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Rethinking the value of a business major
Undergraduate business majors are a dime a dozen on many college campuses. But according to some, they may be worth even less.
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
Changes may make it easier to measure a college's performance
Rankings based on the credentials of entering freshmen are not hard to find, but how can students, parents and policy makers assess how well a college builds on that foundation?
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
Trendline
Mental Health and Wellness
This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes.
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Rare U Of Washington Class Unites Honors Students, Felons
A University of Washington honors class brought undergraduate students and former prisoners together to teach about the criminal-justice system.
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
Dale Corson, President Emeritus of Cornell, Dies at 97
Dale Corson, Who Led Cornell Dale R. Corson, who managed Cornell University through troubled years in the early 1970s, died March 31 at age 97 from congestive heart failure in Ithaca, N.Y., where he lived with his wife of 73 years, Nellie Corson. As Cornell's president from 1969 to 197...
By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012 -
The Biggest Mistake You (Probably) Make with Teams
Collaboration improves when the roles of individual team members are clearly defined and well understood
By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012 -
The Forgotten Student: Has Higher Education Stiffed Its Most Important Client?
How the prestige game costs students more money for a lower-quality education
By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012 -
Yale faculty expresses concern about Singapore campus
Yale College faculty passed a resolution Thursday expressing concern about a partnership with the National University of Singapore
By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012 -
Three Publishers Sue Free-Textbook Company
Boston start-up, Boundless Learning, denies its business is built on copyright infringement
By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012 -
Tuition Discounts Rise Again, but Their Effectiveness Lags
Tuition discounting may be losing its effectiveness as a way of luring students to colleges
By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012 -
$25 million investment backs startup aiming to create elite university
New initiative with prominent backers aims to create an elite online university
By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012 -
Education Dept. Is Scrutinizing Proposed Merger of New Jersey Universities
The U.S. Education Department is looking into allegations against the proposed merger of Rowan University and Rutgers University at Camden
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
Studies show data management skills in high demand and low supply at universities
The ability to work well with data is understood to be an increasingly crucial skill as universities aim to preserve, sort and discover information that emerges from research.
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
Chinese students lead increase in international graduate school applications
More graduate applications from outside the United States -- especially from China - are pouring into U.S. universities, according to a new study by the Council of Graduate Schools. Nathan Bell, the Council's director for research and policy analysis, said the 9 total percent total growth ...
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
Columbia trustee's column challenges notion that trustees should speak with one voice
Open debate among trustees at private institutions is rare
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
Chinese Students Account for About Half of All International Applicants to U.S. Graduate Programs
Interest from China is again driving up applications to American graduate programs
By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012 -
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
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