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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 -
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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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 -
Higher Education Funds Begin Slow Recovery
As tax revenues have started to recover in many states, others around the country have made similar pushes for more money. Last year, only six states increased overall spending on colleges and universities.
By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012 -
More Colleges Join Age of Assessing Student Learning
Hundreds of colleges are testing freshmen and seniors to measure learning from enrollment to graduation. More than 100 schools have voluntarily published results from new learning assessments, offering parents, prospective students and government regulators a gauge of the value colleges add to the acquisition of knowledge and critical thinking skills.
By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012 -
Universities Turn to Outsourced Professors to Cut Costs
Colleges and universities struggling with dwindling budgets and smaller endowments are increasingly turning to outsourcing faculty in order to cut costs.
By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012 -
Ex-Illinois President Believes Penn State Can Recover From Scandal
Stanley Ikenberry can't seem to get away from scandals involving university boards. Two scandals within three years.
By Sean Griffey • March 18, 2012
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