Amazon to sell cheaper Kindle with on-screen ads
Amazon.com Inc. is dropping the price on its Kindle e-reader, but the change comes with a trade-off: On-screen ads, reports the Associated Press.
Month: April 2011
For-profit regulations, Pell Grants survive budget compromise
Washington’s last-minute budget deal did not include a provision that would have killed a stringent for-profit college regulation, and Pell Grants remained intact despite deep cuts in education…
Md. House OKs illegal immigrant in-state tuition
As many southern states pass news laws to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Maryland General Assembly on Friday moved toward allowing them to pay in-state college tuition,…
Budget deal allows regulations to move forward on for-profit colleges
Another largely unnoticed provision at play in last week's negotiations involved rules that would regulate billions of dollars of federal student loan and grant money allotted to college…
If you can’t name that star, try asking your telescope
Longtime stargazers learned the basics of the night sky the hard way--with pencils, star charts and lots of patience with their telescopes, reports the New York Times.
Adobe turns the tablet into a Photoshop companion
Adobe has launched the Photoshop Touch SDK, enabling developers to create applications that can interact with the desktop version of Photoshop on Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS…
Could Google Books ruling affect college textbook market?
Advocates for Google’s massive digital library say the online repository is inevitable, despite recent setbacks, and could present an entirely new option for college textbooks.
Yale being investigated as ‘hostile sexual environment’
A group of 16 Yale University students and have filed a complaint against the school for failing to eliminate a "hostile sexual environment", NPR News reports.
Arizona board approves steep tuition hikes
Getting a higher education here in Arizona just got a lot more expensive, reports KPHO CBS 5 News.
College ROI: What we found
The PayScale methodology reveals which schools prepare students for well-paying careers and which schools make for poor investments, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.