NJ governor signs university merger bill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a major higher education reorganization bill on Wednesday, a hard-won political and policy victory that eluded two prior governors and is designed…
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The most politically active colleges
With another presidential election looming, a politically-active student body is an important thing to look for in a prospective college, the Huffington Post reports.
Samsung tablet takes aim at iPad—with a pen
The tablet-computer market is like guerrilla warfare. One huge army—Apple—dominates the land, while a ragtag group of insurgents keeps raiding and probing, hoping to find some opening it…
Obama criticizes Romney over college assistance
President Barack Obama accused rival Mitt Romney of being oblivious to the burdens of paying for college on Tuesday, telling young voters in battleground Ohio that his opponent's…
Paper airline tickets, bound encyclopedias passe for new U.S. college students
ncoming U.S. college students have never seen a paper airline ticket, like to watch television on almost anything but a television and consider exposed bra straps a fashion…
College students: high in self-confidence but low in basic work skills
Today’s college students have been hit hard by the recession, but they exhibit a remarkable self-confidence that may outpace their skills for coping with the road that lies…
From STEM to STEAM: Science and art go hand-in-hand
In the wake of the recent recession, we have been consistently apprised of the pressing need to revitalize funding and education in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering,…
New studies weigh college value, cost
Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it's the middle-class that's getting particularly squeezed…
Free online course will rely on multiple sites
A group of online-learning ventures is collaborating on a new kind of free class to be offered this fall, known ... Read more
Largest minority on campuses
Hispanic population growth and improved high school completion rates helped Latino young people become the largest minority group on college campuses and a fourth of the public school…