Fight against SOPA intensifies surrounding House debate
The House Judiciary Committee met to debate changes to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday as the public debate between players with deep pockets on both…
Month: December 2011
Report: Latinos hitting a ‘blue collar ceiling’ from education gap
A study released Thursday shows that many Chicago area Latinos are facing a "blue-collar ceiling" and are likely to be stuck in low-paying jobs for the rest of…
Report: Maine college grads earn 50 percent more
A college education is more expensive than ever, but a new report by the Mitchell Institute indicates it can still pay off for Mainers, the Associated Press reports.
Google’s most popular colleges of 2011
Two of the universities on Google’s top-10 most searched list for 2011 made the cut thanks to far-reaching scandals, campus tragedies, and public relations nightmares.
How to engage a higher ed audience beyond the digital screen
In trying to create new and relevant content for digital signage screens, we sometimes forget that our audience is in motion and will not see everything they are…
Congress to investigate CEO pay at for-profit colleges
Officials from for-profit colleges, with some of the largest online programs in the U.S., painted the industry as a fiscally sound choice for students after Rep. Elijah Cummings,…
Under settlement with family, Va. Tech must notify parents of suicidal students
One November day in 2007, an e-mail arrived at the Virginia Tech health center warning that a 21-year-old senior named Daniel Kim might be suicidal. Within weeks, Kim…
7 key questions to ask about ed technology, online learning
The outcry against exploitative online for-profit education is growing at roughly the same rate as the clamor for increasing amounts of educational technology—laptops, tablets, smart boards—from preschool to…
Illinois’ prepaid college tuition program may need $1.6 billion bailout
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a report issued this week by Gabriel Roeder Smith & Co. concluded that College Illinois!, a prepaid college tuition program, might require a…
Facebook sends user a CD collecting his entire social networking history
Sure, we know that Facebook has an unnervingly huge stash of knowledge on each of its users, but just what does all of that virtual activity add up…