From debates over Confederate monuments to battles over America’s leadership in the world, understanding today’s contemporary challenges requires historical knowledge and historical perspective. More...
20 décembre 2018
Fewer students are majoring in history, but we’re asking the wrong questions about why
New York State establishes food pantries in all public colleges
Students face more challenges than the loans that will dog them for years; some of them go hungry even as they go into hock to get that education. More...
College Lead Exchange launches to address need for smarter student recruitment
College Lead Exchange, a division of WhatsBestforMe, Inc. and the higher education world’s first cloud-based, SaaS, self-service platform to match prospective students and the schools most likely to admit them, was formally launched today, following a testing period involving thousands of students and nearly one hundred schools. More...
Texas A&M AgriLife selects D2L
D2L today announced that Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, a huge network of postsecondary educators in communities all across Texas, will be using the Brightspace platform to reach learners in every corner of the state. More...
Colleges offering to help displaced Brightwood College students
Just a little over 24 hours after Brightwood College announced it was closing its doors and displacing students and staff with little explanation, other colleges are stepping in to help the students impacted. More...
Alternative energy programs evolve with the market
Like many community colleges across the nation, Laney College in California developed stand-alone programs in renewable energy after Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided funding for those initiatives as part of a massive effort to stimulate the economy after the recession. More...
Construction moves along on new OSU forestry building
After a collapse caused construction delays earlier this year, Oregon State University says work on its new Forestry Building is coming along well. More...
From foster care to college
College students often decamp from their universities during the summer to intern, study abroad or just get a break from dining hall food. More...
WCU to name dorm after first African-American student
A new 600-bed residence hall under construction on Western Carolina University’s upper campus will bear the name of Levern Hamlin Allen, the first African-American student to enroll at WCU and among the first to be admitted to any of North Carolina’s all-white state colleges. More...
Texas A&M teams to honor President George H.W. Bush
The 41st president of the United States, Bush resided in Houston after his time in the oval office ended. He had his presidential library built on the Texas A&M campus and he and his wife Barbara were frequent visitors to College Station. More...
