Latest computer security threat: ‘Spear phishing’
Most people know to ignore the e-mail overture from a Nigerian prince offering riches in exchange for a bank account number. But what if the eMail appears to…
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- Extron AV Switching, Streaming, and Control Systems Aid Higher Learning at Idaho’s First Medical School - June 1, 2021
- Extron XTP, Streaming, and Control Systems Empower Point Park University’s Varsity Esports Program - June 1, 2021
- Extron NAV Series Delivers AVoIP Throughout Allied Health Veterans Hall at UNC Wilmington - June 1, 2021
U.S. Education Department official urges making academic credit transfer more efficient
In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the United States, higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one…
For-profit college stocks soar, indicating new regulations won’t hinder industry growth
Amid dueling assessments of the impact of new federal rules aimed at cracking down on abuses by for-profit colleges, the stock market delivered a clear verdict: business as…
State Senate passes higher education transparency bill
The California Senate approved Thursday a piece of legislation that would bring greater transparency and accountability to the state’s public higher education institutions--the University of California, California State…
‘The end of internationalization?’
Is the internationalization of higher education suffering from a midlife crisis? Jane Knight, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto,…
U.S. Education Dept softens final rule on vocational programs
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday will release the final version of its much-awaited "gainful employment" rule that punishes career-training programs for graduating students with heavy debt…
Fearing dismissal, college president blasts his board in campus-wide eMail
The president of Hocking College called his own bosses on the carpet Tuesday, blindsiding trustees by sending out a campuswide e-mail that said he'd been micromanaged and is…
University IT departments can drive efficiencies and modernization
IT directors have been used to running tight ships and so are perhaps ahead of the game in looking at alternative ways of delivering their services, reports the…
10 universities with the highest percentage of small classes
Yesterday, U.S. News & World Report released their list of universities with the highest percentage of small classes.
After graduating as an illegal immigrant, a struggle to navigate the system
The Baruch College commencement ceremony set for Wednesday will mark five years since Lesslie Alvarez and Walter Barrientos graduated from the city university’s business school as the first…