eCampus News July/August 2012
• eLearning programs get a reprieve • Software channels 'Hollywood Squares' to boost engagement • Earning a degree with competency, not credits • Reducing your total cost of…
Month: August 2012
Community college system reduces eMail costs with Metalogix
The Colorado Community College System has reduced its eMail storage costs, simplified retention, and improved its total cost of IT ... Read more
The key to a good GPA? Getting enough ZZZs
As college students return to campus, some schools are giving them what a growing body of research reveals could make a huge difference in their college careers: ear…
Software glitch freezes aid for thousands of students
Washington State University officials are still working to clean up a financial aid mess partially caused by the implementation of a new, multimillion-dollar student information software program called…
Harvard says 125 students may have cheated on a final exam
Harvard University revealed Thursday what could be its largest cheating scandal in memory, saying that about 125 students might have worked in groups on a take-home final exam…
Survey: Back-to-college clothing is more important than tablets
If you're a college student, it's likely you've purchased some new fall wardrobe staples rather than a tablet this school year, Mashable reports.
Fears in Taiwan over downside of education boom
When Hsu Chung-hsin went to university three decades ago he became part of a small elite in Taiwan. Now virtually everyone can enter higher education, the AFP reports.
Obama courts college students returning to campus
As college students return to campus, President Barack Obama's campaign will be there waiting for them.
Turnitin Adds Common Core Grading Rubrics to GradeMark
Turnitin Adds Common Core Grading Rubrics to GradeMark Correlated rubrics developed by Education Council to assess student writing OAKLAND, Calif. ... Read more
Pell peril: The fading significance of the ladder to college
The federal Pell Grant program was designed to help college students coming from low-income families afford the high cost of going to college without getting buried in debt,…