Higher Ed: Page 480
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Big Tuition Increases At U Of Florida, Florida State U May Get Delayed
Difficulties in getting UF's computer systems ready for a tuition overhaul this fall may delay tuition hikes.
By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012 -
Company hopes to get alumni to provide private loans to students
Social Financial makes private loans to current Stanford business students.
By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012 -
Universities Track Athletes Online, Raising Legal Concerns
The business plan of Varsity Monitor is simple. Major universities like North Carolina, Nebraska and Oklahoma pay $7,000 to $10,000 a year and Varsity Monitor keeps an online eye on their athletes.
By Sean Griffey • April 1, 2012 -
Judge Backs Va. Tech Over Its 2007 Gunman Warning
Virginia Tech received a measure of vindication for its handling of a 2007 campus massacre when a judge ruled that federal education officials were wrong to conclude the university's response to the tragedy violated federal law.
By Sean Griffey • April 1, 2012 -
Cost savings with e-textbooks? Think again
Logically, e-textbooks should be much cheaper than the print options available to students--but they're not.
By Sean Griffey • April 1, 2012 -
U Of Colorado Launches 'Accountability' Website With Information About Tuition, Salaries
The University of Colorado on Thursday launched an online data center containing information about the school's finances and academic practices.
By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012 -
Penn State Launches Initiative to Accelerate Online Learning
Penn State World Campus has introduced a new initiative aimed at dramatically growing its global online business
By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012 -
What's More Expensive Than College? Not Going to College
There is a cost to not educating young people. The evidence is around us and all over the world.
By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012 -
ACT and College Board Tighten Security
High-school students will soon have to upload photos of themselves when they register for ACT and SAT exams.
By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012 -
U.S. data show rate of enrollment growth slowing in 2009-10
College enrollment still growing...but at a slower pace.
By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012 -
UConn Shuttle Buses Now Speak To Students
System Warns Pedestrians Bus Is Turning And Reminds Drivers To Look Both Ways
By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012 -
Harvard Hikes Tuition, Boosts Financial Aid
Harvard University announced Monday it will raise its annual price tag to almost $55,000 while boosting financial aid for undergraduates to record levels.
By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012 -
Stem cell research, expanded under Obama, moves to the state
Use of embryonic stem cells by universities is again a policy debate
By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012 -
Newspaper op-ed sets off debate over faculty workload and faculty bashing
An opinion piece in the Washington Post angers university faculty
By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012 -
Overcrowding pushes colleges to 6 A.M. classes
For early risers and those with busy schedules, 6 a.m. college classes have become a more-common option.
By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012 -
Michigan President Blasts Governor's Budget Proposal
As the state Legislature reviews Gov. Rick Snyder's budget proposal in Lansing, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman lambasted it before a group of faculty members Monday afternoon.
By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012 -
Blackboard Buys Out Moodlerooms, NetSpot
Blackboard is buying out two major players in the open source services space.
By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012 -
Seattle Community Colleges May Set Rules For Protests
The Seattle Community College District is considering rules that would curtail campus protests.
By Sean Griffey • March 25, 2012 -
U of California Review Backs Use Of Pepper Spray On Protesters
A public review of police actions at UC Berkeley indicates that campus police should have been allowed the use of pepper spray.
By Sean Griffey • March 25, 2012 -
Kentucky college cuts retirement contributions, delays raises
St. Catharine College is the latest to institute cost saving measures
By Sean Griffey • March 23, 2012 -
What do students gain from studying in other countries? While there is anecdotal evidence aplenty about
Participants in a forum on education abroad said there is a growing focus on assessing skills like a student's ability to navigate comfortably in different cultures.
By Sean Griffey • March 22, 2012 -
U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Faculty Criticism
Michael J. Hogan, whose leadership style and policies were widely unpopular on the faculty, was in office for less than two years.
By Sean Griffey • March 22, 2012 -
U. of Vermont Loosens Tie to Radio Station That Airs Limbaugh Show
The University of Vermont's interim president has rejected requests from faculty groups that the university cut its sports-broadcasting ties to a local AM radio station to protest its airing of Rush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated show.
By Sean Griffey • March 21, 2012 -
Unionization battle roils University of Michigan
Tensions rise as UM research assistants try to unionize.
By Sean Griffey • March 21, 2012 -
Supreme Court declines appeal on religious groups at public university
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the anti-bias rules used by San Diego State University to deny recognition to a Christian fraternity and sorority.
By Sean Griffey • March 20, 2012
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