On Wednesday the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will launch Compare College Texas, an attempt to organize confusing data so future students can weigh their choices.
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5/14/2013
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger announced plans this morning to retire from the university. He plans to remain in the job until his replacement is found by the university’s board of visitors.
5/14/2013
In an attempt to encourage college completion, Strayer University announced a plan to reduce tuition, but only to students who are actively working toward a degree.
5/14/2013
The writer says the primary roles football and basketball programs play for universities are in the marketing and promotion areas. Nothing sells a school like a successful team.
5/14/2013
Most courses at University of California Riverside are four units, which ideally allows students to enroll in a full load of four courses and graduate on time. But plenty of courses are five units, which upsets the delicate 16-unit balancing act, forcing students to drop a course they are prepared and willing to take.
5/14/2013
Regent SNAP is a web-based application that creates a real-time connection with prospective students, easing their way through the complicated, often confusing financial aid and application process. Hobsons' solutions enable institutions to reach their enrollment objectives through expansion in both online and non-traditional learning environments.
5/14/2013
A recent study revealed that the overwhelming classroom use of software is not in teaching or learning, but in classroom administration, and that teachers find IT more useful to record grades, format exams, and communicate with students than they do for pedagogy.
5/14/2013
UBTech 2013 is higher education's most focused high-level conversation about technology's impact on every aspect of campus leadership and practice.
5/14/2013
The APSCU Convention & Exposition is a rich learning experience, bringing together 60 topical concurrent sessions in 10 educational tracks on the subjects driving career education today with "big picture" plentary meetings and leading speakers.
5/14/2013
More than 200 higher education institutions around the country are working with Pearson to address the ongoing demand and desire for results-oriented online learning programs.
5/14/2013
Perceptive Software, creator of process and content management products and solutions, announces that Victor Valley College has successfully replaced its previous enterprise content management system with Perceptive Content.
5/14/2013
Oracle announced new mobile enhancements to its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions suite that enable students to take action on and manage key processes through a secure smartphone application.
5/14/2013
The president of Gordon College says there are benefits to incorporating a high-profile speaker into an institution's commencement ceremonies, but at what cost? Especially for smaller institutions, star power may not be the wisest institutional investment.
5/13/2013
A bill signed into law last week allowing veterans greater access to a more-affordable college education will keep Vincennes University among the top schools for military and former military personnel.
5/13/2013
Studies show that women are more likely than men to go to college, and often perform better once there. Yet despite women's educational gains, a new report suggests that colleges are not doing enough for them -- at least not at the community college level.
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