Laura Ascione, Author at eCampus News

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Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Capella U., SAS launch MS in analytics program

July 31, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Facing a critical skills gap in data and analytics, the U.S. is hungry for graduate-level degree programs to meet snowballing demand. Capella University is teaming with analytics software…

Another large university drops ACT, SAT requirements

July 30, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

The George Washington University (GW) announced on July 28 that it most undergraduate applicants will no longer be required to submit SAT or ACT scores as of August…

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Recessions lead to spike in engineering, business majors

July 30, 2015 by By Tony Briscoe, Chicago Tribune

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$5M seed portfolio will address higher education challenges

July 28, 2015 by Laura Ascione

University Ventures, an investment firm focused solely on higher education, announced today an allocation to a $5 million seed portfolio to support early-stage education technologies that address existing…

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Duncan calls for more college funding

July 28, 2015 by By Christina Jedra, The Baltimore Sun

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Retention, online solutions remain top HED concerns

July 27, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Student retention and increasing online offerings are among higher education officials' top concerns, according to results from a new survey from the Center for Digital Education and Akamai…

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Panel suggests giving students college algebra alternatives

July 24, 2015 by From the Associated Press

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Are students priced out of college?

July 24, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Student body presidents participating in a survey said they feel high college costs limit career opportunity, yet student leaders are vastly underutilized as stakeholders on and off campus.…

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1:5 students are “high thrivers” in U.S. colleges

July 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new indicator designed to measure consumer confidence across the nation’s 4-year colleges reveals that two in 10 college students are "high thrivers." The College Optimizer Index (COI)…

Capella U., SAS launch MS in analytics program

Another large university drops ACT, SAT requirements

Recessions lead to spike in engineering, business majors

$5M seed portfolio will address higher education challenges

Duncan calls for more college funding

Retention, online solutions remain top HED concerns

Panel suggests giving students college algebra alternatives

Are students priced out of college?

1:5 students are “high thrivers” in U.S. colleges

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College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

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Laramie County Community College to Unveil New SmartCIM 4.0 from Intelitek

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