Social media means more than salary to some college students
Gabbi Baker, a student at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is like many college students today: She is an avid user of social media, reports U.S. News
Month: December 2011
Free tuition for life? Only if you participate in a Willie Wonka-style contest
Who's got the golden ticket? Cardiff University is hosting a new contest. The prize? Free tuition for life, which not only means the whole of undergraduate tuition, but…
Obama’s lowdown on higher education and student loan debt
Barack Obama can relate to one complaint from “Occupy” protesters. He and his wife once had to pay off $120,000 in student debt, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
Governor asks voters for tax hike to support education
Gov. Jerry Brown filed a ballot initiative on Monday asking California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more money for schools and public safety, the Huffington…
Obama meets with star presidents to talk reform
President Obama summoned several university presidents and chancellors to his office today for an unusual two-hour session devoted to the economics of higher education, the Washington Post reports.
Study: Illinois higher education floundering
A study released last month by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education shows declining interest in higher education among Illinois students--and says government corruption is…
Dartmouth engineers solutions to binge drinking
Dartmouth College is turning to an unlikely source for help with its national initiative to reduce binge drinking: engineering students, the Associated Press reports.
Obama administration urges colleges to improve racial diversity
The Obama administration on Friday urged colleges and universities to get creative in improving racial diversity at their campuses, throwing out a Bush-era interpretation of recent Supreme Court…
Will colleges contribute to coming cloud computing explosion?
Cloud computing traffic will increase by the equivalent of 1.6 trillion hours of online high-definition video streaming in the next three years.
Rutgers University anti-Semitism allegation investigated by U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is investigating Rutgers University for its response to alleged anti-Semitic harassment, according to documents obtained by the Huffington Post.