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Community Colleges

Virginia system seen as model of things to come

Richmond, Va. John White doesn’t care if his university football team wins. He doesn’t pal around with other students in the dorm. He doesn’t do keg parties.

July 10, 2007

Students

Education’s technological revolution hits Europe: curricula improvements wanted, cost increases not wanted

Paris Philippe Jollant, fed up with yet another boring lecture, stood up in his poetry class at the Sorbonne, swung his brown cloth bag over his shoulder and stalked out to a sunny cafe in this city’s Latin Quarter.

July 10, 2007

Community Colleges

Federal government bolsters support for educational technology – includes related article about high school seniors’ selecting colleges by Internet

It may lack the fiscal health of America’s giant computer firms, but the federal government has emerged recently as a central funding source for schools and colleges to access educational technology.

July 10, 2007

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Sharing the wealth by sharing the knowledge – call for cooperation between American universities and developing countries

CHICAGO African nations are looking to colleges and universities in the United States to help solve the continent’s problems of poverty, insecurity and a lack of government accountability, a member of the Ugandan Parliament said here recently.

July 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Universities, Faculty in Final Round of Contract Talks

HARRISBURG Pa. The administration and union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities are in the midst of a final round of contract talks, hoping to resolve their differences before the current work rules expire Saturday.

June 29, 2007

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Syracuse, JPMorgan join to build new center, new study program

SYRACUSE N.Y. JPMorgan Chase will invest $30 million to help develop new financial service technology and infrastructure courses at Syracuse University under a 10-year partnership announced Wednesday.

June 26, 2007

Students

Technology … it’s not just for science departments anymore – implementing technology at colleges

As a graduate student at Ohio State University in the early 1990s, Dr. Leslie Fenwick had grown accustomed to having access to computers and to using her own campus-issued computer. “They were part of the landscape. Computers were just part of the university setting,” Fenwick said.

June 22, 2007

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Education commission approves new nursing program, moratorium

MONTGOMERY Ala. One new Doctor of Nursing Practice program will be allowed in Alabama and there will be a three year moratorium on others under a recommendation approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education committee on Thursday after a lengthy and sometimes contentious debate.

June 21, 2007

Students

Latest in Fight Against Cheating – Proctoring Exams With Web Cams

The number of college students taking courses online is surging, creating a tough dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.

June 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lifestyle-friendly education – non-traditional colleges and off-campus approach

Despite a successful career, Greg Atkins always felt something was holding him back. Two [years ago, at the age of thirty-eight, he climbed to a position of prestige in state government [as assistant commissioner of New Jersey’s department of community affairs.

June 16, 2007

Students

On-line and loving it – historically Black colleges and universities going on-line to lure students and research funding – Recruitment & Retention

New Students, Research Dollars Lured via Internet Web Pages by a Growing Number of HBCUs.

June 15, 2007

Community Colleges

Community College Backers Criticize University of Montana Plan for Higher Ed Center

MILES CITY, Mont. University of Montana President George Dennison has outlined a preliminary plan to create a higher education center in Hamilton, drawing fire from backers of a proposed community college in the same area.

June 6, 2007