College Word of the Year Contest
Over the past academic year, there has been an explosion of new or renewed campus activities, pop culture phenomena, tech trends, generational shifts, and social movements started by…
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Five colleges where students study
A story in today’s Post talks about a generational decline in study time, the number of weekly hours college students devote to actual study, the Washington Post reports.
Ravitch: Why college-for-everybody is a sham
The corporate reformers like to say that everyone must go to college if they want to have good jobs in the future, says education historian Diane Ravitch for…
State grant aid goes increasingly to the wealthy
State grant and scholarship programs for college students increasingly favor students who aren’t needy, according to a new report, the Washington Post reports.
Athletics 1, academics 0
The University of Florida recently decided to drastically shrink its computer science department, a move that will save the university around $1.4 million, says Abir Qasem, director of…
Watch: University of Michigan creates model for instant research funding
A team of University of Michigan professors have created a new model for funding academic research that potentially eliminates months of delay from when an idea is born…
No College Left Behind
Everyone wants accountability in higher education: You do; I do; so does the guy next door. After all, students, parents, and taxpayers are investing lots of money in…
Why the nation needs more female engineers
“Are you sure you want to be a software engineer? You are such a people person. Won’t you be stuck working alone, staring at a computer for hours…
At Virginia Tech, computers help solve a math class problem
There are no professors in Virginia Tech’s largest classroom, only a sea of computers and red plastic cups, the Washington Post reports.
Watch: Sanjay Gupta’s great speech at U Michigan commencement
University of Michigan alumnus Sanjay Gupta returned to Ann Arbor this past weekend at the start of the 2012 commencement season and delivered an uncommonly entertaining speech to…