29 septembre 2015

By Stefanie Botelho. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday a 6 percent increase in funding for the higher education system in Missouri. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Online education company Udacity will start offering classes tailored to Indian students, marking the startup’s first effort to target a country outside the U.S. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Earlier this month, Adam Davidson wrote a fascinating yet deeply troubling piece in the New York Times titled: "Is College Tuition Really Too High?" Davidson explores the relationship between the student and the aid offered to the student by the college or university in which the student enrolls. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Immigration advocates say some colleges and universities in Missouri are discriminating against undocumented students by charging them higher tuition. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Along with competitive pay, employers offer a range of benefits in hopes of attracting the best and brightest workers. But few companies actually break out their checkbooks to help younger employees cope with what many experts say is a burgeoning financial crisis: soaring student debt. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Cengage Learning, a leading global education company, today announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A simplified financial-aid calculator — much easier to use than the federally mandated calculators that most colleges create — has begun spreading beyond Wellesley College, where it began two years ago. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The presidents of Virginia’s public colleges and universities are warning that the state no longer can assume that everything will be okay with their institutions. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Aruba Networks, an HP company, (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that it has expanded the coursework offered by its Aruba Mobility Academy, which has been adopted by higher education institutions around the globe since its launch in 2014. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In an era of state funding cutbacks and declining enrollments, some community colleges are finding that the corporate college model can be a great way to grow revenue. But they have many other benefits, from increasing enrollment to encouraging philanthropy. More...