A national search has produced the first full-time dean of Purdue University’s nascent Honors College. Rhonda Phillips, associate dean of Arizona State University’s honors college program, will be the dean of Purdue University’s new college.
Danielle Powell was just months away from her college graduation when she fell in love with a fellow student at Grace University in Omaha, Neb. But the other student was a woman, and same-sex relationships were forbidden at the biblical-based Christian college.
Three former or current Purdue University engineering students face accusations that they logged into their professors’ computer accounts to change their grades — in some instances, going from an A to an A+.
Remedial programs across the country are getting overhauled by educators and lawmakers hoping to keep more two- and four-year college students on track for graduation.
Microsoft Gold Partner MazikGlobal unveils a comprehensive higher ed solution that accomplishes recruitment, administration, financial aid, course management and more, all integrated with the Microsoft Dynamics Platform.
Academic Partnerships, one of the largest representatives of online learning in the United States and around the world, today announced that it has expanded the professional development programming available through Faculty eCommons, the social learning ecosystem developed for faculty around the world to work together and improve online education.
EdTech: Revolution in Education is the latest, largest and most comprehensive report on EdTech, to be released June 18, 2013, in hard copy, PDF and interactive e-book, from ASTRA and STEMconnector®. EdTech: Revolution in Education tracks how technology is disrupting, revolutionizing, and innovating education.
In response to growing concerns over shrinking education budgets and costly, restrictive licensing from some providers of creative software, Corel introduced a new Education Licensing Program that provides K12 and higher education institutions with aggressively-priced single and multi-seat options and easy-to-understand and manage licensing terms free of contracts, buy-ins or fine print.
Valerie Roberson, the new president of Roxbury Community College (Mass.), seems to offer much of what the flailing institution needs. She understands the link between higher ed and employment, and knows how to provide stability to a troubled institution.
The State University of New York board of trustees has approved the appointment of Cory L. Duckworth as the next president of Jamestown Community College (N.Y.).