Colleges say federal cuts could cause brain drain
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faculty fret about the future of the school's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Thirty miles away, administrators at the state university campus…
Month: March 2013
ACHS Launches Three New Five-Week 1-Credit Courses
American College of Healthcare Sciences Launches Three New 5-Week, 1-Credit Research, Writing, and Critical Thinking Courses for Complementary Alternative Medicine ... Read more
Can the best American universities stand on their own abroad?
Universities are building branch campuses around the world, but can an ivory-tower education really be exported without destroying the original mission? Asks the Huffington Post.
California bill aims to be ‘turning point’ for college courses online
California State Sen. Darrell Steinberg wants to bridge two universes in education – the traditional campus and the realm of innovative online courses, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
Iowa college students seek support from lawmakers
About 20 student leaders at Iowa's state universities lobbied lawmakers Wednesday, imploring them to approve a tuition freeze backed by the Board of Regents, the Associated Press reports.
UCI OpenChem aims to promote STEM education
The University of California, Irvine has launched a free online chemistry curriculum that offers videos to students and self-learners. To create UCI OpenChem, UC Irvine partnered with OpenCourseWare,…
Datamark’s New Lead Confidence Toolkit Helps Institutions Reach Higher Quality Leads and Meet Compliance Standards
Bundled Solution Safeguards School’s Interactive Leads and Digital Media Efforts Salt Lake City, UT – March 13, 2013 – Datamark, ... Read more
GRADUWAY ENTERS STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LINKEDIN
Graduway, the start-up company that is revolutionizing alumni networking, announced it is entering into a strategic relationship with LinkedIn, the ... Read more
College may sue Obama administration over new student loan rules
Historically black colleges and universities are not ruling out a lawsuit against the Obama administration over new federal financial aid policies that disproportionately affect their students, the Washington…
Harvard (sort of) apologizes for secret email probe following cheating scandal
Harvard University apologized for a subject-line search of administrators' emails on Monday, according to CNN.