University of California at Los Angeles' Center for Labor Research and Education -- aims to make higher education more affordable to undocumented immigrants and raise awareness about the barriers they face t...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Uneasiness at federal data division amid departures and looming reorganization
The departures are unrelated to the reorganization, says center's commissioner.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Survey finds that social psychologists admit to anti-conservative bias
Numerous surveys have found that professors, especially those in some disciplines, are to the left of the general public. But those same -- and other -- surveys have rarely found evidence that left-leaning academics discriminate on the basis of politics. So to many academics, the question of i...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
University of New Orleans responds to growing controversy over UNO Press cuts
School says prominent publishing venture isn't closing, despite dismissal of press' sole employee.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012 -
State To Pay Fees In U Of I Lawsuit About Records
The Press-Citizen wanted files related to sex assault case. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
OSU-Cascades to expand into four-year school
Expansion will close Central Oregon's public university gap.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Union Halts Talks With 14 Pa.-Owned Universities
The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has suspended negotiations with the administration. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Kathleen Lee New Ivy Tech Chancellor For Central Region
Ivy Tech Community College has given its interim chancellor of the college's Central Indiana region a more permanent status. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
UT Medical School Would Cost $4.1 Billion Over 12 Years, Records Show
A proposed University of Texas medical school would start with a relatively modest annual budget of $23 million and grow in 12 years to a $510 million enterprise, according to cost estimates the American-Statesman obtained under the Texas Public Information Act. Read more »
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Deep Dive
10 interesting MOOCs being offered by Coursera, edX and other providers
Education Dive cracked open some non-traditional course catalogs to see what MOOC providers have available.
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Seton Hall's Windows 8 tablet strategy: pros and cons
Seton Hall University CIO Steve Landry is looking to make Windows 8 tablets a campus standard, but ZDNet points out that the school's plan may be shortsighted.
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Court: 'Tenure' doesn't guarantee continuous employment
A federal appellate court decides in favor of a school in a wrongful firing case brought by a former professor.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Idealistic Pittsburgh man envisions a different kind of college
Timothy Cook wants to right the wrongs he sees in America's higher education system, and he has an ambitious plan to do so.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012 -
New effort aimed at 'completion-focused' federal financial aid programs
A new initiative with high profile patrons, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, looks to "reimagine" federal financial aid.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012 -
GASB changes might unbalance university balance sheets
New guidelines designed to improve the way state and local governments report pension liabilities and expenses may complicate universities' financial pictures.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2012
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