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20 octobre 2014

Hochschulrektoren vermissen Studiengebühren

SPIEGEL ONLINEGaucheDeutschlands Hochschulrektoren fordern eine Rückkehr zu Studiengebühren, ihre Hochschulen seien "völlig unterausgestattet".
Sie sind wieder da: Die Forderungen nach Studiengebühren, dieses Mal und erneut vorgetragen von der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK). Deren Präsident Horst Hippler sagte der "Süddeutschen Zeitung", die deutschen Hochschulen seien "völlig unzureichend ausgestattet". Bis hierhin dürften viele Studenten, die in diesen Wochen in ihr Wintersemester starten, zustimmen. Mehr...

20 octobre 2014

Italy plans to extend PON scholarships nationwide

By  Beckie Smith. The Italian government is planning to extend its European high school study abroad scholarship programme, PON, to all of Italy’s 20 regions, as new research shows that the number of outbound Italian high school students embarking on long-term study abroad has risen by 55% in three years. More...

20 octobre 2014

Cable in India: more GREAT scholarships

By  Beckie Smith. The UK’s Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced that the 2015 intake for GREAT scholarships for Indian university students to study in the UK will cater for 396 students, in an attempt to signal that the UK is ‘open for business’ as incoming Indian international student numbers plummet. More...

20 octobre 2014

Arab Uprisings Echo in the Social Sciences

By . The uprisings that swept the Arab world starting in Tunisia almost four years ago have created momentous political shifts, propelled social change and led to a surge in Islamic militancy across the region. More...

20 octobre 2014

5 lessons for launching your first competency-based degree

eCampus NewsBy . When Purdue University announced in 2013 that it intended to introduce a new technology school built on the “competency” model, it joined a field with few other players. Delaware County Community College, Southern New Hampshire U, Western Governors U, Excelsior College and a handful of other institutions have pursued a similar path in developing educational programs that put the emphasis on helping their graduates master specific competencies vs. counting the number of hours they sit in classrooms. More...

20 octobre 2014

MIT offers free online courses in game design, ed tech

eCampus NewsBy . The place where the video game was invented more than 50 years ago now wants to teach instructors, entrepreneurs, and students how to design games for learning—and it’s hoping the end result will be a new kind of tech tool for the classroom. More...

20 octobre 2014

Why ‘potential completers’ should matter to your institution

eCampus NewsBy . 31 million students have left college without earning a degree in the last 20 years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, leaving a huge amount of almost-students degree bereft. More...

20 octobre 2014

Why the future is all about the ‘Knowledge Cloud’ platform

eCampus NewsBy . Imagine an online platform for your free MOOCs…and for all paid, credited online courses; plus webinars and research; combined with cloud, mobile, and social network access; all with the ability for peer collaboration and multiple pedagogies. More...

20 octobre 2014

Innovative learning approach could boost enrollment, retention

eCampus NewsBy Meris Stansbury - . One school district has college enrollment rates that are eight percent higher than their peers, with a persistence rate that is 24 points higher; another high school saw 93 percent of its graduates still enrolled in college after their freshman year. More...

20 octobre 2014

New revelations about campus IT trends

eCampus NewsBy Meris Stansbury - . Almost one in every five dollars spent on campus IT investments are made outside of centralized IT; in other words, almost $4 billion is spent in non-managed, non-measured, and redundant IT spending each year on campus technology. More...

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