Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A company led by Harvard University students aspires to be “the Airbnb for higher education,” tapping unused capacity – empty seats – in higher education and vocational classrooms. More...01 juillet 2016
New online platform to help fill empty seats in classrooms
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A company led by Harvard University students aspires to be “the Airbnb for higher education,” tapping unused capacity – empty seats – in higher education and vocational classrooms. More...Obama administration issues rules to overhaul student debt forgiveness
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students will have a clearer path to loan forgiveness if they are defrauded or misled by their colleges, according to rules issued Monday by the Obama administration, which also create a financial backstop to ensure that schools, not taxpayers, are responsible for the debt. More...How Australian universities edge out Ivy League
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students of Asia: Australia wants you. An Aussie government plan to boost the already significant role of international education in Australia’s economy makes that message crystal clear. More...
A state embraces the idea that not everyone needs to go to college
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Dasani Johnson, a sophomore at Southern High School, is using a machine to create a baseball bat out of a piece of foam. Standing over her, as she readies to start the machine, are her teacher and two classmates. More...Purdue picks developer for $1.2B west campus
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As Purdue University interviewed potential master planners for a live-work-play, community-within-a-community concept for west campus, bidders at the Indianapolis-based Browning Investments LLC set out to find similar plans for reference. More...On for-profit colleges and Trump University
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Documents released in a federal lawsuit against Trump University have put presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the defensive. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is now highlighting the fraud that is at the center of the case. More...Flexible environments to engage learners
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When most people think back to their college classes, they remember big lecture halls with a professor in the front of the class either writing on a chalkboard or lecturing from behind a lectern – or both. More...No makeup ACT for South Korea, Hong Kong after leak cancellation
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. There will be no makeup ACT college-entrance exam held in South Korea and Hong Kong, which is used to gain entry to U.S. universities, after the weekend cancellation of the tests due to leaked test material, its administrator said on Wednesday. More...College presidents share lessons learned
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. "You never quite know what type of institution you're going to wind up in," said Prairie View A&M University President Dr. George Wright, leaning over the lectern as he spoke about his experiences at public and private institutions as a faculty member before his first presidential appointment. More...Peer advisors provide low-cost support for male undergrads
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Many postsecondary institutions have instituted various forms of advising and mentoring programs, with the aim of increasing student persistence in higher education, with a focus on the most vulnerable students. More...
