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$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 -
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Student Success
Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible.
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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 -
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
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