Campuses look to ‘dark fiber’ for connectivity
Students and faculty members at Chicago’s Columbia College have to transfer data-heavy files the old-fashioned way: By foot.
Month: October 2011
Obama college loan plan aims at an old voting bloc
Seeking to shore up support among cash-strapped college graduates and students struggling with rising tuition costs, President Barack Obama is outlining a plan to allow millions of student…
Officials target college financial aid letters
On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education announced a plan to simplify the aid letters so that families can assess a school's true…
Mold-plagued St. Mary’s College students to live on cruise ship
For 250 students displaced from their residence halls by an outbreak of mold, leaders of St. Mary’s College of Maryland have found an opulent solution: Put them on…
Finding a way to fund higher education
Taylor Reveley, the president of the College of William & Mary, has spent a lot of time thinking about college financing, and he knows some of his ideas…
Guess what Michelle Rhee charged a school to speak
How much money do you think Michelle Rhee, former Washington D.C. schools superintendent who now runs an organization called StudentsFirst, charged a regional 11,000-student campus in the Kent…
College drug tests halted by judge
A Missouri college's comprehensive drug-testing plan for students will stay on hold after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order, the Associated Press reports.
Arizona State University Selects GoingOn to Help Transform Student Engagement & Enrich Online Academic Life
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66% oppose forgiveness of student loans
Student loan debt may have topped $1 trillion this year, but according to a recent Rasmussen poll, a sizable majority of Americans would be opposed to the federal…
President Barack Obama expected to make an announcement about college affordability
In his second presidential appearance in Colorado in a month, White House officials have confirmed that President Barack Obama will discuss student loans and make an announcement about…