Tag: Distance Learning: Page 13

Community Colleges

More Top Universities to Offer Free Online Courses

More top universities outside the United States are joining the rush to offer “massive open online courses” that are broadening access to higher education.

February 21, 2013

Students

College Board Finds AP Mean Exam Scores Rise

Roughly 60.1 percent of the 954,070 students who took an AP exam in 2012 achieved a score of 3 or higher on the five-point AP Exam scale.

February 20, 2013

Sports

Plan Expands College Classes For High Schoolers

Gov. Peter Shumlin has unveiled a plan to get more Vermont students into college and better prepared for jobs by expanding a program that allows them to take college-level courses in high school.

February 14, 2013

Community Colleges

ACE Recommending College Credit for Free Online Courses

Dozens of leading universities have begun offering free, digital versions of their most popular courses. But so far, few have offered degree credit for them.

February 7, 2013

Students

Oregon Bill Would Require College Credit in High School

The Oregon Legislature is looking at making college students out of every Oregon high-school student.

February 6, 2013

Faculty & Staff

You Can’t Always Read or Write Just What You Want to Read or Write

Recently, I was doing some research for a forthcoming book that I am working on. I still have more work to do, but I was able to make some good headway in archives, came across some good online primary sources and was pleased with what I have been able to come with at this point.

February 5, 2013

International

Gallup Poll: Americans See Higher Education as Essential, yet Often Unaffordable

The poll found that 71 percent of Americans view higher education as important to a person’s financial security in the future.

February 5, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Webinar: Experts Explore College Trustee Board Roles, Responsibilities

Expert panelists, including former university president David Roselle, offered practical advice on how college trustee boards as well as individual trustee board members should conduct themselves.

January 31, 2013

Students

It’s Tough to Trailblaze: Challenges of First-Generation College Students

College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce.

January 23, 2013

Students

Tribal Colleges in NM Seek Scholarship Eligibility

Tribal colleges in New Mexico want their students to have the same eligibility for the state’s lottery scholarships as students attending state colleges and universities.

January 22, 2013

Students

Dartmouth College Ending Advanced Placement Credit

High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has concluded the tests aren’t as rigorous as its own classes.

January 17, 2013

HBCUs

FAMU Student Paper Faces Hazing-Related Libel Suit

Florida A&M University’s student newspaper has delayed publication of its first spring semester edition, due in part to a libel suit over a hazing story.

January 9, 2013