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30 août 2016

Learning platform iversity gets a lifeline from Holtzbrinck media group

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Berlin-based online education platform iversity looks to have pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy after securing new investment from Holtzbrinck Digital, the Internet investment arm of the education-focused Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. More...
30 août 2016

Who’s fighting for college for the forgotten majority?

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Free college has become the banner headline for Democrats in an effort to attract the energetic, debt-ridden millennials who flocked to the Bernie Sanders campaign. More...
30 août 2016

A federal-state partnership is key for affordable public college

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. As we head into a contentious presidential election season, most of the dialogue we’ve heard from candidates regarding higher education has focused on the concept of free college. More...
30 août 2016

Profs who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Three professors duking it out in court for the right to ban guns in their classrooms were told Monday they will be punished if they do, according to the latest legal back-and-forth prompted by Texas' new campus carry law. More...
30 août 2016

Foundations focus on scaling successful reforms

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Scaling up proven reform programs will be a focus over the next few years for three national foundations that are major supporters of community college student success efforts. More...
30 août 2016

Feds plead with colleges not to move up their financial aid deadlines

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Education Department sent a letter this week imploring colleges and universities not to make any changes to their financial aid deadlines, despite the earlier availability of the federal government’s application for grants and loans. More...
30 août 2016

Higher education research vital to Tallahassee’s economy

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. If you dial the clock back to the great recession and follow Tallahassee throughout the ordeal, a clear picture emerges of a resilient city that had the right pieces in place to weather the economic storm. More...
30 août 2016

Risks of fraud in competency-based education

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. An audit report released earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General could potentially trigger efforts in Congress to eliminate a critical legal requirement for college programs to receive federal Title IV student grants and loans. More...
30 août 2016

American University in Kabul reopens after kidnappings, but campuses feel chill

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Just three days after gunmen kidnapped two foreign professors near the American University of Afghanistan, one American and one Australian, the prestigious institution reopened its carefully guarded campus here this week, and officials vowed not to let the ­unsolved crime disrupt its mission to prepare some of the war-torn nation’s brightest young people for professional careers. More...
30 août 2016

Ubiquity University seeks new ground in for-profit education

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. If higher education as a business model is collapsing under the weight of weakening public support, fewer students seeking the product and rising costs for workforce and capital maintenance, one institution believes it has the answer to saving students time, money and the industry at large. More...
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