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50 Popular Science Blogs Written by Scientists

50 Popular Science Blogs Written by ScientistsRead the Full Story

A Tectonic Shift in Global Higher Education

those in the United States, while Americans worry that their academic leadership is threatened by complacency. Both groups, however, are missing the tectonic shift that will transform the map of higher education worldwide—the growth of universities in the developing world. Spreading connectivity, allied with the massive creation of educational resources based on open-source technology, may […]

Statement by Secretary Spellings on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education

Secretary Spellings today made the following statement on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education’s vote to approve its final report:Read the Full Story

Panel’s Report Urges Higher Education Shake-Up

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — A federal commission approved a final report on Thursday that urges a broad shake-up of American higher education. It calls for public universities to measure learning with standardized tests, federal monitoring of college quality and sweeping changes in financial aid.Read the Full Story

eCollege(R) Announces Record Second Quarter Revenue of $28.3 Million, Up 23 Percent from 2005

Company Reports Second Quarter EPS of $0.07 and Adjusted EPS of $0.15Read the Full Story

Capella Education Company Names Reed Watson as Senior Vice President of Marketing

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) August 11, 2006 — Capella Education Company, parent corporation of Capella University, an accredited* online university headquartered in Minneapolis, announced today that Reed A. Watson has been appointed to the position of senior vice president of marketing. Read the Full Story

Boom in home-schooling expected

A new wave of home-schooled students is expected in the years ahead, after the B.C. Ministry of Education officially recognized it as a viable alternative for traditional education. Read the Full Story

University of Cincinnati’s Online Health Information Management Degree Program Receives Accreditation

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ — The University of Cincinnati’s (UC) distance-learning Health Information Management degree program ( http://www.HIMonline.uc.edu ) was recently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).Read the Full Story

‘Privatization and Public Universities’

The cover of Privatization and Public Universities features a brick campus wall with a “For Sale” sign taped to it. Read the Full Story

Cybercampuses offer learning without walls: Grantham University, a virtual college, has found a home in KC.

A tour of Kansas City’s newest university begins and ends in a carpeted hallway above a Gap storRead the Full Story