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Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it’s the middle-class that’s getting particularly squeezed with student debt in the pursuit of one. Both studies make persuasive cases, though each could be misunderstood without important context. eCampus News Full Article
The Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University today released the 10th edition of its annual global university ranking – 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Harvard University remains the number one in the world for the tenth year. The Center for World-Class Universities Press Release
The opportunity to learn has exponentially grown,’ US education official says NBC News Full Article
Analysis of Millions of Leads Identifies Surprising Attributes Most Likely to Make a Prospect Convert to a Customer Leads360 Press Release
A unique school in Washington state is using a communications and collaboration platform normally deployed in corporate settings to bring a teacher working from a home office together with her students sitting in a physical classroom. While the setup is invaluable for this math class, it’s also a practical model for business continuity showing how […]
The 10-year-old and her mom, Jill Elkin of Peachtree City, Ga., are up at 8 a.m., making breakfast along with “Iron Chef America” and chatting about algebra. Last week, Emmy left home after breakfast to meet a new Japanese tutor, around the time her sister Kayla, 14, dragged herself awake to get her independent mathematics […]
As mayor of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Scott Hines is in charge of a town of about 17,000 people in the Coachella Valley. As the chief operating officer of World Education University, a new company that says it “will forever alter the landscape of post-secondary education” by offering free courses online, Hines is now in charge […]
At Georgia College, educational technology could spawn more educational technology. A group of graduate students at the have used Apple’s iBookstore to publish a video-and-image-laden eTextbook filled with information and advice for educators hoping to better incorporate technology in their everyday classroom lessons. eCampus News Full Article
Branch—a startup created by two Twitter cofounders—hovers in a space between a private, lengthy e-mail thread and a public stream of tweets. MIT Technology Review Full Article
As enrollment has rapidly increased in free online classes, also known as Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOC’s, students are increasingly forming groups, both online and in the real world, to study and socialize. Wired Campus Full Article