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12 novembre 2016

The global crisis of attacks on higher education

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Armed militants wearing suicide vests attacked Balochistan Police College in Quetta, Pakistan, one night last week, killing campus security guards and then storming student residences, where they indiscriminately opened fire and threw grenades. The assailants killed more than 60 members of the college community and injured more than 120, most of whom were student. More...

12 novembre 2016

Wall Street’s push to hire coders

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. For almost five years, Gregory Furlong worked 50-hour weeks as a shipping clerk at a Best Buy two miles from his childhood home in Wilmington, Delaware. It was a kind of employment purgatory for a computer obsessive who tinkers with motherboards in his free time. More...

12 novembre 2016

Competency-based degree program costs average around $4,500

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. As ever-increasing tuition rates at many colleges and universities are putting a college education out of reach for some, Texas A&M University-Commerce is developing a program that has helped students earn a degree at a cost comparable to a single year at some schools. More...

12 novembre 2016

Campus Management expands global footprint

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Campus Management Corp., a leading provider of enterprise solutions and services for higher education, today announced the Company’s expanded global footprint in the Middle East as a result of its new partnership with Oman-based OrientTech, a leading enterprise solutions provider in the region, and work with Muscat University, Campus Management’s first customer in Oman. More...

12 novembre 2016

Diversifying education to diversify the economy

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. Recent State-of-the-Region presentations that I attended in Norfolk and Virginia Beach offered valuable insight into what Hampton Roads needs to do to stay on target for economic growth. More...

12 novembre 2016

Area colleges work to prevent sexual assaults

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. When news broke in early October of Donald Trump's caught-on-tape remarks about kissing women and grabbing their genitals, it resonated deeply with local women Rebecca Harrington and Lori Osterhoudt, they said. More...

12 novembre 2016

College costs rising faster than financial aid

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. Colleges are putting the brakes on hefty price increases, but tuition and fees are still rising at a faster rate than the financial aid and family income needed to cover costs, according to two reports released Wednesday by the College Board. More...

12 novembre 2016

EduNav earns prestigious Guided Pathways to Success award from Complete College America

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. EduNav, a developer of algorithmic-based student academic planning software for colleges and universities, has earned the first-ever Guided Pathways to Success (GPS) Emerging Technology Award from Complete College America. More...

12 novembre 2016

To be truly educated, students must consider all ideas

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. At a time of growing unrest both nationally and on campuses, Chicago reminded students that members of the university community must be prepared to engage with a variety of views and be free to express their opinions without fear of censorship or reprisal. More...

12 novembre 2016

Feds will restore grant funding for thousands of students burned by for-profit college closures

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. The Department of Education is resetting the clock on Pell grant eligibility for students who burned through the federal aid to cover costs at colleges that closed, a move that will help tens of thousands of people complete their education at another school. More...

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