Low job placement rates puts for-profits at risk
New figures show two California campuses owned by for-profit education firm Career Education Corp. appear to have placed fewer than 65 percent of graduates in jobs – the…
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Good news at last for college graduates: an improved job outlook
Hiring for college grads is poised to improve during the current academic year – a welcome piece of positive news for young Americans who have been among those…
What to make of Facebook’s oversharing?
Facebook’s penchant for sharing everything you read via its Open Graph news apps caused quite a weekend stir. However, I wonder how far this flap goes beyond tech…
How many people does it take to run a college’s Facebook page?
Most college campuses don’t have one staff member toiling away on the social web, answering students’ burning questions and updating the school’s Facebook page. Some institutions have an…
University of Missouri to limit lecture recording
From videotaped lectures to podcasts, universities are rushing to embrace the digital revolution. Yet even as some schools invite the public to view course material online, they're starting…
5 ways higher education is leveraging mobile tech
Mobile technology is on the minds of higher education professionals more than ever before. At the recent HighEdWeb conference in Austin, the itinerary included several ways schools can…
Syracuse assistant basketball coach being investigated for child abuse
Just two weeks after Penn State was rocked by a child sex-abuse scandal, ESPN reported Thursday that police were investigating an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University on…
Amazon may be planning smartphone
Amazon, which began shipping a tablet computer this week, may be eyeing the smartphone market, Relaxnews reports.
Anne Hathaway supports students at Occupy Wall Street
Thursday afternoon, protestors marched toward Union Square in New York City, and a famous face was among them, the Huffington Post reports.
Mobile apps make college sporting venues more like home
Stanford University’s athletics department released a smart-phone application this fall that might help the stadium experience compete with the ever-improving living room experience.