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A Professor Walks Into a MOOC…
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are garnering lots of attention these days. Some see large-scale, web-based classes as the new frontier for colleges and universities, a great leap forward…
Bill would allow parents to save $10,000 a year for college
Two Michigan congressmen are proposing legislation that would allow families to save even more for their children’s college costs, the Detroit Free Press reports. …
Job advice for college grads: It’s about science, tech and volunteering
No one organization, government agency, non-profit or institution can “fix” the unemployment crisis, Forbes reports.…
Borrowers of color need more options to reduce their student-loan debt
It seems as though everyone from homeowners to state and local governments are refinancing their debt. Refinancing allows the borrower to replace his or her existing debt with a new…
Does the title ‘university’ need more protection?
While on the surface this may seem to have little to do with higher education, if you dig a little deeper you'll see that the word 'university' appears on the…
Coursera at Penn surpasses one million enrollees
One million and counting. That’s the number of open online learning course enrollments Penn reached this month, less than a year after the University offered the first classes with the…
Students show poor spending habits, little knowledge of financial aid
Although college students have many financial aid options available to them, new research from America's Promise Alliance shows that a lack of transparency and simplicity in the application process can…
Indiana: State tries again to spot reading and math problems before graduation
One in four Indiana college students needs remedial help when he gets there. Education officials are working on guidelines to spot those students while they're still in high school, WIBC…
The six major anxieties of social media
Since humans are both social animals and neurotic ones, we bring to each social setting a corresponding set of social anxieties, New York Magazine reports. …
UAV technology for campus security being developed at University of Alabama
With campus safety and security in mind, engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are working with the campus police department to perfect unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies…