April 2013

Research: Social media has negative impact on academic performance

April 24, 2013April 17, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Perusing Facebook, sending rapid-fire text messages, and tweeting back and forth with friends and celebrities alike might not be the best academic strategy, it turns out.

IT Leadership

2013 SoftChalk Lesson Challenge Winners Announced

April 16, 2013 by Carletta

Richmond, Virginia, U.S. – April 15, 2013 – SoftChalk, LLC, a leading developer of content authoring solutions for e-Learning, today ... Read more

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SMU and Rise Display bridge classroom and stock trading center

April 16, 2013 by Carletta

Business school students at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, know first-hand what it’s like to work on the Wall ... Read more

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Three Rivers Systems Degree Audit features on display at annual meeting of college registrars, admissions officers

April 16, 2013 by Carletta

San Francisco — April 15, 2013 — As the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual meeting kicks ... Read more

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Starbucks, Wal-Mart offering classes – for college credit

April 16, 2013 by Denny Carter

Arianna Suarez's first job after emigrating from Cuba as a teenager was as a cashier at a Walmart in Hialeah, Fla. Thanks in part to college-level classes that…

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Universities monitor online activity

April 16, 2013 by Denny Carter

Universities are gathering unprecedented amounts of information about students' online academic activities and backgrounds, helping to predict those who are most likely to fail, The Sydney Morning Herald…

Campus Leadership

UMass Dartmouth mulls privatizing campus store

April 16, 2013 by ECampus News staff and wire reports

UMass Dartmouth officials are soliciting proposals to privatize the campus store, a plan already drawing fire from unions even as administrators maintain that nothing is set in stone,…

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ED rulemaking includes input on controversial ‘gainful employment’ rules

April 17, 2013April 16, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will kick off a new round of public hearings on the oft-discussed “gainful employment” regulations, which the for-profit college industry has successfully…

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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

April 15, 2013 by Carletta

Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera NAB 2013, Las Vegas, USA – April 8, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today ... Read more

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