How the future of higher education affects businesses
Higher education is going to look much different in the future, with a greater reliance on teleconferencing and distance learning, according to a recent survey by the Pew…
Month: August 2012
Data collection to start for online education programs
Starting August 21, U.S. News will be commencing its online data collection for our second Top Online Education Programs rankings in both the bachelor's and graduate levels for…
NY prof suspended for Colorado shootings remark
A professor at the United States Merchant Marine Academy faces dismissal for joking about the Colorado movie theater shootings in front of his students, including one whose father…
College students publish ed-tech textbook on Apple’s iBookstore
A group of graduate students at the Milledgeville, Ga.-based campus have used Apple’s iBookstore to publish a video-and-image-laden eTextbook filled with information and advice for educators hoping to…
EFI Launches M500 Self-Serve Copy and Print Station For Campuses, Libraries and Print Providers
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – August 6, 2012 – EFI™ (NASDAQ: EFII), a world leader in digital printing innovation, has launched ... Read more
Nominations Now Open for the 28th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards
Nominations Now Open for the 28th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards Total of 27 New and Updated Awards Reflect Dramatic Growth ... Read more
No way out: Will Congress change bankruptcy laws for student loans?
Edith Oquendo wishes she could file for bankruptcy. When Oquendo, a resident of Kissimmee, Fla., left her job as a photographer at Walt Disney World after she developed…
Stylus, split-screen stand new Samsung tablet apart
Samsung Electronics launched its new Galaxy Note tablet in three major markets on Thursday, hoping that a stylus-type pen and split-screen function will stand the new device apart…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awards grant to CU-Boulder to build waterless, solar-powered toilet
Bathroom humor aside, a student-led team of researchers at University of Colorado Boulder among the winners of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant through the "Reinvent the…
Opinion: Charging for knowledge is antiquated
A campus technologist says the free distribution of knowledge has the potential to dramatically improve lives and economies, as the world is on the threshold of a global…