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Today [August 23, 2013], President Obama traveled to the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York to announce his plan to combat the soaring costs of higher education. The speech, the first stop on a two-day college affordability bus tour, is a part of his broader initiative to secure a better bargain for […]
Georgia Southern University invites nominations and applications for the positions of Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, Associate Professor of Instructional Technology (2 positions), and Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development in the College of Education. Georgia Southern University, a member institution of the University System of Georgia, is […]
Kaplan’s fortunes are looking up. The education company no longer has to pick up the slack for The Washington Post, the venerable newspaper and loss leader that Kaplan’s corporate owner, the Washington Post Co., just sold off. Even better, Kaplan is back in the black itself after years of tumbling enrollments and profits, which were […]
t may sound like a joke to say that higher education has been the site of a zombie apocalypse, but Andrew Whelan, Ruth Walker and Christopher Moore aren’t just kidding around. The three are the editors of Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher Education (Intellect Books, distributed by University of Chicago Press), a […]
With little fanfare, Google began offering electronic textbooks for rent or purchase on its Google Play store on Friday. Included will be books from some of the largest academic-text publishers, including Pearson, Macmillan Higher Education, and Wiley, among others. Wired Campus Full Article
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies (Log # 15-014) The Learning Technologies Division seeks an energetic, collaborative scholar who is well versed in the area of learning technologies. This tenure-track, full-time position requires a strong focus on research in learning technologies with theoretical and practical knowledge of technology integration in K-12 education. Responsibilities: Associated duties […]
With little fanfare, Google began offering electronic textbooks for rent or purchase on its Google Play store on Friday. Included will be books from some of the largest academic-text publishers, including Pearson, Macmillan Higher Education, and Wiley, among others. Wired Campus Full Article
Weeks before they set foot on campus, all incoming freshmen are now required to participate in an online alcohol education program. Yale Daily Full Article
The WICHE Cooperative for Education Technologies (WCET) has partnered with Sage Road Solutions LLC, Mozilla, and Blackboard, Inc. to explore the possibilities of digital badges through — what else? — a MOOC. eCampus News Full Article
College students likely spend hundreds of thousands of dollars extra per year on buying rights for digital versions of readings to which they have free access. Inside Higher Ed Full Article