October 2011

For more innovation at colleges, push faculty to live near campus

October 26, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Research shows that innovation and high productivity are most likely when thinkers interact in close physical spaces, swap information, and collaborate, says Justin D. Martin, Ph.D., CLAS-Honors Preceptor…

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Indiana University might discount summer tuition

October 26, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Amid the gloomy news of the ever-climbing cost of college (more than 100 schools now charge more than $50,000 per year) and ever-growing student loan debt (the national…

ROTC programs return to Ivy League universities

October 26, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Yale sophomore Andrew Hendricks has gotten used to receiving strange looks when he crosses the Ivy League campus in his Air Force uniform, the Associated Press reports.

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Education Department revealed the financial info of thousands of college students

October 27, 2011October 26, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department's direct loan website earlier…

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eCampus of the Month: Lone Star College is a shining example of ed-tech innovation

October 26, 2011October 25, 2011 by From staff reports

With more than 95,000 full-credit and continuing education students for fall 2011, Lone Star College is the largest and fastest-growing community college system in Texas. Lone Star College…

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In college, working hard to learn high school material

October 25, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

In June, Desiree Smith was graduated from Murry Bergtraum High. Her grades were in the 90s, she said, and she had passed the four state Regents exams. Since…

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Declining numbers of blacks seen in math, science

October 25, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

With black unemployment reaching historic levels, banks laying off tens of thousands and law school graduates waiting tables, why aren't more African-Americans looking toward science, technology, engineering and…

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Oberlin College students join Occupy Wall Street protesters

October 25, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

As their classmates spent fall break putting finishing touches on fellowship and graduate school applications, a group of Oberlin College students voyaged to lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park armed…

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Yale launches new financial aid calculator

October 25, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Yale launched a more sophisticated online financial aid calculator on its admissions website last Tuesday in response to a federal law passed three years ago, Yale Daily News…

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Federal student loans by the numbers

October 24, 2011 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is suggesting the Department of Education should be dissolved in an effort to save money towards the federal deficit, Yahoo! News reports.

For more innovation at colleges, push faculty to live near campus

Indiana University might discount summer tuition

ROTC programs return to Ivy League universities

Education Department revealed the financial info of thousands of college students

eCampus of the Month: Lone Star College is a shining example of ed-tech innovation

In college, working hard to learn high school material

Declining numbers of blacks seen in math, science

Oberlin College students join Occupy Wall Street protesters

Yale launches new financial aid calculator

Federal student loans by the numbers

Gale Digital Scholar Lab Expands to Help Students Present and Share Digital Humanities Research

APM Steam Offers Unparalleled Heat Exchanger Assessment and Testing Services for Colleges and Universities

College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

Cyber Attacks on Colleges and Universities: How Businesses Help Safeguard Higher Education from Cyber Threats

Laramie County Community College to Unveil New SmartCIM 4.0 from Intelitek

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