28 avril 2016
28 avril 2016
MOOC and learn: The university with 35 million students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Robots are taking our jobs, with as many as half the world's population set to be unemployed by 2045 according to some. This kind of fear-fed hyperbole has accompanied the introduction of every piece of new technology since the dawn of mankind. More...
28 avril 2016
A Calif. bill to improve college-readiness in underprivileged communities
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A new bill authored by several state senators wants to narrow the opportunity gap for underprivileged high school students who want to go to college, but don’t have the same guidance as their counterparts in more affluent school districts. More...
28 avril 2016
Explore the potential of online and blended learning
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As part of its continued commitment to supporting schools exploring online and blended learning models, Pearson today announced a new series of interactive webinars that focus on innovative ways to leverage the power of technology to ensure that all students graduate college and career ready. More...
28 avril 2016
On taxing college endowments
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The long-running joke about Harvard—and other universities with hefty endowments—is that they have become hedge funds with universities attached. As of last June, the value of Harvard's endowment was $37.6 billion. Yale had $25.6 billion; Princeton had $22.7 billion. More...
28 avril 2016
Blackboard unveils partnership with Uber
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Blackboard Inc., the world’s leading education technology company, today announced a new partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. that creates a convenient travel alternative for students at hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide. More...
28 avril 2016
Don’t dilute CUNY’s urban mission
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The New York State Legislature rebuffed Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year when he proposed that the State University of New York, which has 64 campuses, and the City University of New York, which has 24, develop a plan for combining their administrative functions. More...
28 avril 2016
It's time to move beyond the four-year degree
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The assumption that a college education should take four years is baked into American culture. Colleges in the colonial days were founded on the premise of a four-year degree, a concept imported from Europe. More...
28 avril 2016
Service year opportunities and the public purposes of higher ed
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Education played a key role in the emergence of the United States as the world’s leading democracy in the twentieth century. One part of that story is the American experiment in free and compulsory primary and secondary education. More...
28 avril 2016
Rate of increase in degree-holders continues to lag
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The rate by which Americans are earning two-and-four year degrees continues to lag stubbornly behind what’s needed to meet national goals, and declining college and university enrollments threaten to make things worse, according to a new report. More...
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