13 février 2016
13 février 2016
New grant helps community colleges share their best ideas
By Katherine Long. Grant will support best practices, ideas to help better educate students at Washington community colleges. More...
13 février 2016
Stanford expands community college success program
By . Community colleges across the nation are invited to participate in the College Perspectives Program, an initiative designed to help students cultivate learning mindsets that will support and increase persistence, motivation and achievement. More...
13 février 2016
The Politics of Standards
By Tracy Mitrano. Just as the Internet has challenged and changed the world, so too has technology begotten new meaning to the term “standards” in contemporary society. In 1976, for example, to pick the year I was 18 (read: a long time ago) and Congress passed the current foundational U.S. copyright law, if one were to ask the person on the street their associations to the word “standards,” most would have reflected on behavioral norms. Read more...
12 février 2016
The Future Is Now
By Marni Baker Stein. The University of Texas System and its partner campuses have launched an ambitious and comprehensive initiative to envisage and implement future models of education that reimagine the path to a college credential. Read more...
12 février 2016
To Super Bowl or Not to Super Bowl
By Teresa Valerio Parrot. Last Friday, Inside Higher Ed’s Ellen Wexler wrote a piece about institutions running regional Super Bowl ads during this past Sunday’s game. More...12 février 2016
House Passes Bill Requiring NSF to Justify Each Grant
The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would require the National Science Foundation to provide written justification for how every grant furthers the "national interest." Read more...
12 février 2016
Obama Seeks Tax Credits for Hiring Community College Graduates
President Obama is looking to create new tax benefits for employers who hire the graduates of certain community college programs as an effort to boost collaboration between businesses and higher education. Read more...
12 février 2016
Botched Software Rollout in Washington State
Washington's rollout of a statewide software system for its 34 community colleges is millions of dollars over budget and swarming with bugs, The News Tribune reported. Read more...
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