UI student developing text-to-speech software
Ryan Ries was ready to move on. The Sioux City native graduated from Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School in 2004 but elected not to attend college, instead working as…
Month: April 2013
Can you MOOC your way through college in one year?
Nothing is hotter in the education world right now than the massive open online course, or MOOC. Behind the goofy acronym is an idea that flips the old…
Why some small colleges are in big trouble
In May 2012, New Hampshire’s 144-student Chester College closed its doors, joining Atlantic Union and a growing list of shuttered schools in Nebraska, Mississippi, and Tennessee, the Boston…
Media zooms in on university’s drone class
Tiger One sits on the ground like a hubcap-sized, four-legged spider. Or maybe a Lego-colored prop for a sci-fi movie. In minutes, journalism students will try to pilot…
University of Iowa programs use 3D printing technology
It may seem the stuff of science fiction. But three-dimensional printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is part of the here and now in classrooms and manufacturers, and…
Blackmagic Design Announces ATEM Production Studio 4K
Blackmagic Design Announces ATEM Production Studio 4K NAB 2013, Las Vegas, USA – April 8, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today ... Read more
Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Production Camera 4K
Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Production Camera 4K NAB 2013, Las Vegas, USA – April 8, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today ... Read more
Investigators uncover financial aid fraud ring at Contra Costa College
Nearly two dozen people face charges related to a widespread financial aid scam in which they received money to attend Contra Costa College but never went to class,…
Hundreds of Bergen Community College employees may have overpaid taxes for years
An error on the W-2 forms issued by Bergen Community College may have caused hundreds of employees to overpay state and federal taxes for the last six years,…
Report: $3 billion federal STEM program needs better oversight
Very few of the federal government’s 209 programs designed to increase knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) receive oversight from a specific agency, while many STEM…