Amazon launches new iPhone app for college students
Just in time for back-to-school season, Amazon has launched a new iPhone application targeted towards students, Tech Crunch reports.
Month: August 2011
Young Latinos vital to reaching national college degree attainment goals
Daniel Perez narrowly avoided the fate of navigating his young life armed with only a high school diploma, the Huffington Post reports.
The 13 colleges with the best financial aid
As college tuition rapidly becomes more expensive, a good financial aid package is an imperative part of the collegiate decision making process, the Huffington Post reports.
How to run a university like an enterprise
Is too much state regulation hindering efficiency at public universities? Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro thinks so, and he unveiled a plan Aug. 11 that would…
Technology innovations help solve educational challenges
With a high-speed robotic crane that delivers books in the new library and audio response iPad applications in language classrooms, the University of Chicago exemplifies the successful integration…
Report: For college investment return, go public
SmartMoney magazine has taken an interesting and refreshingly simple approach to measuring value in higher education, the Washington Post reports.
The Perry-Obama education fight
No U.S. governor has been at public odds with President Obama’s education policies over the past few years more than Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), and it is…
University of Wisconsin hacked: 75,000 social security numbers, student names exposed
The University of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee campus has been subject to a malware attack, which has exposed names and social security numbers of students—past and present—and staff alike, ZDNet…
States start to require courses in financial literacy
Starting this fall, Virginia high school students will need more than reading, writing and arithmetic to snag a diploma, USA Today reports.
College organic farming programs growing
Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to…