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Information on Effective Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes Provided on the CHEA Website
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has posted information on the CHEA Website on how higher education institutions are attending to and implementing effective practice in student learning outcomes. Effective Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes: CHEA Award Recipients highlights successful efforts by colleges and universities to gather information on student learning outcomes, use this information for quality assurance and institutional improvement and provide information to the public.
-CHEA
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The White House and the College Scorecard
According to the White House: The Administration is planning to add a new tool to the College Affordability and Transparency Center that would assist prospective students and their families in comparing colleges before they choose using key measures of college affordability and value. The purpose of the tool is to make it easier for students and their families to identify and choose high-quality, affordable colleges that provide good value.
-The White House
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Blackboard Introduces Major Update for Blackboard Learn 9.1
Blackboard Inc. announced a major update for its flagship online learning platform with a new release incorporating a sleek, modern design that marks the platform’s biggest shift in look and feel in years. Service Pack 8 for Blackboard Learn ™ 9.1 also brings a number of feature enhancements that make it easier to navigate the system, take advantage of its powerful capabilities and complete common tasks more quickly.
-Blackboard
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Education Sector Policy Director Kevin Carey Testifies at S enate Committee on Innovations in College Affordability
Washington D.C. – 2/2/2012, Education Sector Policy Director Kevin Carey testified at a hearing on innovations in college affordability conducted by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. “Over the past 10 years, public university tuition grew by an average of 5.6 percent above inflation every year,” Carey reminded the committee. “As a result, student loan debt is at an all-time high and access to college is threatened. Students and families can’t afford to pay these bills and, increasingly, neither can the American taxpayer. Annual federal financial aid to higher education has increased by over $100 billion in just the past decade.”
-Education Sector
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments
Commonfund ( www.commonfund.org ) and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) announce the final 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE), the most comprehensive annual study of U.S. higher education endowment market values, performance, returns, asset allocation, etc. It includes results of individual schools nationwide and New York area schools.
-NACUBO
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
MassBay Community College Participates in Cutting Edge Research With Area Schools Leading to Early Alzhiemers Detection
The results from the experiments performed in MassBay's science labs in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, were published in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Monday, January 30, 2012
UANews Special Chandler Simulcast of UA Feb. 8 Lecture by Noam Chomksy
Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual, and political activist, will be speaking at the University of Arizona on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Wharton Executive Education Program to Help Business Leaders Identify Foreign Growth Opportunities
First-of-Its-Kind Program, Leading in Foreign Markets, to be Held in April on Wharton School's Campus
Monday, January 30, 2012
MediciNova and University of Colorado Boulder Collaborate on Potential Novel Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
MediciNova, Inc. and the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder disclosed a license agreement for the treatment of post-traumatic brain injury.
-MediciNova Inc.
Monday, January 23, 2012
UMD and Lunarline to Partner on Cybersecurity
The University of Maryland and Lunarline, Inc. will partner on cybersecurity education, research and technology development.
-University of Maryland
Monday, January 23, 2012
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