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Online learning platform uses ‘Hollywood Squares’ model to boost engagement

July 6, 2012July 1, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The ever-present temptations of Facebook, Twitter, eMail, instant messaging, text messages, and online shopping are no match for face-to-face-to-face-to-face interaction.

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Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model

November 5, 2013June 22, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based…

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College cost website raises questions about Romney’s higher-ed stance

June 18, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The for-profit Florida university that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports as a model for holding down college costs is one of the country’s priciest schools, according to…

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Colleges join internet goliaths in long-awaited protocol change

November 5, 2013June 17, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

June 6 was perhaps the most important day in the history of the commercial internet, and hardly anyone noticed.

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University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness

November 5, 2013June 13, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A student’s physical reaction to a classroom lesson soon could be used to judge how successful—or unsuccessful—an educator is in keeping students engaged.

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What are college students talking about on Facebook?

November 5, 2013June 1, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

General confusion might be the key ingredient to an engaged crop of incoming freshmen on a college or university’s Facebook page.

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The top 10 ways college students plagiarize

June 1, 2012May 25, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

When it comes to plagiarizing, students who use the unethical shortcut seem to be all in: Copying and pasting a research paper word for word is now the…

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Ravitch: Why college-for-everybody is a sham

May 21, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

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Divided sentiments over fitting punishment for webcam spying

May 16, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

As the trial of former Rutgers University freshman Dharun Ravi riveted the nation earlier this year, there seemed to be a widespread consensus that his high-tech spying on…

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Court: Schools can publish small excerpts of texts online for students

May 15, 2012 by From wire service reports

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‘Brogrammers,’ ‘hogrammers,’ and the gender gap in college computer courses

May 2, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The rise of the brash, stylish, computer-geek-turned-cool-guy known simply as a “brogrammer” among popular technology startups threatens to further alienate women from enrolling in computer science courses, where…

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Feds release blueprint to spur career, technical education

April 21, 2012April 20, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a blueprint to transform career and technical education (CTE) in order to provide high-quality job-training opportunities for students. These efforts…

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March Madness online streaming taxes campus networks

May 6, 2012March 16, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

If Marquette University students weren’t on spring break this week, the school’s IT officials would have faced an internet bandwidth nightmare.

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Santorum’s views on higher education divide readers

March 15, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has criticized President Obama for encouraging more Americans to seek higher education, even going as far as to call the president a "snob."…

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Teens given a chance to study at Yale

February 28, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Bright teenagers from poor backgrounds are to be given a chance to study in the United States, a charity announced on Monday, the Huffington Post UK reports.

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Obama urges governors to boost education funding

February 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama on Feb. 27 urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to…

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Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music

May 6, 2012February 21, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally.

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College-bound students flock to universities’ mobile websites

November 5, 2013February 15, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A surge in the percentage of recent high school graduates who use smart phones to research colleges and universities could turn campus web development on its head.

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Free textbooks coming for five intro college courses

February 10, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

College students in five of the most-attended courses in U.S. higher education soon will have free peer-reviewed textbooks available to them as a Rice University-based program looks to…

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Apple iBooks 2 license agreement gets icy reception in higher education

November 5, 2013February 1, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Advocates for open-license textbooks in higher education, while largely unhappy with Apple’s new iBooks 2 platform, say the technology behemoth has done a favor for their movement: Apple’s…

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Antioch College waiving tuition for students enrolling in next 3 years

January 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Four years after Antioch College suspended operations due to financial problems, the private liberal arts institution in southwest Ohio is recharging its system by extending full scholarships to…

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Obama unveils plan to stem rising college tuition costs

January 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama is announcing a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don’t control tuition costs and new competitions in higher education…

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Colleges join Wikipedia in SOPA blackout protests

January 18, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Syracuse University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined several of the web’s most visited sites, including Wikipedia, in a partial blackout to speak out against pending…

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Are the SAT and ACT overrated?

December 2, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

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Colleges defend humanities amid tight budgets

November 29, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

As states tighten their allocations to public universities, many administrators say they're feeling pressure to defend the worth of humanities.

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Rules could prompt colleges to pull online programs from some states

November 23, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Online college students in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Minnesota soon could have more limited school options as colleges and universities plan to withdraw their online programs from those states…

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College.xxx? Schools snap up porn domains to keep them clean

November 22, 2011 by From wire service reports

The world is getting closer to the launching of a new internet address system for pornography providers, and there are some eye-opening names being registered. Among them: washu.xxx…

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Online learning caucus coming to Congress

November 9, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Two members of Congress formed an eLearning caucus last month–a much-needed Capitol Hill forum, educators said, after a recent survey showed Congressional representatives and their staffers lacked a…

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Report: Mobile app use exploding on campus

November 5, 2013October 20, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Colleges and universities have made significant gains in deploying mobile applications over the past year, according to the 2011 Campus Computing Survey, the largest continuing study of higher-education…

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5 new ways colleges are reaching high school students

October 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Each fall, the recruiting season seems to be the same process for colleges and universities: Send recruitment mailers to prospective students who signed up online or at college…

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ED proposes teacher prep reforms

October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

To ensure that teachers are ready to enter the classroom, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is proposing a series of initiatives to reward the best teacher preparation…

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Earn national recognition through one of our many ed-tech awards programs

October 7, 2011September 30, 2011 by From eSchool Media staff

To help educators, schools, and even ed-tech companies receive the credit they deserve for their success, we've created a number of awards programs. These programs aim to highlight…

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Five reasons to go to college (besides career advancement)

September 29, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

For critics who say a college degree isn't worth what you get in return, the issue begs the question: “Is college really just about finding a good job…

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Colleges struggle with students’ data demand

May 6, 2012September 28, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

University of Missouri students arrived on campus this fall with a slew of new electronic toys and immediately wrought havoc with the school's wireless network.

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Hybrid approach drives retention success

November 6, 2013September 1, 2011 by By Angela Naginey

In 2007, when California Lutheran University (CLU) campus leaders noticed a drop in freshman return rates, they charged me with serving as CLU’s retention champion. As the first…

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Conservative blogger launches site to reform ‘deplorable’ public education

August 24, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Public schools and universities soon could face the same intense political scrutiny as left-leaning filmmakers and politicians after internet entrepreneur and controversial blogger Andrew Breitbart said his newest…

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College requires fitness assessment for freshmen

August 11, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

During their first semester at Coker College, students this year will take a new required sequence designed to ease the transition from high school, USA Today reports.

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CampusSplash aims to ‘close the information gap’ in college counseling

November 5, 2013August 11, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

High school students won’t need the best college counseling money can buy when all their questions are answered for free online. At least, that’s the hope of officials…

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Justice Dept. accuses college of breaking law

August 9, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private for-profit college corporation of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students, the latest action in an examination of the…

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Ed-tech leaders push closed captioning, compliance monitoring

March 15, 2012August 3, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Teaming up with companies that provide transcribers or software that scans recorded lectures and provides transcription, colleges and universities are increasingly looking for new, inexpensive ways to eliminate…

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