January 2012

143,000 students to lose Pell Grant funding in 2012

January 9, 2012January 4, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Congress’s latest omnibus spending bill will effectively eliminate federal Pell Grant funding for an estimated 143,000 low-income college students starting in July. The Pell Grant cuts come just…

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Colleges and suicide threats: when to call home?

January 3, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The eMail that arrived at Virginia Tech's health center in November 2007 was detailed and unmistakably ominous. It concerned a Tech senior named Daniel Kim and came from…

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Instead of work, younger women head to school

January 3, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Workers are dropping out of the labor force in droves, and they are mostly women, the New York Times reports.

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Berkeley and the public Ivies: Five lingering questions

January 3, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

An article in Monday’s Washington Post about the plight of the University of California at Berkeley and other “public Ivies” drew more than 1,400 reader comments, writes columnist…

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Community college budget cuts drive students to for-profit schools

January 3, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Just after she started working for an ambulance company in this suburban enclave east of Los Angeles, Cierra Nelson came to admire the quick decision making and street…

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What was it like to be a college student in 2011?

January 3, 2012 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

Universities—with their old buildings, tenured faculty and seasoned administrators—may feel changeless. But every few years, there’s an almost entirely new set of undergraduates living in the dorms, sitting…

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Our readers’ top ed-tech picks for 2012

January 23, 2012January 3, 2012 by From staff reports

Here are the results of our 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, which recognize the educational technology products and services our readers have enjoyed the most success with.

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143,000 students to lose Pell Grant funding in 2012

Colleges and suicide threats: when to call home?

Instead of work, younger women head to school

Berkeley and the public Ivies: Five lingering questions

Community college budget cuts drive students to for-profit schools

What was it like to be a college student in 2011?

Our readers’ top ed-tech picks for 2012

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