The University explains how transform into social value its money.
The Cooperative University of Colombia (La Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia) publishes the 2013 summary of how transform into social value the money that receives in an exercise of accountability that responds to the social responsibility of this institution. See more information of the report here. See more...

By Edward Wyatt. The Federal Communications Commission will complete changes this spring in the federal program to connect schools and libraries to high-speed Internet service and separately will consider increasing the tax paid by consumers or phone companies to finance the effort, the agency’s chairman, Tom Wheeler, said Wednesday.
In an address as part of Digital Learning Day, a national program focused on online education, Mr. Wheeler said that any increase in the tax would be preceded by a restructuring of how the current $2.4 billion annual program spends its money. More...

By Peter Black. A Mexican university is opening in San Antonio, Texas.
Ken5 reported that the school will be a satellite branch of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (The National Autonomous University of Mexico), which according to the Daily Caller is "one of the most recognized universities in all of Latin America."
The "course" cost $110. It meets once a week on Tuesday night for a total of 30-hours. More...

By Chrisella Herzog. An Interview with Monica Flores Barragán
Across the globe, we hear too many stories of high youth unemployment. The part of the story we do not always hear, however, is the trouble businesses around the world have in recruiting enough high-quality talent from the STEM fields to fill all the IT, computer science, and engineering positions available.
Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director for ManpowerGroup’s Latin America division, is on the front lines of bringing talent to available jobs, as she oversees a continent-wide recruitment and training effort. After her appearance on a panel at the World Economic Forum’s Latin America regional meeting in Peru, the Diplomatic Courier sat down with her to discuss the global war for talent, challenges specific to Latin America, and what can be done to address it all. More...

David Helfand. Education today provides excellent preparation for a job – in the 19th-century. This is not terribly surprising, as both our curriculum and our modes of delivery were developed in the 19th-century. There’s only one problem: We live in the 21st-century. It takes 5 milliseconds to communicate with someone in Europe, not 5 weeks. It takes half a dozen robots to assemble an automobile, not 100 factory workers. Everything has changed – except education. More...

By Briana Conner. Governor Steve Beshear has unveiled an idea that he says will help the Kentucky Community and Technical College System pay for new projects. It's called the KCTCS BuildSmart Investment for Kentucky Competitiveness, and it's something that's never been done before on a community college level.
The idea would use BuildSmart agency bonds to fund up to 75 percent of 16 projects at community colleges across the state. At least 25 percent of the remaining cost will come from local communities. That means money in Kentucky's general fund, which is already stretched thin, won't be touched. More...

By Lydia Lum. No matter how many or few international students enroll at any given U.S. college and university, they should all be considered prospects for charitable gifts to their institutions. And, much of the information about these individuals’ wealth is obtainable for practically nothing.
That was the consensus among multiple panelists at a conference titled, “International Fundraising: Giving Without Borders,” that was convened by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) last week. CASE is the professional association for K-12 and higher education advancement professionals who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and related areas. More...