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Study: Value of college degree still high despite recession
Recent graduates may be facing hardships as a result of the recession, but a college degree still provides a valuable advantage.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 15, 2012 -
Education Department consider cuts to federal program for minority graduate students
The program just received a funding increase in the 2012 Congressional budget.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 15, 2012 -
Trendline
Student Success
Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible.
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Central and Concordia experiment with new revenue sources in existing programs
Both schools look at augmenting their existing strengths with corporate sponsorships.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 15, 2012 -
New policy opens doors to higher education for undocumented students
Illegal immigrants will have to meet strenuous eligibility requirements to participate.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 15, 2012 -
Deep Dive
15 resources for free online education videos, from Yale to iTunesU
Education Dive lists 15 of the Web's best resources for free education videos.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 14, 2012 -
Penn State warned about accreditation status
The commission responsible for accrediting Penn State will require the school to submit a report next month.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 14, 2012 -
Study: 92% of top colleges using social networking on websites
Study finds Facebook is most popular, with Twitter and YouTube not far behind.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2012 -
Supreme Court faces surge of briefs from college groups defending affirmative action
The deluge of documents comes on the eve of landmark case over policies that consider race and ethnicity in college admissions.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2012 -
Texas community colleges surprised by Gates foundation funding cut
Colleges vow to continue initiative on their own.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2012 -
WMU custodial, dining and landscaping employees get raise following 6-month negotiation
Raise parallels those that faculty, administrators and other union employees are receiving.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
Texas A&M shooting kills 3
Fire with law enforcement is exchanged as university issues warning to campus community.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 13, 2012 -
Seton Hall University adopting Windows 8 for sciences, business and honors students
Seton Hall's endorsement of Windows breaks the current Apple- and Android-driven mold.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
What Paul Ryan's nomination could mean for higher education
Well before being considered for vice president, Mitt Romney's newly-announced running mate has spoken against more spending on student aid.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
Cal State's biology department refuses to reject state residents for out-of-staters
Department's graduate coordinator calls the practice "discriminatory and unfair."
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
Judge denies injunction request by publishers in Georgia State copyright case
Following a ruling that Georgia State is protected by fair use doctrine, a U.S. District Court judge denied three publishers' request for an injunction.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
Vanderbilt's Center for Medicine, Health and Society gains first core faculty members
The center's multidisciplinary approach has been increasing in popularity.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 13, 2012 -
ResearchGate rolls out Klout-style RG Score for academic researchers
The new metric for academic researcher reputations will be determined by content interaction on the site.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 10, 2012 -
The shift toward online education visualized
An infographic shows how online education has evolved and where it may be going in the near future.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 10, 2012 -
New name for two merging Georgia universities draws ire
Hundreds sign online petitions rejecting new name choice.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012 -
Report: Discrimination is more prevalent on low-diversity campuses
A new research brief from UCLA reports a correlation between racial discrimination present on a campus and the school's level of diversity.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012 -
Startup offers open access materials, challenges publishers
Boundless Learning attracts investor funding, as well as legal action from the traditional textbook market.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012 -
For-profit colleges eye tuition discounts
Strayer University and other for-profits offer more institutional grant aid to counter recent losses and criticism.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012 -
Most Read Education News of the Week: Degrees, MOOCs and free textbooks
Did you miss out on the McGraw-Hill news and Education Dive's guide to MOOCs this week? Catch up with our five most read posts.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 9, 2012 -
Coursera's impact on higher education
Tenured Stanford University professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller left their positions at Stanford University in April to launch Coursera, a for-profit online education company.
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012 -
Three core values of science, engineering and how ed reform contradicts them
President Obama and countless reports all say that improving science and engineering literacy and ensuring a next generation of U.S. scientists and engineers are vital to our future, says Arthur H. Camins, director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at the Steven...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012
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