Diverse StaffHomeChanges in store at Florida collegesThe economic downturn is impacting many states and Florida is one of them. On next week, more than 1.3 million students will arrive at Florida’s public universities, community colleges and private colleges for the fall semester, and the budget crunch will continue to affect their academic experience, the Miami Herald reported. Students will see bigger […]August 16, 2009Community CollegesNumber of UNC administrators increasesThe number of administrators at the University of North Carolina system schools has grown 28 percent in the past five years a newspaper analysis reported. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Monday that the rate is faster than the growth of teaching positions or student enrollment. According to The Charlotte Observer, the analysis shows […]August 16, 2009HomeClasses Start For Local UniversitiesStudents at the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State and other metro Atlanta colleges and universities begin classes on Monday. According to CBS Atlanta, officials expect to enroll more than 30,000 students at George State, which would be a university record and an 8 percent increase over last fall. As part of that 30,000, […]August 16, 2009Community CollegesMd. Community colleges riding new wave in higher educationMany students in the state of Maryland are deciding to head to community colleges this fall. Community colleges are seen as an option for education and an avenue for jobs. According to the Baltimore Sun, at the Community College of Baltimore County, fall enrollment is expected to be 20 percent higher than last year. At […]August 16, 2009StudentsSPE announces scholarship winners for graduate research.Gregorio Manuel Velez-Garcia and Zeba Farheen Abdul Samad will each receive a $2,000 scholarship check at the Society of Plastic Engineers Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition to help underwrite research in composites for ground transportation, ThomasNet reported. Velez-Garcia will use scholarship for development work on new method for predicting fiber orientation in fiber-reinforced, injection-molded thermoplastics, […]August 16, 2009StudentsClemson sets application, enrollment record while maintaining academic qualityClemson University will welcome its largest freshman class this week. According to Clemson University Media Relations, the university set a record enrollment of 16,281 undergraduate student applications. The director of admissions said the university accepted more freshmen and transfer students because of uncertainty about how the economic recession would affect yield – the percentage of […]August 16, 2009Leadership & PolicyIn Brief: The Recession and Higher Ed: The Georgia Board of Regents approve mandatory unpaid furloughs; University of Illinois president vows admissions reform; University of Southern Mississippi considers campus closure.August 13, 2009Leadership & PolicyGeorgia colleges to furlough employees 6 daysThe Georgia Board of Regents approved the mandatory unpaid leave for about 40,000 employees Wednesday as a way to save the University System of Georgia about $42 million. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the furloughs are among a series of cuts facing the system’s 35 colleges as Georgia suffers through the current economic crisis. […]August 12, 2009HomeGeorgia Tech professor faces 15 counts of sexual exploitationFaiz Al-Khayyal , a Georgia Tech associate professor, was arrested and booked into the Fulton County jail Wednesday night after being charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. The university previously suspended without pay for violating the computer-use policy. A university official said that illicit computer activity prompted […]August 12, 2009HomeCollege Textbooks Hit iPhone, iPod TouchCourseSmart, located in San Mateo, Calif., has added a new program that will allow college students to read their books using iPhones or iPod Touch devices. According to the San Francisco Chronicle CourseSmart already makes more than 7000 college textbooks from 12 publishers available to its subscribers online via their computers. Now the company has […]August 12, 2009Previous PagePage 45 of 115Next Page
