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The Open University (OU) has just announced the appointment of Steven Hill as its new Commercial Director. This key appointment comes at a time when public funding of higher education is under pressure, and universities are increasingly turning to other sources to diversify their income streams. SOURCE: Open University (UK)Read the Press Release
Building Entrepreneurs in Software and Technology (BEST) competition to be most valuable in the world for students at a universitySOURCE: Indiana UniversityRead the Press Release
Ball State University’s Institute for Mobile Media Research will bolster emerging media on a statewide basis by launching Mobile Indiana, an education and networking organization focused on the development and growth of the rapidly expanding mobile communications industry. SOURCE: Ball State UniversityRead the Full Article
During the past century, innovation in mechanics, computing technology, medicine, and business practices has driven economic growth, raised wages, and helped Americans lead longer and healthier lives. Since the 1970s, however, the pace of innovation has slowed, leading to lower overall wage growth for American workers. Moreover, those gains that have been made have not […]
Two of the largest software companies in higher education, SunGard and Datatel, today announced plans to merge, after the private-equity firm that owns Datatel signaled plans to buy SunGard Higher Education for $1.775-billion.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article Education Institutions Worldwide to Benefit From Strategic Combination of Datatel and SunGard Higher […]
WASHINGTON — Veterans currently attending private colleges and universities that charge more than $17,500 in tuition and fees wouldn’t see their tuition spike next month after all, under a change to the Post-9/11 G.I. SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article
This past April, the Colorado House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have granted the children of undocumented state residents in-state university tuition.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
University Park, Pa. — School districts nationwide are experiencing unprecedented financial hardships, and the situation is likely to worsen in the coming years, according to a Penn State researcher.SOURCE: Pennsylvania State UniversityRead the Full Article
Capella Education Company, a provider of online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, Monday announced that it has acquired Resource Development International Ltd (RDI), an independent provider of United Kingdom (UK) university distance learning qualifications, for £9.3 million ($14.9 million).SOURCE: InvestinUKRead the Pres Release
Educational software maker Blackboard Inc. is being taken private for $1.64 billion in cash by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners, and a Blackboard official said the much-discussed purchase would not affect the company’s education customers, as the company would continue its focus on mobile learning and analytics.SOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the […]
