Tag: Distance Learning: Page 11

Students

Keeping Higher Education on the Minds of Students

Before you know it the fall semester will be back in full swing on college campuses and students have some decisions to make.

July 7, 2013

Students

Report Urges Better Preparation, More Active Recruitment of Community College Leaders

National community college leaders joined Aspen Institute and the Achieving the Dream organization officials to urge major improvements in how two-year college presidents are recruited, prepared, hired and evaluated.

June 24, 2013

Leadership & Policy

District Could Pay Millions for Dual Enrollment Classes

A recent legislative bill allowing high school students to take as many AP courses as they want could cost between $40 million and $60 million per year.

June 18, 2013

African-American

University of Washington Students Must Take Diversity Course

Students at the University of Washington will be required to take a course in some area of social, political or economic diversity before they can graduate.

June 10, 2013

Students

Even for Drop-outs, College Pays

It sounds like the worst of all worlds borrowing money for college, then dropping out and facing the debt without a degree.

June 10, 2013

Disabilties

Deficit Threatens Quarter of Ivy Tech Community College Sites

Mounting budget woes and the need to deal with a $68 million deficit could force Ivy Tech Community College to close up to a quarter of its school sites around Indiana, school officials said.

June 2, 2013

Students

MOOCs Morphing Into a Path for College Preparation

The use of Massive Open Online Courses for high school dual enrollment programs and general access to college-level material is seen as potentially huge educational benefit.

June 2, 2013

Students

Higher Ed Systems in 10 States Turn to Coursera

The movement of “Massive Open Online Courses,” which began with elite universities making their courses available online to the masses, is rapidly moving into the trenches of public higher education.

May 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

MOOCs Viable for Community Colleges, Officials Say

In a webinar titled “MOOCs and the Completion Agenda: Lessons in Learning, Assessment and Application,” two community college leaders offered unique visions on how MOOCs could help two-year schools improve student learning experiences.

May 28, 2013

Sports

Education Leaders Convene for The Atlantic’s Technologies in Education Forum

Education experts explore how the latest education innovations can successfully be interjected into the classroom to prepare students for the workforce.

May 15, 2013

Faculty & Staff

USC Announces $70 Million Gift by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

University of Southern California says Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.

May 15, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Students Sought for Lollapalooza Tech Side Event

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office is looking for 100 technology and computer science college students from across the nation to travel to Chicago during Lollapalooza 2013 weekend.

April 29, 2013