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Top Higher-Ed News for Friday, August 14, 2009
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Textbook Publisher Offers Rental Plan (The New York Times)In the rapidly evolving college textbook market, one of the nation’s largest textbook publishers, Cengage Learning, announced on Thursday that it would start renting books to students this year, at 40 to 70 percent of the sale price. More...
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Sierra Nevada College Enrolls Displaced Italian St (Reno Gazette Journal)Twenty-four Italian students, displaced by an April 6 earthquake in the city of L’Aquila have enrolled at Sierra Nevada College. The earthquake killed more than 300 people in the city about an hour east of Rome. More...
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Lindenwood University Has Spent Almost $7 Million (Athletic Business)For $1 million, a lucky donor can have his or her name attached to the football stadium or administration building at Lindenwood University's Belleville campus. Those with a more modest budget can donate $2,500 to the university and have an office bear their name.
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Recession Hits California Colleges' Endowments (San Diego Union-Tribune)University endowments nationwide have plunged an average of 23 percent since last July, the worst drop since the 1970s, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers. More...
Wash. State's Prepaid Tuition Program Recovers (AP via Forbes)Thanks to a record number of new enrollments at the same time the stock market was bottoming out, Washington's prepaid tuition program saw its assets reach a new high by the end of the fiscal year.
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State's College Fees Need to be Stabilized (Opinio (Modesto Bee)Some of the state budget cuts need to be permanent, and some will have to be long-term because it's going to take years to correct the massive deficit. But some of the reductions need to be as short-lived as possible. We count in that last group the enrollment limits, larger classes and reduced offerings at state colleges and universities. More...
U. of Ill. President Orders Admissions Changes (AP via The Boston Globe)University of Illinois President B. Joseph White on Wednesday scrapped the school's special admissions list of politically connected applicants and gave campus leaders eight weeks to take other measures to prevent future scandals over the influence of clout.
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Enabling Technologies Corp. Announces the New Higher Education Application: OCS for BlackboardEnabling Technologies Corp., a Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Specialized Partner, announces the release of OCS for Blackboard - an add-on application designed specifically for Higher Education Universities and Colleges. This application integrates Office Communications Server R2 and the ubiquitous Blackboard application making it even easier for students, professors, and administrators to dynamically connect, share and communicate.
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