Immigration issues pose growing difficulty for American schools
Pressure is mounting across the country against illegal immigrants in American schools, reports the Huffington Post. In some areas, schools ... Read more
Month: May 2011
IT outsourcing: When it makes sense … and when it doesn’t
Cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), and “managed” or “hosted” services: These are terms that today’s campus IT chiefs surely are familiar with. But do these ed-tech…
Texas Senate approves guns in college classrooms
Texas senators have voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public college classrooms, the Associated Press reports.
Calif. teachers protest budget at state Capitol
Hundreds of teachers from around California descended on the state Capitol Monday to make the case for extending tax hikes as a way to stave off deep budget…
Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B
Microsoft has agreed to buy the popular internet telephone service Skype for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history, the Associated Press reports.
Short-throw projectors going ‘extreme’ in education
Not every college classroom is a vast lecture hall. There are dozens, sometimes hundreds, of small rooms on campus that serve as meeting spaces for small class sections—confined…
Nearly half of Detroit’s adults are functionally illiterate, report finds
According to the Huffington Post, Detroit's population fell by 25 percent in the last decade. And of those that stuck around, nearly half of them are functionally illiterate,…
A graduation gift for college seniors: Jobs
Hamza Afzal had such a hard time finding an electrical engineering internship during the recession that he delayed his graduation, took pre-med classes, and applied to law school,…
Full Sail University receives numerous honors from USDLA
In an effort to reward outstanding online institutions and brick-and-mortar schools that offer web-based programs, the U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presents honors to deserving universities, reports U.S.…
Expanding STEM education with virtual labs
Strong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is important for the nation’s competitiveness—but an uncertain economy has left some schools struggling to give students access to resources…