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Online Enrollment at Community Colleges Slows
While enrollment continued to rise, the pace fell compared to previous years
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Colleges Ponder the Pros and Cons of Pinterest as a Marketing Tool
Visual nature of Pinterest may make it the ideal social media platform to promote colleges
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Blackboard Introduces Product to Support Massive Open Online Courses
With the open enrollment option, any number and any type of student can register for an instructor's course, allowing the platform to be used for open teaching initiatives, community outreach or collaborative research
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
Cleveland State University to Deliver 100% Online Mobile Accelerated MBA
Program was initially launched as a pilot in January with a limited number of "beta" students. Starting today, the program will be available to anyone who meets admission criteria.
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
ETS Will Allow GRE Takers to Select Which Scores to Report
Move is similar to one made by the College Board with regard to the SAT in 2008
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
Pittsburgh Suspends Graduate Admissions to Three Programs
Master's and doctoral programs in German, religious studies and classics are impacted
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
A Weighty Tweet From Towson University?
Schools Twitter account was hijacked last week.
By Sean Griffey • April 23, 2012 -
How the iPad is Changing Education
As tablets are increasingly finding their way into the classroom, ReadWriteWeb explores how they are impacting education.
By Sean Griffey • April 23, 2012 -
Community Colleges Not Up to 21st-Century Mission, Their Own Report Says
American Association of Community Colleges says that colleges must redesign their institutions, their mission and their students' educational experiences
By Sean Griffey • April 21, 2012 -
Obama and Duncan Begin Push to Avoid Doubling of Student-Loan Interest Rate
Stafford loan interest rate is set to double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, on July 1
By Sean Griffey • April 20, 2012 -
Is the AAUP about to change course?
Is a statement on candidates website election hyperbole or is it more?
By Sean Griffey • April 20, 2012 -
Innovative Teaching Gets Boost At Harvard
Sociologist teaches course inside medium-security state prison.
By Sean Griffey • April 19, 2012 -
UW-Madison Eyes Addition Of Winter Term
Term could help students graduate faster and bring in extra tuition dollars.
By Sean Griffey • April 19, 2012 -
Study: Grad students need more career guidance
Study suggests that American graduate schools must do more to inform students about career options and prepare graduates for non-academic workplaces.
By Sean Griffey • April 19, 2012 -
New Online Portal for Evaluating Textbooks
Portal allows students to search for courses and view textbook options.
By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012 -
Princeton, Penn and Michigan Join the Online Party
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a growing trend in the maturing online education landscape.
By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012 -
Colleges To Prove Worth For State Funds
Aggressive states are looking to award funding based on performance metrics
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
Supreme Court will hear case with major implications for textbook prices
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will rule on whether enterprising re-sellers can hawk cheaper versions of textbooks, produced for students overseas, to U.S. students at a discount.
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
Impact Of Audit Affecting Dickinson State U Recruiting
The president of Dickinson State University says the school is losing potential students every day while its out-of-state tuition rate remains undecided.
By Sean Griffey • April 15, 2012 -
California State U Faculty Members Set To Vote On Strike
Faculty members at all 23 California State University campuses will begin voting Monday on whether they should strike if they are unable to come to a contract agreement with the university system.
By Sean Griffey • April 15, 2012 -
Unlocking Student Data Could Lead to 'App Economy' for Colleges
A government program is pushing colleges to follow the healthcare and energy industries and open data to consumers
By Sean Griffey • April 15, 2012 -
UConn Medical School's New Dean Wants to Bring More Ideas to Market
UConn Medical School's New Dean Wants to Bring More Ideas to Market As a former chief scientist and acting commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration, Frank M. Torti saw firsthand how promising discoveries of new drugs and treatments languished in the lab when teaching hospit...
By Sean Griffey • April 15, 2012 -
Bloomberg's donations to Johns Hopkins exceeds $800-Million
Most recently, the New York Mayor contributed $120 million for children's hospital center.
By Sean Griffey • April 12, 2012 -
Education Department changing graduation rate measurements
A long-held wish of many community colleges is on the verge of becoming reality
By Sean Griffey • April 12, 2012 -
Former Kaplan Employees Settle Lawsuit; Withdraw Whistle-Blower Case
The terms of the settlement remain confidential
By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012
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