For years, Illinois universities have watched as thousands of the state's best and brightest students headed elsewhere for college. More...
29 septembre 2018
29 septembre 2018
N.J. just became the first state to help revive local news
Sandwiched between the major media markets of New York and Philadelphia, New Jersey has long been the neglected middle child for news coverage. It's only gotten worse with the steady decline of the newspaper industry over the last decade. More...
29 septembre 2018
Member of UNC Board of Governors wants those who toppled 'Silent Sam' to face charges
At least one member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is calling for those who toppled the "Silent Sam" monument to face charges. More...
29 septembre 2018
Husson joins national initiative to support teaching, learning
Husson University announced today that they are only one of 26 colleges across the country selected by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), in partnership with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), to join the national Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance, a new initiative that will prepare up to 500 faculty members to use evidence-based teaching practices shown to promote student success while embedding career guidance into their existing courses. More...
29 septembre 2018
Home The school gun violence we don’t talk about
There have been 201 incidents of firearms being discharged on school grounds since January of 2013, according to new findings from Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. More...
27 septembre 2018
To: The Next Head of the Motion Picture Association of America
To: The Next Head of the Motion Picture Association of America
This advice for the incoming MPAA head could equally well apply to publishers of educational material. Paraphrased: You've got time to prepare, but not as much as you think. The Napster for your industry is already here - it's called BitTorrent. If you clamp down on downloads you risk alienating your audience. More...
27 septembre 2018
Federal funding for higher ed comes with strings attached, but is still worth it
When nonprofit colleges and universities get federal funding for research and to support students, do government regulations make it difficult to fulfill their missions. Plus...
27 septembre 2018
Battles over patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance in schools span a century
When a California school principal called controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick an “anti-American thug” for his protests during the national anthem at NFL football games, passions were inflamed anew over whether patriotism should be taught in America’s schools. Plus...
27 septembre 2018
The data is in: Americans who don’t finish high school are less healthy than the rest of the US
This report provides a snapshot of Americans’ health up to 2016, revealing several key trends – including that Americans who don’t finish high school continue to lag behind. Again and again, the trends across educational levels indicate that adults with no high school diploma or GED are consistently at the greatest risk for the leading causes of disease and death. Plus...
26 septembre 2018
Are OKC Academics Reading 'Boom Town'?
By Joshua Kim. There are 18 public and private institutions of higher education within a 70 miles radius of Oklahoma City. The largest universities are the University of Oklahoma (enrollment ~24,00) in Norman (21 miles from downtown OKC), and Oklahoma State University (enrollment ~25,000) in Stillwater (67 miles from downtown OKC). In Oklahoma City, there is the private Oklahoma City University (enrollment ~3,000), Oklahoma City Community College (enrollment ~15,000), and OSU-OKC, a branch campus of Oklahoma State University (enrollment ~8,000). More...
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