Apollo Group to acquire Carnegie Learning for $75M
Apollo Group Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit college chain and owner of the online University of Phoenix, said Aug. 2 that it has agreed to acquire Carnegie Learning…
Month: August 2011
Ark. receives $1M grant to boost college grad rate
Nine Arkansas colleges and universities will focus on changing remediation programs and other efforts through a $1 million grant aimed at increasing the state's college graduation rate, Gov.…
10 colleges that lead to graduate school
For some students, college is a stepping stone to a higher level of education, says US News.
College students using ‘sugar daddies’ to pay off loan debt
On a Sunday morning in late May, Taylor left her Harlem apartment and boarded a train for Greenwich, Conn. She planned on spending the day with a man…
More colleges helping out with the financial burdens of internships
A few months ago, College of William and Mary student Nick Reck was selected for a summer internship in a senator’s office on Capitol Hill, the Washington Post…
Why are China’s universities losing their star students?
It happens every summer. In the weeks after the annual National College Entrance Examination, new high school graduates wait for the list, TIME reports.
Ed-tech leaders push closed captioning, compliance monitoring
Teaming up with companies that provide transcribers or software that scans recorded lectures and provides transcription, colleges and universities are increasingly looking for new, inexpensive ways to eliminate…
F.B.I. investigates assaults near Michigan campus
The F.B.I. has joined with area police departments to investigate six assaults on young women, including two rapes, near the University of Michigan campus during the past two…
Ohio University reigns as the nation’s top party school
Ohio University, set in an Appalachian town known for its rowdy Halloween bashes, has been named the nation's No. 1 party school, pushing the University of Georgia down…
Graduate students hit hard in debt deal
The debt deal reached by Congressional leaders and President Obama would keep the nation from defaulting on its loans, but it would make graduate school much more expensive…