By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ottawa
I'm in Ottawa for a short vacation and to visit family for the holidays. Tonight, though, I'm going to the Senators game. :) Pictured above is the National Gallery. Stephen Downes, Flickr December 21, 2006 [Link] [Comment]. More...
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10 Questions for Evangeline Tsibris Cummings, Assistant Provost and Director of UF Online
By Eric Stoller. A long read interview on widening participation via hybrid digital pathways at the University of Florida. More...
VA Suspends Calif. Agency's Authority
By Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended its contract with the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education, according to KCBX, ending the agency's ability to authorize colleges to be eligible to receive funds from Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. More...
Calif. Drops Bill to Allow Students to Sleep in Cars on Campus
By Paul Fain. California's Legislature appears to have dropped a bill that would have required the state's 115 community colleges to allow homeless students to sleep overnight in their cars in campus parking lots, The Mercury News reported. More...
Lawsuit Over Miami Dade College Presidential Search Dropped
By Madeline St. Amour. A lawsuit against the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees alleging a violation of due process in its decision to begin a new presidential search has been dropped. More...
Pitt Tells Student Groups Not to Use Pitt in Their Names
By Elin Johnson. Student clubs at the University of Pittsburgh may have to go through rebranding changes to remove "Pitt" or "Panther" from their names, which could get costly. More...
Head of Counseling at Penn Dies in Suicide
By Elin Johnson. Since 2013, 14 students have died by suicide at the University of Pennsylvania. A study last year found that one in five college students had suicidal thoughts over the past year. More...
Jesuit University Won't Host Annual Drag Show
By Elin Johnson. John Carroll University, in Ohio, will not be hosting its popular yet controversial annual drag show this year. University administrators made the decision following a negative column in the student newspaper that ran last year and divisive campus reception of the show, Cleveland.com reported. More...
Lifetime Trailer for 'The College Admissions Scandal'
By Scott Jaschik. Lifetime on Friday revealed the trailer for the film The College Admissions Scandal. More...