MCC-Penn Valley
Joseph Seabrooks Jr. president of MCC-Blue River has been named president of MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City.
Month: May 2011
Savnannah State University
Cheryl Davenport Dozier will take over May 9 as interim president of Savannah State University.
Project puts long-unavailable recordings online
The Library of Congress has made available a large chunk of its national archive of more than 3 million music and spoken-word recordings for online public streaming as…
Study: One-fifth of faculty does most of the work
Twenty percent of faculty at the University of Texas-Austin teach 57 percent of the student credit hours, according to a new study from the Center for College Affordability…
Schools.com launches new career exploration tool
Schools.com today released an interactive tool to help students identify potential careers by average salary and required education, reports PR Web.
10 great college novels
What more erudite way to relive your college years than by curling up with a college novel? Asks Daniel de Vise for the Washington Post.
Fogel’s wife’s relationship with administrator prompts UVM review
In early 2010, Pauline Manning found a set of personal letters in a briefcase belonging to her husband, Michael Schultz, who is the University of Vermont’s associate vice…
Ball State seeks tuition hikes above suggested level
Despite the recommendation of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE), Ball State University on Monday proposed to raise student tuition and fees 3.9 percent for the 2011-12…
Opinion: Don’t let ideologues take lecture capture hostage
We all know there are ideologues out there willing to twist words, images, and video to suit whatever ugly purpose they promote. And a professor's recorded lecture, manipulatively…
UT, A&M faculty productivity criticized in studies–and studies criticized, too
Two new studies say that professors at Texas’ top public universities aren’t very productive--but critics say those studies are flawed, reports the Dallas Morning News.