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  • 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
  • U of I: State Funding Should at Least Stay Flat

    University of Illinois President Michael Hogan urged lawmakers this week to at least hold funding at current levels and fielded their questions about his tense relationship with some faculty.

    By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012
  • Trendline

    Artificial Intelligence

    As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, coursework and elsewhere.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
  • Blended Learning: Adding Asynchronous Discussions to Your F2F Classrooms

    We have all done it: "participated" in a face-to-face discussion, nodding along in agreement, but not really present. Many of us have sat in discussions, afraid to throw in our two cents because we might sound silly. On other occasions, we have had a fantastic idea to share, but the ...

    By Eli Dickinson • March 2, 2012
  • The Republican candidate's record on higher education

     So far, the path Mitt Romney has set out for the Republican presidential nomination has not focused much on higher education. Although President Obama has promoted a push for college affordability as a plank of his 2012 re-election platform since January, education issues of all kinds --...

    By Sean Griffey • Feb. 29, 2012