Georgetown University is going solar with SolarCity on a project that is expected to cut the school’s energy bills by tens of thousands of dollars and reduce more than 600,000 pounds of carbon pollution over its lifetime.
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4/14/2013
Omnilert announced the release of the tool that allows multiple emergency communication actions to sequentially deploy with predefined scenarios, making emergency response quicker, easier and more effective.
4/14/2013
ExamSoft Worldwide, maker of secure, easy, and reliable computer-based testing software, announced its plans to release the first known mobile application for secure, offline exam delivery on the iPad.
4/12/2013
Until 2009, students at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (N.C.) could wait as long as two hours to be seen by a counselor in student services, which includes the offices of admissions, advising, financial aid, and the registrar. After signing in on a sheet of paper in one of four offices, students waited to be seen and were sometimes referred to another office. The process was not only time-consuming, but frustrating.
4/12/2013
Historically, all 26,000 annual applicants to Johnson County Community College (Kan.) received up to three printed communiqués regarding their admissions status. While more information is usually better, the problem with JCCC’s process was that pieces of communication were not sent in chronological order. This created confusion for students.
4/12/2013
A 46,000-square-foot abandoned furniture warehouse has been given new life as the continuing education and industrial center at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, N.C. The center includes seven classrooms; doubles the size of the Small Business Center; provides space for continuing ed classes and offices; houses a corporate training center; and doubles the space for the Computer-Integrated Machining program.
4/12/2013
Whether you think they are hype or the next step in the evolution of learning, there’s no question that MOOCs have taken the education world by storm. Platforms such as Coursera, edX, and UniversityNow offer free courses online to students anywhere, and are continuing to grow.
4/11/2013
Arcadia University is proud to announce that Jan Walbert has been named Vice President for Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. Reporting directly to the Vice President for University Advancement, Walbert will focus on increasing the university’s communications with alumni of all classes and academic programs, and manage the Annual Giving program, which includes affinity programming, management of class and fund agents, and the paver program.
4/11/2013
The state House Committee on Appropriations approved a proposal Tuesday that would add $31.4 million to Michigan's higher education budget, but possibly penalize the University of Michigan for its recent labor agreements.
4/11/2013
Vance-Granville Community College
Henderson, N.C.
Henderson, N.C.
