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  • Multiyear Study of Community-College Practices Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?

    Submitted by admin on Feb 02 5:18pm GMT

    Original article written by Jennifer Gonzalez for http://chronicle.com 
    Community colleges are brimming with programs and policies designed to help students complete their studies. Practices like requiring orientation and establishing early-academic-warning systems have sprouted since 2009, when President Obama announced that he wanted to make the United States the best-educated country in the world by 2020.

    Community colleges are brimming with programs and policies designed to help students complete their studies. Practices like requiring orientation and establishing early-academic-warning systems have sprouted since 2009, when President Obama announced that he wanted to make the United States the best-educated country in the world by 2020.

  • MITx Could Revolutionize Higher Education

    Submitted by admin on Jan 31 2:56pm GMT

    Original article was written by Kevin Carey for The Chronicle, questions asked by AntiWorldNews
    MIT has invented or improved many world-changing things—radar, information theory, and synthetic self-replicating molecules, to name a few. Last month the university announced, to mild fanfare, an invention that could be similarly transformative, this time for higher education itself. It’s called MITx. In that small lowercase letter, a great deal is contained.
     

    MIT has invented or improved many world-changing things—radar, information theory, and synthetic self-replicating molecules, to name a few. Last month the university announced, to mild fanfare, an invention that could be similarly transformative, this time for higher education itself. It’s called MITx.

  • The Four Major Education Themes in Obama's 2012 State of the Union

    Submitted by admin on Jan 27 11:33am GMT

    This article was written by Molly Bloom for StateImpact.com
    Education came second only to Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! in President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union remarks Tuesday night.
    Making college less expensive for students continues to be a key talking point for the Obama administration. (The president highlighted student loan “Know Before You Owe” efforts in his speech at Shaker Heights High School near Cleveland earlier this month.) In the State of the Union, he pushed a package of state and federal policy changes to address rising student debt.

    Education came second only to Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! in President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union remarks Tuesday night.

  • Hollege? Holleer? What Matters Are Mentors

    Submitted by admin on Jan 25 2:45pm GMT

    This original article was written by Rashid F. Davis for The New York Times
    Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will have a new model of education as part of his legacy. In September 2010, Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement on television that a unique collaboration had been made by the City University of New York and IBM to create a high school-college hybrid that merges high school with two years of college, allowing students to earn an associate’s degree.
     

  • The Critical Connection Between Higher Education and the American Dream

    Submitted by admin on Jan 20 2:52pm GMT

    This article was written by Jamie Merisotis for Huffingtonpost.com
    The American Dream is built on the promise that individuals from all walks of life can find success and prosperity here. That dream has taken some hits recently and the rising cost of college tuition is part of the problem. As we dive into the new year, it's time to put the issue of college productivity and affordability under the microscope.

    The American Dream is built on the promise that individuals from all walks of life can find success and prosperity here. That dream has taken some hits recently and the rising cost of college tuition is part of the problem. As we dive into the new year, it's time to put the issue of college productivity and affordability under the microscope.

  • How Technology Will Transform Higher Ed in 2012

    Submitted by admin on Jan 20 2:36pm GMT

    This original story was written By Clare Kaufman for http://thedegree360.onlinedegrees.com
    Each year, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gives the tech sector a peek at the next big thing in tech innovation, and CES 2012 puts the spotlight on higher education. This week's CES HigherEdTECH Summit 2012 showcases the innovations set to transform the college experience in 2012 and beyond.
     

    Each year, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gives the tech sector a peek at the next big thing in tech innovation, and CES 2012 puts the spotlight on higher education. This week's CES HigherEdTECH Summit 2012 showcases the innovations set to transform the college experience in 2012 and beyond.

  • How Publishers Should Prepare for EPUB 3

    Submitted by admin on Jan 19 6:31pm GMT

    The future of e-books is now.
    The approval of a new coding language for e-books, developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a global trade and standards organization for the promotion of electronic publishing, means that soon it will be a relatively simple matter for e-books to contain video, audio, dynamic content and all sorts of interactive features.

    This original article was written by Jeremy Greenfield and can be found at http://www.digitalbookworld.com
     
    The future of e-books is now.

  • Usability: The Key to Successful Product Innovation

    Submitted by admin on Nov 07 11:40am GMT

    Higher Ed Cafe launched it's fall webinar series on innovation with Mary Michael's presentation on usability in product development.  Click here to view the recording: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/be3fece7/2203946

    Higher Ed Cafe launched it's fall webinar series on innovation with Mary Michael's presentation on usability in product development.  Click here to view the recording: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/be3fece7/2203946

  • 2011 ACT Scores Show Problems with College Readiness

    Submitted by ssussan on Aug 18 2:13pm GMT

    This article was originally published by the Washington Post on August 17th. 
     
    Newly released ACT scores on tests used for college admissions show that only 1 in 4 graduates of the class of 2011 who took the exam met four key benchmarks that supposedly show readiness for success in the first year of college.

    This article was originally published by the Washington Post on August 17th. 
     

  • Oklahoma’s Online Schooling Revolution

    Submitted by ssussan on Aug 17 8:52am GMT

    This article was orginially published by Higher Education News on August 16th. 
     
    More and more Oklahoma students are using online programs to do their schoolwork, a new report shows.

    A Tulsa World analysis of state records shows that the number of Oklahoma public school students doing schoolwork through computer-based programs has increased nearly 400 percent over the last three years, writes Andrea Eger at Tulsaworld.com.

    This article was orginially published by Higher Education News on August 16th. 
     

    More and more Oklahoma students are using online programs to do their schoolwork, a new report shows.