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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
–New Programs From PBS NEWSHOUR, FRONTLINE, GREAT PERFORMANCES and NOVA-SOURCE: PBSRead 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
Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have demonstrated that light can travel on an artificial material without leaving a trace under certain conditions, technology that would have many applications from the military to telecommunications.SOURCE: Columbia University Read the Full Article
Basic arithmetic and focus on numbers is crucial to student successSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
The advent of Web 2.0 allowed users to go beyond the passive consumption of web content, enabling them to participate fully in the actual generation of content on any number of new media.SOURCE: ComputerWeeklyRead the Article and Download the Report
ESNet and Internet2 have built a networking test bed for ideas that are too disruptive for the networks that people actually use.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article
While electronic learning will continue to grow in higher education, that growth will be a bit slower than previously anticipated, according to a new report released this week. In fact, that slowing trend will be felt worldwide across nearly all segments–with a few notable exceptions. SOURCE: Campus TechnologyRead the Full Article
WASHINGTON — To many observers, the debate over how and whether the Obama administration would regulate for-profit colleges seemed to end with the release of the final “gainful employment” rule in June.SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article