A start-up fund that lets college students make the decisions
Most college dormitories are a mixture of unmade beds, fireproof carpeting, beer pong, ramen noodles and that posterof John Belushi in “Animal House.” Investors want to add two…
Month: April 2013
Ambassador Education Solutions to Unveil Compelling Bookstore Operation Strategies at HLC Conference
Interactive Session Will Explore Student Centered Approach to Bookstore Management Melville, NY – April 1, 2013 – Ambassador Education Solutions, ... Read more
University report: Increased web usage could heat up data centers
Data centers across the world are set to use 19 percent more energy this year than they did in 2012, ... Read more
Forget tuition, just applying to college can cost thousands
It’s the time of year when colleges finally put high school seniors -- and their anxious parents -- out of their collective misery, American Public Media reports.
Paving the road for women in computer science at BYU
It was her first day at her internship at Microsoft, and Christine Kendall thought sharing her Taekwondo experience would make her stand out during the “get to know…
Americans wish they had studied, networked more in college: poll
Americans wish they had studied more in college, view admissions tests as a necessary evil and would tell their children to finish their degrees rather than follow in…
eCampus News April 2013
• Graduate school—on the iPad • Predicting ed tech's future • CRM software helps improve recruitment, retention • Colleges brace for spending cuts • Using 3D worlds to…
Should university laws be colorblind? Supreme Court weighs in
The Supreme Court is preparing to tackle two pivotal legal issues with racial implications, with one issue occurring in higher education. It centers on whether race preferences in…
Stopping the clock on credits that don’t count
As March Madness nears its all-consuming climax, a less widely noticed kind of intercollegiate competition is forcing students to churn endlessly through the higher-education system, wasting their own…
Colleges getting price paranoia? Schools trying to cut costs with technology
It’s no secret that the cost of college has been on a steady rise over the last decade and is easily outpacing inflation, but now some schools are…