By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Vancouver’s Just10 launches privacy oriented, ad free social network
Terry Dawes, CanTech Letter, 2016/02/05
I'm thinking 'no' but I still want to send this along, because the service might succeed after all. More...
Par Fanny Lauzier. Suite au tollé soulevé par les questions posées aux étudiants dans le cadre d’un cours sur le harcèlement sexuel, l’université de Californie du Sud (USC) s’est excusée. En effet, ceux-ci avaient été questionnés sur leurs pratiques et leurs habitudes sexuelles, ainsi que sur leur consommation d’alcool. Suite...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The University of California System is taking heat from faculty at UC Berkeley after a faculty member on the campus IT committee sent an email to his colleagues explaining the extent of a new computer network monitoring system. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. In his final budget proposal, President Barack Obama reiterated a number of higher education proposals that Congress has seen — and ignored — before. Among them: two years of free community college and a closing of the 90/10 rule loophole that allows for-profit colleges to collect more than 90 percent of their tuition revenue from federal sources. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The University of California at Berkeley, the nation’s most prestigious public university, is facing a “substantial and growing” budget deficit and is preparing to take measures that its leader warned will be “painful” as it repositions itself financially. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. A recent ruling in a decade-old case over the lack of investment in Maryland’s historically black colleges shows the state’s troubles with inequity in higher education are far from resolved. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Recently, a great deal of debate has centered on whether the nation’s first black president has failed its historically black colleges and universities. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Louisiana students are getting outside help with applying to college, and some of that help starts in middle school. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. What do a security guard, a convenience store cashier and a housecleaner all have in common? They’re graduates of a health-care focused program at Computer Systems Institute and their alma mater considers them to be working in their desired field, according to the Department of Education. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Starting in March 2016, students will be taking a new version of the SAT. The redesigned SAT claims that it will remove barriers to college, making it possible for more students to own their future.
The redesigned SAT also claims to be returning to its original 1901 purpose, which was to create greater access to higher education for a diverse population. More...
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