Huffington Post offers to publish student theses

Publishing online through HuffPo introduces opportunities, as well as risks for students who opt not to publish elsewhere

By Brian Warmoth • June 5, 2012

Higher education leaders to urge Ohio college trustees to ban smoking, tobacco on campuses

New measure urges an outright elimination of tobacco products at the state's 14 universities and 23 community colleges

By Brian Warmoth • June 4, 2012

MIT launches big data initiative, becomes home to Intel Science and Technology Center

 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) will be home to the Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Big Data

By Brian Warmoth • June 4, 2012

How a business school requires all of its undergraduates to study abroad

The U. of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management faced challenges upping its study-abroad participants, but the right approach dramatically increased interest

By Brian Warmoth • June 4, 2012

Treatment of military Employees Earns Award For Western Michigan University President

Employees in the military at WMU maintain seniority, a pension and other benefits while they are on duty

By Brian Warmoth • June 3, 2012

U.S. officials try to assuage international educators' concerns on English programs

Speakers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security addressed continuing confusion over the agency’s interpretation of a new federal law requiring accreditation of intensive English programs Thursday at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference

By Brian Warmoth • June 1, 2012

Blackboard's Moodlerooms acquisition may signal a change in perspective

Will the education software provider's future include a more open attitude toward open source software?

By Brian Warmoth • June 1, 2012

Social Tech Gets Academic: GoingOn Brings Modern Social Modalities to Higher Ed in Latest Release

GoingOn Networks, Inc. recently announced the latest release of the GO Platform, a modern, socially powered campus communications and collaboration environment that allows faculty, students and administrators to more effectively connect, converse and engage across all aspects of their academic...

By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012

Obama campaign customizing its 'higher education' ads

President Obama’s campaign is airing five different versions of an education-themed television ad that emphasizes the importance of education in people’s lives including his own

By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012

Stanford University opens multimillion-dollar center in Beijing

On the walls of the stunning new multimillion-dollar Stanford Center here are hand-painted Chinese landscapes and scenes from the Palo Alto campus -- signs of a new cross-Pacific partnership that offers great promise as well as some perils for the university

By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012

Ex-Rutgers University student in webcam case to go to jail

A day after apologizing for the first time, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate gave up his right to remain free on Wednesday while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence

By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012

Coppin State tries online bachelor degree to improve retention

Coppin State University, pushing to increase its graduation rate above 20 percent, has entered into a partnership with Pearson Education to launch an online bachelor's degree--a first for the Baltimore university

By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012

ISU: Graduate in four years, or your fifth year is free

Schools introduces a new kind of contract and pledge for students

By Brian Warmoth • May 30, 2012

College health officials told incentive-based programs don't work

College health officials who rely on incentives to promote healthy behavior among students got a rude (but good-humored) awakening here Tuesday morning during the keynote address of the American College Health Association's annual convention

By Brian Warmoth • May 30, 2012

Asian-American group urges Supreme Court to bar race-conscious admissions

A brief filed Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court seeks to shake up the legal and political calculus of a case that could determine the constitutionality of programs in which colleges consider the race or ethnicity of applicants

By Brian Warmoth • May 30, 2012

Yale Scholar Will Be First President of New Institution in Singapore

Yale-NUS College, the new Asian liberal-arts institution born of a collaboration between the National University of Singapore and Yale University, is looking inward for its inaugural president. Pericles Lewis, a Yale professor of English and comparative literature who has played a key role in ...

By Brian Warmoth • May 30, 2012

Wesleyan to offer three-year bachelor's program

Wesleyan University has announced a program that will enable students to graduate with a bachelor's degree in three years, joining a growing number of colleges offering the shorter path as a way to save students money

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

8 states get No Child Left Behind waivers

Another eight states are gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

Education Dive A-List Profile: Bruce Maas

A Q&A with University of Wisconsin-Madison Vice Provost for IT and CIO Bruce Maas, today's featured profile in a series spotlighting the voices that Education Dive follows on Twitter

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

New study on advantages for black graduates of black colleges

In 2007, economists at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study that captured considerable public attention and infuriated many educators at historically black colleges

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

Taking stock of the completion agenda's benefits, and limits

The college "completion agenda" has helped community colleges face facts about where they fall short

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

Adjunct loses courses after going public about threats she received

In the fall, Sissy Bradford took a public stand -- unpopular with many in San Antonio -- about separation of church and state

By Brian Warmoth • May 29, 2012

As He Prepares to Retire, California State's Leader Stands Up for His Decisions

Charles B. Reed, chancellor of the California State University system is retiring, but he's not backing down to his critics. "In this business, in California, you've got to be a warrior," he said. On Thursday, Mr. Reed, who is 70, announced that he will step down once his rep...

By Brian Warmoth • May 28, 2012

University of Toledo Joins Reeher Fundraising Platform to Identify Top Prospects, Prepare for $200 Million Campaign

The University of Toledo has joined the Reeher Platform, the first shared management system dedicated to higher education fundraising in which features and tools added for one customer benefit all. Located in Toledo, Ohio, the public research university serves 23,085 students and more than 125...

By Brian Warmoth • May 28, 2012

Ohio State University going digital

Ohio State University is going digital by enhancing teaching and student learning with technology including iPads, iTunes U and iBooks Author

By Brian Warmoth • May 28, 2012