Nintendo could open an eBook store for the Wii U console
Following news that Nintendo will introduce an application store with their forthcoming Wii U console, a rumor has appeared that they’ll introduce an eBook download service too, Digital…
Month: January 2012
Should D.C. force its students to apply to college?
Should District of Columbia public and charter high school students be required to apply for college or trade school in order to graduate? Asks the Huffington Post.
The top 10 best value public colleges
As college tuition gets progressively more expensive, far outpacing inflation, one wonders where does all that money go? Asks the Huffington Post.
College changes emergency alert system after tsunami scare
Marymount College in Palo Verdes, Calif., has switched to a cloud-based emergency notification system after the campus’s old alert technology failed to warn students and faculty of a…
2012 Readers Choice Awards (pdf)
This special supplement presents the favorite educational technology products and services, as selected by the educators who read and visit eSchool Media. Late in 2011, we asked readers…
For-profit college students face higher debt, more unemployment
Students attending for-profit colleges wind up with much higher student-loan debts, are less likely to be employed after graduation and generally earn less than similar students at public…
Tips for first-generation college students
The daughter of a factory worker and a stay-at-home mom, Teresa Heinz Housel became the first member of her family to go to college when she enrolled at…
Trial focuses on whether Md. black colleges receive enough state funding, support
A trial began Tuesday in Baltimore to settle a federal lawsuit that alleges that Maryland’s historically black colleges receive too little funding and institutional support to fully overcome…
Columbia student sent to rehab in drug case
A Columbia University student who sold marijuana as part of a campus drug-dealing ring has begun a year of drug treatment that could get his charges dismissed, becoming…
Cash-strapped universities look at cutting remedial classes
Remedial courses that prepare students for college-level work are in danger as states and schools look for cheaper alternatives. But that could threaten efforts to boost the nation's…