Google unveils latest social networking feat
Online search leader Google Inc. is taking yet another stab at social networking, as it tries to go up against Facebook in this wildly popular and lucrative segment…
Month: June 2011
Henry Paulson joins University of Chicago
Henry M. Paulson Jr., former U.S. Treasury secretary, will join the University of Chicago as a senior fellow and start an independent institute located at the university, reports…
College-ready teens in short supply
Recent research demonstrates a troubling inverse relationship between job market and higher-education trends: As the job market increasingly demands postsecondary training, the number of recent high school graduates…
Report: Only five colleges properly serve needy students
A new report from the nonprofit Education Trust finds only five U.S. colleges that properly serve the disadvantaged--by offering a quality education to a significant number of low-income…
Agriculture colleges, extension get budget squeeze
As university budgets take a beating across the country, agricultural schools and extension programs are feeling the impact, the Associated Press reports.
Americans worried by soaring tuition fees
The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since…
Cornell student’s mother files suit in fraternity hazing death
The mother of a 19-year-old Cornell University student who died during an alcohol-related fraternity hazing ritual has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the national fraternity, the Huffington Post…
Rahm Emanuel, Arne Duncan trumpet DREAM Act despite political barriers
Despite the DREAM Act’s low likelihood for Senate passage, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for a renewed awareness of the plight of undocumented students in advance…
Google lures more colleges to Gmail with bigger inboxes
It’s already higher education’s most popular eMail hosting service, and Google’s Gmail could attract more university IT departments after the company more than tripled its Gmail inbox size…
Worried about jobs, college women go ‘geek’
A year ago, Harvard University's student newspaper dubbed computer science the most "gender-skewed" major on campus – meaning that many more men majored in computer science than women,…