New York University to offer 2 classes on Occupy Wall Street movement
New York University plans to offer two classes next semester on the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Associated Press reports.
Month: December 2011
Twitter simplifies in bid to engage more users
Twitter is changing to address a paradox about a service that revolves around messages limited to just 140 characters. As simple as it sounds, the concept remains too…
No problems with text alerts after latest Virginia Tech shootings
Virginia Tech students said they received a nearly constant stream of text message and eMail updates from school officials after a gunman killed a campus police officer and…
Study: Facebook does not hurt college students’ GPA (much)
Right now, hundreds of thousands of college students across the US are cramming for the end-of-semester finals. Either that, or they’re procrastinating on Facebook, Digital Trends reports.
Universities paid to teach DC respect for different viewpoints
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has given a consortium of universities $400,000 to promote civility in politics, the Daily Caller reports.
Upper Iowa University restructures to better serve working students
A recent post by Christopher Guizlo discussed the staggering debt that many students leave college with and questioned whether the educational community was really doing enough to educate…
$268 million to transform regional higher education in Australia
Regional universities will receive the vast majority of a Gillard Government investment of almost $400 million to support new state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities at university campuses across…
Students expelled after campus fight video goes viral
Nine students were expelled from a small private college in Massachusetts after they were seen in a viral internet video that showed a student assaulting a fellow student…
A New Vision of Community: Lone Star College System Sees Community Globally
This case study provides an excellent overview of Lone Star College System and its use of technology, including high definition video conferencing, to expand corporate workforce development partnerships
Using an unmatched ed-tech resource over a daunting distance
Providing consistent access to high-quality education across a great distance has been one of the biggest challenges for Ivy Tech Community College's online program. Here's how the school…