Google opens Howard University West
Google will open "Howard West" on its campus in Mountain View, Calif., a Silicon Valley outpost for the historically black university where computer science majors can immerse ....
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Global higher education ‘faces anarchy’ after unchecked expansion
The expansion and differentiation of global higher education without a well-defined strategy means that the sector faces a “period of anarchy”, a study warns.
The Free Certificate Movement
Indiana moves to focus on job training through nondegree programs.
Turning Down Top Choices
About 40 percent of students who decided not to go to their college or university of first choice cited reasons related to costs.
To boost its economy, Tennessee is creating more college grads
Amy Haddock, a 41-year-old stay-at-home mom, may not seem like a mechanically minded tinkerer, but she wants a career.
Gates Foundation joins shift towards open access platforms
One of the world’s biggest funders of scientific research is to establish an open access platform that will allow its grant winners to publish their findings...
Continental European university model ‘under pressure’
Elite continental European universities could find it “increasingly difficult to compete” with their US and UK counterparts ...
Better Marriage Between College and Job Training
Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government’s primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot.
U. of Maryland to offer new resources for undocumented students
The University of Maryland is taking new steps to coordinate services for undocumented immigrants who are enrolled at College Park.
Lindenwood leaders have a plan to rebound
Lindenwood University’s niche within the region’s higher education market depends on reaching commuter students where they live, with multiple campuses set up in all corners of the St. Louis metro area.
