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30 septembre 2015

UE Guarantee for fall 2016 class includes graduating in 4 years

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. Students in the University of Evansville’s fall 2016 class will be guaranteed to graduate in four years, or the fifth year is on the university. More...

30 septembre 2015

Obama's investing in a community college idea that's already working

University Business Magazine logoBy Tim Goral. Earlier this year, when President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to make community college free for more students, he also proposed increased funding for career-based education and job training programs. More...

30 septembre 2015

Making college more affordable, one text at a time

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. What's the tiniest change you can think of to create the biggest improvement in someone's well-being?
That's the question at the heart of the first annual report by the new Social and Behavioral Sciences Team inside the White House. More...

30 septembre 2015

Obama scorecard proves we all need a liberal education

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. My father was a serious baseball fan, appreciating the beauty of the game he had played seriously as a young man. While he understood stats and scorecards, knowing even the most beautiful of numbers was not what he thought baseball was about. More...

29 septembre 2015

Mission matters in American higher education

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. Earlier this month, Adam Davidson wrote a fascinating yet deeply troubling piece in the New York Times titled: "Is College Tuition Really Too High?" Davidson explores the relationship between the student and the aid offered to the student by the college or university in which the student enrolls. More...

29 septembre 2015

Cengage Learning acquires Learning Objects

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. Cengage Learning, a leading global education company, today announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services. More...

29 septembre 2015

Pearson launches contest with Hour of Code

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. It should come as no surprise that computer science is booming. According to Code.org, it’s a top paying college degree and computer-programming jobs are growing at 2X the national average. But although women currently hold more than 51 percent of all professional occupations in the U.S., they hold only approximately 26 percent of all computing-related occupations. More...

29 septembre 2015

K-State sold-out crowd experiences tech improvements

University Business Magazine logoBy Stefanie Botelho. Fans attending Wildcat football games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium will benefit from a new connectivity network as K-State Athletics has partnered with leading companies Boingo Wireless on a new Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and Aruba Networks on a new Wi-Fi network for improved wireless service. More...

29 septembre 2015

Keeping remote college students connected

University Business Magazine logoBy Kurt Eisele-Dyrli. For all the advantages of online learning—flexibility, personalization and affordability among them—there can be downsides for some students. More...

29 septembre 2015

Choice of college major influences lifetime earnings more than simply getting a degree

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A new study based on longitudinal data confirms a college degree provides an advantage in lifetimes earnings, but a related decision once students make it to college could prove to be even more crucial. More...

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