June 2011

U.S. Education Department official urges making academic credit transfer more efficient

June 3, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the United States, higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one…

IT Leadership

For-profit college stocks soar, indicating new regulations won’t hinder industry growth

June 3, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Amid dueling assessments of the impact of new federal rules aimed at cracking down on abuses by for-profit colleges, the stock market delivered a clear verdict: business as…

Campus Leadership

State Senate passes higher education transparency bill

June 3, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The California Senate approved Thursday a piece of legislation that would bring greater transparency and accountability to the state’s public higher education institutions--the University of California, California State…

Campus Leadership

‘The end of internationalization?’

June 3, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Is the internationalization of higher education suffering from a midlife crisis? Jane Knight, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto,…

IT Leadership

Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?

November 11, 2011June 2, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Some of the country’s largest online education programs will have to comply with federal regulations far less stringent than once thought after the U.S. Education Department (ED) unveiled…

Campus Leadership

U.S. Education Dept softens final rule on vocational programs

June 2, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday will release the final version of its much-awaited "gainful employment" rule that punishes career-training programs for graduating students with heavy debt…

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Fearing dismissal, college president blasts his board in campus-wide eMail

June 2, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The president of Hocking College called his own bosses on the carpet Tuesday, blindsiding trustees by sending out a campuswide e-mail that said he'd been micromanaged and is…

IT Leadership

University IT departments can drive efficiencies and modernization

June 2, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

IT directors have been used to running tight ships and so are perhaps ahead of the game in looking at alternative ways of delivering their services, reports the…

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10 universities with the highest percentage of small classes

June 2, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Yesterday, U.S. News & World Report released their list of universities with the highest percentage of small classes.

Campus Leadership

After graduating as an illegal immigrant, a struggle to navigate the system

June 2, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The Baruch College commencement ceremony set for Wednesday will mark five years since Lesslie Alvarez and Walter Barrientos graduated from the city university’s business school as the first…

U.S. Education Department official urges making academic credit transfer more efficient

For-profit college stocks soar, indicating new regulations won’t hinder industry growth

State Senate passes higher education transparency bill

‘The end of internationalization?’

Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?

U.S. Education Dept softens final rule on vocational programs

Fearing dismissal, college president blasts his board in campus-wide eMail

University IT departments can drive efficiencies and modernization

10 universities with the highest percentage of small classes

After graduating as an illegal immigrant, a struggle to navigate the system

Chief Releases Fit Mobile Cart for Interactive Displays

Gale Digital Scholar Lab Expands to Help Students Present and Share Digital Humanities Research

APM Steam Offers Unparalleled Heat Exchanger Assessment and Testing Services for Colleges and Universities

College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

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