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Higher Ed 2015

College enrollments will continue to increase between now and 2015, but the rate of growth will decline, according to projections from the U.S. Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics.Read the Full Story

House Education Leaders Highlight New Student Aid Report, Renew Calls for College Cost Solutions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Education Committee leaders today cited a new report, “Mortgaging our Future,” issued by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance as further evidence in favor of a renewed focus on hyperinflation in college costs. The Advisory Committee serves as an independent source of advice and counsel to Congress and the […]

What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians

Due to the changing nature of librarianship resulting from the increasing amount of information available in digital format, educating digital librarians has become an important agenda within library and information science schools. Read the Full Story

Charter school advocates want to end local board control

The Wyoming Charter Schools Initiative and a conservative Casper legislator want to cut local school boards out of the job of deciding whether to authorize charter schools in the state’s school districts.Read the Full Story

Charter school advocates want to end local board control

The Wyoming Charter Schools Initiative and a conservative Casper legislator want to cut local school boards out of the job of deciding whether to authorize charter schools in the state’s school districts.Read the Full Story

New online alcohol education program seeks to reduce risks for new students

Read the Full StoryNew students are being asked to examine their attitudes about drinking in an effort to help them make healthier decisions.

eCollege(R) Names Vance Allen Chief Technology Officer

CHICAGO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — eCollege(R) (Nasdaq: ECLG), a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, today announced it has promoted Vance Allen to be its chief technology officer (CTO). Allen, who joined eCollege in 1997 as a software engineer, helped build eCollege’s first course management system and has since played […]

Sit in class, learn globally at BOCES

STAMFORD — Students at Stamford Central School may soon be touring the National Zoo in Washington without leaving the building. Read the Full Story

Sit in class, learn globally at BOCES

STAMFORD — Students at Stamford Central School may soon be touring the National Zoo in Washington without leaving the building. Read the Full Story

Chief Illiniwek, online program dominate talks

URBANA – University of Illinois professors want more faculty involvement with the UI’s online education program. Read the Full Story