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Academic Leadership

MIT’s New Learning Platform Points To Future Of Higher Ed (Opinion)

As tuitions rise, family incomes stagnate, and the needs of students evolve, there’s no reason to think the American university of the future will look just like the current version.

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The Boston Globe

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Behind the News
Kristen Domonell
University Business, Jan 2012
  • A. Clayton Spencer, vice president for policy at Harvard, has been named the eighth president of Bates College (Maine), effective July 1. Before spending the past 15 years at Harvard, Spencer served as chief education counsel in the U.S. Senate, working under Senator Edward M. Kennedy. She will succeed Nancy J. Cable, interim president since July 1, 2011.
  • As of October, Kristin Rowe is assistant provost for advisement at Berkeley College.
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Academic Leadership

University Of Utah Charts New Course For Struggling Middle East Center

The University of Utah is restructuring its once-prestigious Middle East Center (MEC) rather than pulling the plug on what has become a source of campus tension and embarrassment.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

Nova Southeastern Creates Nursing School

The new year will bring a new academic college to Nova Southeastern University in Davie, as the school is separating its fast-growing nursing program into its own College of Nursing.

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The Miami Herald

After Yearlong Competition, Mayor Is Said to Pick Cornell for Science School

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Monday that he has chosen Cornell University to create a new science graduate school on Roosevelt Island, capping an intense yearlong competition in his ambitious bid to spur a boom in New York City’s high-tech sector.

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The New York Times

M.I.T. Expands Its Free Online Courses

While students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pay thousands of dollars for courses, the university will announce a new program on Monday allowing anyone anywhere to take M.I.T. courses online free of charge — and for the first time earn official certificates for demonstrating mastery of the subjects taught.

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The New York Times

'The Business of Sustainability' presents 'green' blueprint

A dozen chapter contributors and two editors from Arizona State University essentially helped to develop the first integrated presentation of the business of sustainability.

What does the future of business look like in a sustainability-minded world and how do we get there are two among many questions addressed in the three-volume set, "The Business of Sustainability: Trends, Policies, Practices, and Stories of Success."

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Arizona State University

McDonnell Allocates $100M In Higher Education Funding

Creates Incentives for More Degrees in "Top Jobs" Sectors Like Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Healthcare while Promoting Cost-Saving, Efficiency and Innovation on Campus

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WTVR-TV

Peace Studies Blossoming At Utah Universities

Dustin Porlas, a junior at the University of Utah, has far-ranging academic interests that go from speech to nutrition. But he also has a focused career goal: He wants to be an international judge for the United Nations.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

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