1 in 2 new grads is jobless or underemployed
The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work, the Associated Press reports. A weak labor market already has left half…
Month: April 2012
A better gauge of community college success
The U.S. Department of Education released an action plan last week to improve how we measure the success of postsecondary students and institutions. The plan is sure to…
Obama wooing young voters with student loan focus
Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education as he previews an argument he will make on university…
Predictive analytics driving university practices
As campuses seek to target prospective students and spend precious funds most effectively, more administrators are learning about predictive analytics—statistical techniques that gather data and help campus leaders…
UMBC’s Hrabowski named to Time ‘influential’ list
Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, appears to be the only college president named to the Time magazine’s latest list of the world’s 100…
Penn State pays family of Joe Paterno under late coach’s contract
Penn State has agreed to provide millions in payments and benefits to Joe Paterno's estate and family members under the late football coach's employment contract, although a family…
Mitt Romney is Liberty University commencement speaker
Mitt Romney on Thursday visited a factory shuttered when George W. Bush was in the White House, and said its lingering idleness marks a failure of President Barack…
Report: Technology not the answer to bolstering community college access
More than 400,000 Americans were turned away from community colleges last year not because schools couldn’t keep up with the demand for online courses, but because deep state…
Recruitment ads by for-profit colleges targeted
Where do for-profit colleges get the money they spend on all those highway billboards and television and radio ads?
Barracuda Networks Launches Integrated Data Protection and Backup for Virtual and Physical Environments
New Barracuda Backup Service Introduces VMware Support Campbell, Calif., April 18, 2011 – Barracuda Networks Inc., a leading provider of ... Read more