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Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students
(nytimes.com)
For high-school students graduating in an unusually large class and for colleges trying to shape a ...
University of Pennsylvania Leads Nation's Universities in Buying Green Power
(philly.com)
Penn was at the top of 40 colleges and universities that are EPA "green partners."
Bush Signs Student Loan Market Stabilization Plan
(Reuters)
President George W. Bush signed into law on Wednesday a program to stabilize the $85-billion student ...
Lawmakers Target $1 Billion Endowments
(boston.com)
Massachusetts lawmakers desperate for additional revenue are eyeing the endowments of deep-pocketed private colleges to bolster ...
Hopkins Is Pledged $10 Million
(baltimoresun.com)
Construction magnate A. James Clark has pledged $10 million to endow the deanship of Johns Hopkins ...
College Admission for Illegal Immigrants in Doubt
(newsobserver.com)
The North Carolina state Attorney General's Office is advising community colleges not to admit illegal immigrants ...
Wichita State University Foundation Receives $8.5 Million Gift
(Wichita Business Journal)
The estate of Evelyn D. Cassat left the money to the school.
Behind College Raid, Rising Drug Use on Campus
(csmonitor.com)
This week's massive bust at San Diego State highlights the rise in university cooperation with law ...
Aid Helps Some, Boosts College Cost for Others
(indystar.com)
Policymakers are starting to admit that the system designed to make college more affordable is making ...
More than 250 Install Purdue Supercomputer
(jconline.com)
Purdue University professors and technology staff accomplished something Monday that typically takes about six weeks. They ...

Executive Job Position of the Day

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Vice President for Marketing and Media - 04/18/2008

New Contracts

UMass calls on Cedar Point for VoIP 07/09/2009
Cedar Point Communications Inc. has begun the first full-scale deployment of its voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) on a college-campus setting -- at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Aruba Networks SHIPS 10,000TH 802.11n Access Point 05/09/2008
The latest shipments will go to the California State University system.
More than 100 Colleges, Universities Now Working with Higher One 05/08/2008
New clients include Northern Arizona University and Loredo Community College.
New Data Storage System for University of Wisconsin Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis 05/08/2008
The center will be using the iSCSI Solution from StorMagic.
Wright State University Chooses Mirage to Secure Network for Gaming Consoles 05/07/2008
Students can register their gaming systems and exempt them from the need to authenticate.

Executive Jobs

Purdue University
West Lafayette,IN
Vice President for Marketing and Media - 04/18/2008
Pace University
New York,NY
Vice President for Enrollment Management - 04/03/2008
Mount Hood Community College
Gresham,OR
Chief Information Officer - 03/28/2008
California College of the Arts
Oakland,CA
Assistant Director of Financial Services - 03/04/2008
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg,MO
Director of Procurement and Materials Management - 03/03/2008
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New Products and Services

Sanyo Offers the LP-XP100L "brightest portable-class projector" 07/09/2008
Sanyo's new LP-XP100L projector boasts the industry's highest brightness, 6,500 lumens, in the portable-class, single-lamp LCD projector category.
Hitachi Software Introduces FX Series of Interactive Whiteboards 07/09/2008
Hitachi Software introduced the FX-Series interactive whiteboards offering educators, students, and presenters an exciting way to communicate. Available in three sizes (63”, 77” and 82”), the FX-Series works with Hitachi Software’s StarBoard 7.1 software, enabling users to annotate directly on any Microsoft Office program, quickly and easily creating notes, geographic shapes, highlights and much more.
Hitachi Adds Three Projectors for Education Market 05/09/2008
New CP-X201, CP-X301, and CP-X401 models are designed to deliver enhanced performance and address security concerns.
Dummies Series Adds SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards 05/08/2008
SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards For Dummies represents the first interactive whiteboard guide in the series.
rSmart Launches rSmart Sakai CLE 2.5 05/07/2008
The latest version of the open-source learning management software includes more project collaboration features.
Lenovo Debuts IdeaPad U110 05/07/2008
The manufacturer is promoting the 2.5-pound computer as being designed to appeal to the fashion conscious.
Hobsons Plans July Users' Conference 05/06/2008
Connect University will be held in Phoenix, July 14 to 17, 2008.
Prudential Makes $5 Million Contribution to Rutgers Business School 05/06/2008
The money will be used to set up an endowed chair and a center dedicated to business ethics and leadership in the business, non-profit, and philanthropic arenas.
CBORD Plans for a Greener User Group Conference in 2008 05/05/2008
This year's conference will be held October 8 - 11, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas.
Tecom Introduces New AV Lectern 05/05/2008
The TechPod Presenter will be on display at InfoComm 2008, to be held in Las Vegas, June 18 - 20, 2008.