September 2011

Probe finds fraud in U.S. distance education

September 30, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified a "serious vulnerability" in distance education programs due to frauds committed by students and recommended a stricter…

Over 20 Mass. college executives make over $1 million

September 30, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Top-level college executives are enjoying rising pay packages, often exceeding $1 million annually, even as students are facing ever-higher tuition rates and universities are being forced to cut…

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10 colleges that lead to graduate school

September 30, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

For some college students, pursuing an advanced degree after graduation is inevitable. (Premed students, for instance, know they'll need to go to medical school to become doctors.) Others…

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Cornell discovers that Twitter is the world’s mood ring

September 30, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

If you start the day feeling positive but feel yourself growing increasingly glum as it slugs along, you're not alone. A new study using Twitter to track daily,…

Campus Leadership

Mo. college loan agency to process federal loans

September 30, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Starting in October, thousands of people repaying their federal student loans will begin sending their checks to the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

IT Leadership

Seton Hill scales the ed-tech integration summit

October 2, 2011September 30, 2011 by From staff reports

Realizing that students today “interact with the world in radically different ways than previous generations,” Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa., was one of the first schools in…

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5 reasons to go to college (besides career advancement)

September 29, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

It’s common knowledge that unless you’re an entrepreneur super-genius, you need a college degree to land a well-paying job; and now, thanks to the economy, even that’s not…

IT Leadership

SAT cheating scandal: Are stakes getting too high for college admission?

September 29, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

The case of a Great Neck, N.Y., man accused of being paid to take the SAT for high school students is once again prompting questions nationwide about how…