Submitted by Tim Goral. Feedback is essential to improving writing skills, but do students understand the value of reading the comments instructors leave them? Share this short, online quiz with students to help them understand the power of feedback and how it can improve their writing performance and grades. More...
Princeton to assist lower-income homeowners
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Princeton University will help lower-income Princeton residents pay their property tax bills under a settlement agreement that ends the litigation challenging the University's property tax exemptions. The litigation had been scheduled for trial beginning October 17. More...
Guidebook announces tours app
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Guidebook today announced the availability of Guidebook Tours, the latest addition to the company’s event app product line. More...
Federal student aid shouldn’t be a blank check for state budgets
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The United States will never successfully address rising college prices if the federal government continues to go it alone on higher education funding. More...
College partnerships focus on immigrants
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Efforts to increase education and training opportunities for the nation’s growing population of immigrants offers benefits for community colleges, as well as immigrant families and the U.S. economy. More...
Higher ed business model is being upended by lack of funding
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In a panel during the annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Monday, college leaders from around the country agreed: the biggest challenge facing public higher education today is the dwindling state support for the enterprise. More...
When should campuses alert students about a sexual assault?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When officials at San Jose State University in California heard about a pair of sexual assaults last month, the school jumped into action. More...
Colleges and universities improve access for adult learners
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Nearly 80 percent of adults say the availability of classes to fit their schedules and the length of time needed to complete an education are barriers to completing their college degrees, according to the Adult Learners Survey 2016, conducted by Penn Schoen Berland, on behalf of Pearson. More...
Dropbox and Blackboard partner
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Dropbox and Blackboard Inc. today announced a strategic partnership designed to make it easier for students and instructors to upload, share and collaborate on documents — increasing the productivity, security, and collaboration at universities around the world. The partnership, first of its kind for both companies, makes Dropbox Blackboard’s Premier Partner for collaboration, workflows and storage. More...
Etude régionale sur les TPE
Les très petites entreprises (TPE) et les PME représentent 99,8 % des entreprises françaises et emploient la moitié des salariés en France. La Nouvelle-Aquitaine compte un peu moins de 400 000 établissements, dont 95 % de TPE.
La création d’entreprise y est particulièrement dynamique et concerne particulièrement les TP. Voir l'article...