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6 septembre 2015

University endowment returns fall with equity, bond markets

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. U.S. public-university endowments, including the country’s second-wealthiest at the University of Texas, are reporting fiscal 2015 returns that fail to meet the annual industry standard. More...

6 septembre 2015

Cracking content marketing for higher education

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Your school needs content marketing. In fact, it relies on it. It has done it for years; it’s just never had a name before. More...

6 septembre 2015

Hutchinson wants revamp of higher education funding

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday the state’s current formula for funding higher education is outdated and needs to be re-evaluated. More...

6 septembre 2015

Colleges struggle to blend tech, teacher-training lesson plans

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. On a typical day in Corey Gilman's second-grade class, students view and listen to books on a Smart Board, following the text in their hardcover readers; they collaborate in small groups named for colors; and take turns using an iPod to listen to a reading of books they wrote by hand and then narrated. In between, they take "brain breaks" – 30-second bursts of moving and stretching under Gilman's direction. All the while, Gilman's iPad never seems to leave his hand. More...

6 septembre 2015

Obama has not finalized post-presidential plans: White House

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. President Barack Obama has made no final decisions about what he will do after leaving office, the White House said on Monday, following comments by Columbia University's president that he looked forward to welcoming Obama back to campus in 2017. More...

6 septembre 2015

Entering prison with a syllabus

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. So goes the compact black prisoners made with each other during the swell of Apartheid in the 1960's. In a lime quarry on Robben Island, several miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, Nelson Mandela and his fellow prisoners educated others under the brutal watch of white guards. More...

6 septembre 2015

An investment in Denver's students — and economy

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. The Denver College Affordability program will lead the nation and place Denver at the frontier of economic development by completing our education pipeline that starts with the highly effective Denver Preschool Program. More...

6 septembre 2015

Daily marijuana use among students highest since 1980

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. For the first time in decades, marijuana use is more popular than smoking cigarettes among kids on college campuses across the United States. More...

6 septembre 2015

Buzz Aldrin joins university, developing 'master plan' for Mars settlement

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Buzz Aldrin is working with the Florida Institute of Technology to develop a “master plan” for colonizing Mars within 25 years. More...

6 septembre 2015

Plugged In: University eliminates textbooks

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. It’s a move that will save students millions of dollars a year.
The University of Maryland – University College is eliminating text books.
Instead, students will access reading materials and videos online at no cost. More...

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