Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Public colleges and universities are drawing a large percentage of their students from community colleges, where nearly two-thirds of students transfer to a four-year institution, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. More...01 juillet 2016
Community college students are filling the rolls at four-year institutions
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Public colleges and universities are drawing a large percentage of their students from community colleges, where nearly two-thirds of students transfer to a four-year institution, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. More...The colleges where women study STEM
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. STEM graduates are among the most in demand by employers when they finish school. For these students, it’s easier to find a job, and these jobs tend to be higher paying. More...The technology of higher education
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For nearly 30 years, pundits have predicted that education technology would disrupt higher education. Online courses will reduce costs and create unprecedented access to higher education, so the argument goes. More...Are new financial aid policies at major public universities working?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In an era of significant disinvestment in public higher education by state governments, many public universities are moving toward a “progressive tuition model” that attempts to invest approximately one-third of tuition income into institutional financial aid for lower-income and middle-class students. More...Savannah State breaks new ground while honoring slave past
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Savannah State University officials celebrated the work and academic research to come as they broke ground on construction sites for two new science buildings Friday and took time to honor those who toiled there more than a century ago. More...College costs dip slightly, but still cause anxiety
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. There is some good news for American parents terrified about the rising costs of college outstripping inflation and their investments: the average amount families spent on college actually went down last year. More...Campus Management expands in higher ed sector during 2015
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Campus Management Corp. (the Company), a leading provider of enterprise software solutions and services for higher education, announced today continued momentum for 2015, as measured against numerous Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). More...New coding boot camps to start at Seattle Central College
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Everyone’s heard how Seattle’s hottest companies are constantly scrambling to fill high-tech job openings. A new federal grant aims to ease the shortage — with free coding boot camps for people without college degrees. More...Bid to buy for-profit college by former Obama insiders raises questions
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As the Obama administration cracks down on for-profit colleges, three former officials working on behalf of an investment firm run by President Barack Obama’s best friend have staged a behind-the-scenes campaign to get the Education Department to green-light a purchase of the biggest for-profit of them all — the University of Phoenix. More...Blackboard Inc. and IBM sign strategic relationship
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Blackboard Inc. and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a collaborative agreement for IBM to manage Blackboard’s datacenters and cloud infrastructure. More...
