Mark Zuckerberg is going back to Harvard
Mark Zuckerberg is heading back to Harvard, seven years after he dropped out to run Facebook, the Huffington Post reports.
Month: November 2011
Opportunity Nation highlights a lack of upward mobility
Kevin Jennings knows a thing or two about the American Dream. He came from a trailer park in Lewisville, N.C., where he was raised by a single mother…
Four ways to teach students to write
Every summer for the past decade, we have conducted a writing program for college-bound, low-income minority students, say William G. Tierney, professor of higher education and director of…
Amazon launches the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
Amazon took another step toward pulling its hardware and digital content into an increasingly tight package on Wednesday when it announced the launch of the Kindle Owners’ Lending…
Professor’s accused medical experiments on students caused internal bleeding
An Oklahoma professor has been accused by a former teaching assistant of using students as medical "guinea pigs," and making deals with companies to earn money from their…
Two-year colleges draw more affluent students
Julie Hong grew up in the sort of leafy Montgomery County suburb where college is assumed, the Washington Post reports.
For-Profit college chief resigns after company overstated value of degrees
The chief executive of one of the nation's largest chains of for-profit colleges resigned earlier this week, following an internal investigation that revealed Career Education Corp. was artificially…
‘Socialbots’ pose IT security threat on campuses
University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver researchers unleashed an army of more than 100 socialbots – technology that poses as people on social networks – and harvested personal…
University’s $10M deal with prof ranking website raises eyebrows
The president of the University of Texas System’s flagship campus in Austin says he didn't seek a $10 million dollar deal that was reached between UT System regents…
Survey highlights how technology is used in higher education
Although many individuals think college students only use technology for personal communication, various studies have shown that electronics can be useful in academia as well, U.S. News reports.