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homas Edison knew something about ideas. The holder of more than 1,000 patents, he developed many of his ideas into inventions, bringing him to conclude that “the value of an idea lies in the using of it.”SOURCE: The University of Connecticut Read the Full Article
Stanford Engineering professors are setting out to add a new level of interactivity to online education by offering three of the university’s most popular computer science classes for free.SOURCE: Stanford University Read the Full Article
Students who spend a lot of time watching television and movies might risk lower grades. At Cornell University, they might risk higher bills.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article
PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four times the size of Stanford’s entire student body. SOURCE: The New York TimesRead the Full […]
One of the most disheartening experiences of my undergraduate education—a mostly terrific four years—came about when I decided, in my senior year, that I wanted to pursue an independent study.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When Nicole Jankowski was in high school, she was a typical teenager; a good student, carefree, loved playing sports and spending time with her friends. Her world changed during her senior year when she gave birth to a son, but her dream of attending college still remained a top priority.SOURCE: The […]
Days after the Obama administration and several state attorneys general joined a False Claims Act lawsuit accusing Education Management Corp. of violating federal law governing incentive compensation for recruiters, a federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a similar lawsuit against another major for-profit institution, Corinthian Colleges Inc.SOURCE: Inside Higher Education Read the Full Article
Public colleges and universities, which educate the vast majority of the nation’s students, are an important part of states’ economic competitiveness efforts. These institutions face a number of pressures that will demand increased productivity and a data driven investment strategy moving forward. Increasing productivity in higher education will depend in part on building strong accountability […]
Several distance education programs are available. In addition to the programs listed below, many courses offered throughout the University have online components.SOURCE: Harvard UniversityVisit the University FAQ page
The elimination of California’s higher-education coordinating board is causing concern among some researchers that decades of data about college students will be harder to access.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article