Northeastern University will next year take its growing branch campus business outside the U.S., adding an outlet for professional graduate degree programs in Toronto. The university this spring opened its third branch campus in the San Jose, Calif., offices of Integrated Device Technology, giving Northeastern a presence in Silicon Valley. Read more...
02 novembre 2015
Toronto Is Northeastern's Next Branch Campus Location
Another For-Profit Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
Stratford University, a for-profit institution based in Virginia, this week announced that it has become a public benefit corporation. That move, which a handful of other for-profits have made recently, is a legal change to a company's charter, which allows it to focus more on activities that do not generate a profit -- including actions that are aimed at benefiting the public. Read more...
Cengage Buys Pathbrite, Electronic Portfolio Service
Cengage Learning announced Tuesday that it has purchased Pathbrite, which offers schools and colleges electronic portfolio services. Read more...
Obama's Income-Based Repayment Expansion Finalized
The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday finalized the regulations carrying out President Obama's expansion of the government's most generous income-based repayment program to more federal student loan borrowers. Read more...
Second Mississippi University Takes Down State Flag
The University of Southern Mississippi has become the second university in the state, following the University of Mississippi, to stop flying the state flag. Many people are urging the state to remove a Confederate flag from one corner of the state flag. Read more...
Aspen Institute and Siemens Team Up on Skills Gap
The Aspen Institute and the Siemens Foundation this week announced the first results of a new partnership focused on the projected shortages of skilled workers for high-demand jobs in manufacturing, energy, health care and information technology. Read more...
Groups to Recognize Public Colleges' Embrace of Assessment
Two university associations plan to recognize institutions that engage in campuswide activity aimed at assessing and improving student learning, for the sake of internal improvement rather than accountability. The Excellence in Assessment designation is a joint program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, working in conjunction with the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment. Read more...
Survey: Americans View Community College as Smart Financial Move
A majority of Americans surveyed by WGBH News said they would encourage high school students to attend community college rather than take out loans to attend a four-year college. Read more...
To Prevent Bias, British Applications to Be Name Blind
In an effort to prevent racial bias, university applications in the U.K. will be “name blind” starting in 2017, Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in an op-ed in The Guardian. Read more...
Study: Who Teaches MOOCs?
The average instructor of a massive open online course is most likely to be a white man in his 50s with two decades of experience in academe but none in online education, according to a study by researchers. Read more...
