Educational innovation gets boost under new programs
A movement is under way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to navigate the lucrative and sometimes-tricky education market and introduce new technology and products into classrooms.
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Featured Funding News
College IT officials: Show us the money … please
Technology funding in higher education will remain flat or decrease for the “foreseeable future,” according to an annual education technology report released June 10, as campus IT officials said funding was their top concern over the past year.
House passes major science, technology bill
The U.S. House of Representatives gave its assent on May 28 to $84 billion in federal funding to help keep the country competitive in the fields of scientific and technological innovation.
UNC expects to save $100K through eBilling
Paying bills online is nothing new for 20-somethings, but the University of North Carolina’s elimination of traditional snail mail in sending out tuition bills means students will have to grant bill-pay account access to their financial handlers: mom and dad.
May 19, 2010 | Posted in Featured Funding News, Funding, Policy, Surviving the budget crisis, Technologies, Top News | Read More »
Changing fonts could help schools save money
A Wisconsin university expects to save up to $10,000 a year by making a small change in computer users’ habits: Changing the fonts in the documents they print.
April 9, 2010 | Posted in Featured Funding News, Funding, Surviving the budget crisis, Top News | Read More »
Social media: Colleges’ newest battlefield for students, alumni donations
Colleges’ unending campaign to attract more students and alumni donations has higher-education officials looking to two technologies that consume a growing chunk of people’s free time: social media and video games.
April 5, 2010 | Posted in Communication and Collaboration, Community, Featured Funding News, Funding, Research, Top News, social networking | Read More »
$20 billion in ed funding slashed from student aid legislation
In last-minute maneuvering designed to get the measure to pass, lawmakers eliminated $20 billion in proposed education funding from the student aid overhaul enacted by Congress last week: $12 billion for community colleges to boost graduation rates, partly through the development of open online courses, and $8 billion for an early-childhood education program.
March 29, 2010 | Posted in Featured Funding News, Funding, Policy, Technologies, Top News, online learning | Read More »
FCC’s plans a potential boon for community colleges
Community college decision makers were encouraged by the Federal Communication Commission’s inclusion in its National Broadband Plan of robust high-speed internet networks on two-year campuses, which soon could be a central location for locals who don’t have broadband internet at home.
March 17, 2010 | Posted in Featured Funding News, Funding, Higher Ed, Policy, Technologies, Top News, distance learning, online learning | Read More »
Universities push to get students counted in 2010 census
Colleges, universities, and their surrounding communities have a financial interest in making sure all of their students get counted in the census, so public-relations campaigns that encourage students to fill out census forms are popping up all over the country.
Technology makes student aid more accessible
Over the past decade and a half, the internet has made it easier for families to learn about, find, and apply for college scholarships, government grants, and other types of student financial aid. This transformation of the financial aid industry continues even today with a simplified federal aid form and a new XML data standard that will make applying for scholarships easier than ever.
