UNC system weighs development of an online bachelor’s degree
Chairman of the UNC Board of Governors Louis Bissette and Vice Chairman Roger Aiken were having dinner in Davidson, N.C., earlier this year and got to know their waiter.
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College won $900K grant to fight extremism. Trump administration won’t send the money
In January, the Department of Homeland Security announced 31 winners in a controversial grant program to fight violent extremism.
‘Innovation Places’ contest draws millions in private investment
Two teams made up of well-known Greater Hartford companies, colleges, nonprofits and other institutions last week aired plans to invest millions of dollars in new economic development initiatives with the hopes of winning matching funds from the state's Innovation Places competition.
A University of Minn. ethics scandal turns into a business opportunity
Brian Herman, the University of Minnesota's former VP of research, met Columbia University psychiatrist David Strauss during the implosion of the U's worst ethics scandal in recent memory.
Australian universities admitting 56 per cent of students without ATAR
More than half of all students starting a bachelor degree at an Australian university are now admitted on a basis other than their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), despite this cohort having one of the highest dropout rates.
How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education
Algebra was not Kylee Elderkin’s favorite subject at the beginning of the school year. “I was a little behind,” said Kylee, 14. “I wouldn’t understand.”
Art education goes online to cater to a wider audience
Living in a digital and globalized world means one can learn things at any time and any place. The recent launch of an online-education institute aims to offer courses taught by lecturers from across the world.
Efforts underway to open new College of Eastern Idaho in fall
It’s been roughly a month since voters in Bonneville County overwhelmingly approved a taxing district that will make it possible to convert Eastern Idaho Technical College in Idaho Falls into a community college ...
Community college tries fixing roadblocks to completion
Just before noon on a recent Thursday, Robert Piluso’s English 1A class was wrapping up at Mt. San Antonio College near Los Angeles. Many of his busy students headed off to jobs or home to take care of children.
