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Jackson downloads soar
in Sox First, on July 1, 2009
Just days following his death, Michael Jackson's albums sold at 100,000 apiece, according to news reports . And according to preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, as reported here , there were 2.6 million downloads of his work in just one week. The week before, only 48,000 Mich...
Polaris Project: How to attack human slavery challenge?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 27, 2009
... awards and their efforts have lead to establishment of social entrepreneurship competition in some universities.
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Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...pply chain students are facing: Different programs have popped up here and there and many reputable universities are offering supply chain education programs. So AMR Research recently conducted a rese...
Social Entrepreneurhip at Stanford
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 21, 2009
...ack and laying off many people which has created lots of difficulties for students and graduates of universities such as Stanford. In such situation, according to a new report from Business Week, the ...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
... bottle is taken out of the environment and recycled. To do this, NIKA is working with schools and universities around the country to create plastic bottle buy‐back programs. Participating schools wil...
New survey launched to identify the current state of supply chain education
in Supplychainer, on May 15, 2009
...conducted in cooperation with Brigham Young University tries to evaluate professional associations, universities, and publications. To provide a small incentive for sharing insight, they will enter yo...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
...rleston Regional Business Journal's James T. Hammond . "The centers will be established at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation......
Unemployment to soar: bleak times ahead
in Sox First, on March 31, 2009
If anyone thinks recovery is just around the corner, they should read this speech from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. He paints a very grim picture. With trade flows expected to fall by 9% in 2009 and foreign direct investment inflows to further contract, after shrinking by about 20% in...
Oil shock ahead
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
...dination. Add to that the reports of warnings that oil prices have bottomed out and are likely to soar again. Investors are betting on a big spike with spot and futures prices for West Texas Interme...
Microsoft Web Platform
in Wangtam, on March 25, 2009
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Young Women Drinking Heavily, Not Impressing The Men
in Well Woman Blog, on March 13, 2009
...nd impresses their male counterparts .
However, a survey of 3,616 college students at two American universities revealed that the men are not impressed with such behaviors and that most college men a...
Thanks to Google Android Store, Apple App Store Doesn't Seem So Bad
in The Gadgets Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...ney. As technology becomes more powerful, and as digitaldistribution of media and application rates soar, this battle will become huge. I would like to think that the user will win, but the users aren...
PowerPlay Golf Cracks U.S. Market
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 20, 2009
...f golf courses around the world and specifically in America.
This is one great idea that is set to soar.
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SocialWhoIs: All About The Social Web
in Wangtam, on February 5, 2009
...rsity Degree Search and College Rankings
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Oil price futures
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
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Don't believe oil prices, they're set to soar. At the moment, they have fallen below $35 a barrel in the face of weakening consumer demand and corporate earnings heading down the toilet...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
...m offers Madoff-managed funds." The SEC has some explaining to do to investors, charities and universities that trusted Madoff with their money.
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$8 Billion Evaporates from Harvard's Endowment
in The Universities Weblog, on December 10, 2008
With the worsening recession and the crash of the U.S. stock market, the value of Harvard University's huge endowment has shrunk by about $8 billion , according tot he
That a lose in the last four months of about 22%. The Harvard endowment had almost $37 billion in it on June 30,
make it t...
Texas Border Colleges Provide a Model for Hispanic Higher Education
in Latina Viva, on December 8, 2008
...Texas.
According to Inside Higher Ed: The report considers four community colleges and four public universities where Hispanic enrollment tops 75 percent. These colleges collectively have committed t...
How Long Will It Take Me to Graduate?
in The Universities Weblog, on December 4, 2008
The answer is, it depends on where you go. And you should definitely be aware of that fact.
College Admissions Counseling suggested in a post earlier this month that four year graduation rates are important to consider when selecting a college. The example they use give the state of Minnesota, wh...
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in Wangtam, on December 3, 2008
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Online Dating Memberships Up
in The Dating Weblog, on December 3, 2008
...s article so interesting. It says "sales of Kama Sutra products and online dating memberships soar." It goes to show you that even when money is tight, people want to connect. Now, I'm ...
University of Minnesota Announces New Online Campus
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 29, 2008
... of online opportunities offered and developed in partnership with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system." Take a look to browse dozens of virtual degrees and classes....
Syracuse University Sends First Emergency "Orange Alert"
in The Universities Weblog, on November 26, 2008
Syracuse University used its "Orange Alert" system for the first time on Tuesday, according to the Central New York News .
According to the paper Anthony Callisto Jr., SU's director of public safety, issued the alert because he had heard a "shots fired" call on a police sca...
Beware of Online Class Fees
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...ar tuition.
The distance-learning fee, also known as Florida House Bill 7105, allows colleges and universities statewide to charge a fee to cover extraordinary costs for making certain programs onlin...
Minnesota State Colleges to Offer 25% of Classes Online
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...ze efficiency and use of taxpayer resources, Governor Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Board of Trustees Chair David Olson today announced a goal to have 25 percent o...
100 Online Video Lectures from Top Colleges
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 21, 2008
... Consider watching a free online video lecture - there are over a hundred to choose from.
Online Universities recently published a helpful list. They explain: "Even if you can't attend an...
JuicyGossip.Com Blocked at 2 Universities; Posters Sued
in The Universities Weblog, on November 20, 2008
...ve complained that free speech is being restricted by the blockages and compared the actions of the universities to Chinese government censorship. Of course, free speech is not the idea that anyone ha...
Oral Roberts U. Laying Off 10% of Staff
in The Universities Weblog, on November 19, 2008
Oral Roberts University is laying off about 100 employees, or 10% of its staff, according to an Associated Press report.
The layoffs come after the university signed off on a $450,000 separation agreement with the former president, Richard Roberts, who stepped down last year after allegation...
Recession to last 14 months?
in Sox First, on November 18, 2008
...It will affect housing, health insurance, transportation and child care. Expect to see standards at universities drop and for depression and Suicide rates to go up. There might even be changes in ...
System Failure: Va Tech's Text Messaging System Crashes
in The Universities Weblog, on November 17, 2008
Safety on campus has changed a lot since the tragedy at Virginia Tech back in April of 2007. Many schools, Va Tech among them, have implemented emergency alert systems that include sending text messages students.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported today that the text-message alert syste...
U. Texas Gets First Gay Fraternity
in The Universities Weblog, on November 15, 2008
That's right. There is now a gay fraternity on the campus of the University of Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News .
According to the paper, Delta Lambda Phi, a nationally recognized gay fraternity, was inducted at UT earlier this year. Evidently a lot of fraternities exclude gays ...
Election News: Grafton County, N.H. Treasurer Unseated by Dartmouth Junior
in The Universities Weblog, on November 13, 2008
In a local election in Grafton County, N.H. the county's long time treasurer (a Republican) has been unseated by a 20-year-old junior who attends Dartmouth (which is located in the county), according to The Boston Globe .
The Dartmouth student, Vanessa Sievers, beat incumbent Carol Elliott...
Recession Hits Harvard
in The Universities Weblog, on November 12, 2008
Having a $37 billion endowment evidently isn't all it's cracked up to be. According to Reuters Harvard President Drew Faust is saying that "the school is looking at ways to cut spending and will review compensation costs, which account for nearly half of the budget."
Why? Re...
Web 2.0 Summit Wraps Up
in Web 2.0, on November 8, 2008
...e three big technology problems the government will face: energy, basic research, and investment in universities. Doerr recommends Bill Joy, cofounder of Sun and a partner at Doerr's own firm, for...
Sorority Gets Probation at Oklahoma State After Hazing Incident
in The Universities Weblog, on November 8, 2008
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority is on probation until May of 2009 after an alleged hazing incident involving 17 members, according to the Stillwater NewsPress .
According to the paper: The university issued individual sanctions for nine upperclassmen sorority members who were involved in the incid...
The Future of Higher Ed Under an Obama Presidency
in The Universities Weblog, on November 6, 2008
Education was not much of an issue this election. At least, it didn't get much attention because the war in Iraq and (more recently) the economy took center stage in this election.
So what will higher education look like under the incoming Obama administration? The President-elect has talked a...
Hot, Flat and Crowded - Thomas Friedman
in Sox First, on November 3, 2008
...oblems by solving our own problems...Precisely because America's capitalist system and research universities are, in combination, still the most powerful innovation engine ever created, the world ...
Arizona State Prepares for Hundreds of Faculty Cuts
in The Universities Weblog, on November 2, 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education said last week that Arizona State University is getting ready to lay off at least 200 non-tenure track faculty members of the next couple of months.
ASU has about a thousand such adjunct faculty. No tenure track faculty members are being laid off. No classes are...
Shooting at the University of Central Arkansas Leaves Two Dead
in The Universities Weblog, on October 27, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that a shooting Sunday evening on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas has left two students there dead.
University police Lt. Rhonda Swindle identified the dead as Ryan Henderson, 18, and Chavares Block, 19. Martrevis Norman of Blytheville, Arkan...
Community Colleges on the Rise
in The Universities Weblog, on October 18, 2008
It's become a common story: local community college enrollment has reached a new all time high. Where? It really doesn't matter. Many places. Maybe most places. But it this particular case the story I'm looking at is in the Buffalo News ... Enrollment is at record highs in community col...
Poverty and Education: the Circular Problem...
in The Universities Weblog, on October 15, 2008
There's no denying the correlation. People are who poor are also less likely to have a college degree. People who are poor are less likely to have parents who have a college degree. There is a negative correlation between poverty and education.
Without an education it's hard to break out ...
The Problem with College and the Value of a Degree
in The Universities Weblog, on October 12, 2008
...he piece is a little depressing, but it contains some sage advice. Point number one: large research universities are not the place to go if you're looking for quality instruction and a strong st...
University of Tennessee Faces Budget Cuts
in The Universities Weblog, on October 11, 2008
Education in Tennessee seems to be constantly on the chopping block. The revenue stream in Tennessee is less predictable than in most states because there is no state income tax - just an outrageous sales tax.
The Pacer , an independent paper at UT-Martin, carried a story back in late Septembe...
New Scientific Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2008
...iagnosis and clinical management of diseases."
Submissions are invited from research groups at universities, independent research laboratories and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies world...
Coming Soon: Cambridge and Oxford Lectures on iTunes
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 8, 2008
... of video and audio material of lectures and ideas from "world-leading thinkers." The two universities are joining dozens of other educational institutions that are currently offering free e...
The Shrinking FAFSA...
in The Universities Weblog, on October 3, 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Ed is among news sources that covered the announcement last week from the Department of Education concerning the financial aid application process. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced this evening, as part of an address at Harvard University, that she had b...
Apple Drops iPhone Developer NDA On Released Software
in Wangtam, on October 1, 2008
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Free Tuition at Texas A&M
in The Universities Weblog, on October 1, 2008
University Business ran a story today about Texas A&M's program offering free tuition to incoming freshmen who are residents of Texas.
The program is need based. Freshmen whose families make less than $60,000 a year are eligible for the free tuition offer. In-state tuition at Texas A&...
America's "Peicemeal, Rickety" Financial Aid System Needs Overhaul, Says CollegeBoard Group
in The Universities Weblog, on September 30, 2008
A report by the Rethinking Student Aid Study Group at the non-profit CollegeBoard has blasted the U.S. financial aid system, calling it "peicemeal" and "rickety."
"There's a growing recognition that the federal student aid system is simply too complicated," The r...
Student Voting Rights: YES, You CAN Vote in Your College Neighborhood..
in The Universities Weblog, on September 29, 2008
Since the start of primary season, the amount of mis information available about the voting rights of college students has increased exponentially. Last week the Chronicle of Higher Ed carried a news blog about the continuing controversy in swing states like Colorado - where a Republican co...
Reaching Out to College Students w/ Depression
in The Universities Weblog, on September 28, 2008
NPR ran an excellent story on campus mental health last week. And while it was set on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, the outreach the story describes could serve as a model for successfully dealing with mental health issues on any campus.
The story quotes Richard Kadison, a college m...
Are Admissions Officers Checking Your Facebook Page?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 22, 2008
... reports: "A Kaplan survey of 320 admissions officers from the nation's top colleges and universities revealed that one out of ten admissions officers has visited an applicant's social n...
Should Your MySpace, Twitter or Facebook Page Be Part of Your College Application...?
in The Universities Weblog, on September 22, 2008
It may well be. Kaplan released a report last week in which a survey of 320 college admissions officers showed that about 10% of them look at the social networking sites of high school seniors who've applied to their college. The news is not good...
In 38% of the cases where an admission offi...
Pell Grant Faces Short Fall of $6 Billion
in The Universities Weblog, on September 21, 2008
The federal Pell Grant program is staring into the face of a huge shortfall for the 2008-09 academic year, according to the NY Times . The grant program that provides assistance for college on the basis of economic need could see a short fall of as much as $6 billion for the academic year jus...
Duke Looks to Rewrite the Global MBA Model
in The Universities Weblog, on September 20, 2008
Duke University is introducing an ambitious new model for its global MBA program, according to Business Week . The new model will have students moving between campuses in Shanghai, Dubai, London, St. Petersburg in Russia, Johannesburg, and New Delhi in a fairly radical reworking of the global M...
Coping with Sexual Harassment in the Dorm
in The Universities Weblog, on September 17, 2008
"Although coed Dorms can be fun, they also can be hotbeds of sexual harassment."
Naomi Rockler-Gladen has a gift for understatement...
In a recent piece at Suite101, Naomi talks about how to recognize sexual harassment. While catcalls and sexual propositions are easy to recognize ...
No SMOKING! Anywhere. Period. (Pennsylvania Colleges Go Cold Turkey).
in The Universities Weblog, on September 16, 2008
...University Business has a post today about how the chancellor of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities "has stepped beyond the state's new indoor smoking ban and barred students...
Making It In College With A Learning Disability
in The Universities Weblog, on September 15, 2008
My certification as a teacher includes learning disabilities and I've written about the topic occasionally on my education blog, The Green Cup , and at Suite 101 . So when I saw Aaron Smiths piece, Helpful Hints for Students with Learning Disabilities , I was interested...
Smith gives ...
And This Year's National Champs Are...
in The Universities Weblog, on September 14, 2008
Okay, I don't know who the national champs will be yet. But I know who they won't be: the Ohio State Buckeyes.
If Ohio State had played a halfway competitive game and lost at USC, it might be possible to pretend that they still had a change. Now all year long we're going to hear about ...
No Texting in Class!
in The Universities Weblog, on September 14, 2008
West Virginia Public Radio had an intreresting piece a few weeks ago on a common campus issue - texting in class .
Should you send text messages in class? Marshall University doesn't have a campus wide policy yet, but many professors say no .
"It's just one of those things wh...
College Survival Guide
in The Universities Weblog, on September 8, 2008
Hat tip to College Admission Counseling for finding the College Survival Guide and pointing it out to me.
The guide, published by PsychCentral, deals with issues that have to do with both the admissions process and college life after admission. There are a couple of dozen Mental health scr...
Does Your Online College Care What You Do During Off Hours?
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 31, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Guillermo Perales Gonzalez
The Universities Weblog recently published an interesting post discussing colleges that require certain behavior from their students ...
Two Thirds of Colleges Now Use Green Technology
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 31, 2008
...ion Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA), two-thirds of colleges and universities are leveraging green technologies to save energy and aid the environment.
According t...
Does Your College Care What You Do Off Campus?
in The Universities Weblog, on August 29, 2008
...! " University Business pointed out an article this week by the Associated Press on how many universities have started enforcing their codes of conduct off campus.
According to the AP article,...
Texas A&M Breaks Attendance Records
in The Universities Weblog, on August 27, 2008
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that texas a &M University now has a larger student body than ever before in the school's history - with 47,925 students.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Texas A&M's freshman class totals 8,127; that's an increase of almost 1,4...
U Mass Cracks Down on Drinking
in The Universities Weblog, on August 27, 2008
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is trying to shake its reputation as a party school, according to the Boston Globe .
According to the Globe, U Mass has "an aggressive campaign that is winning national attention" on the issue of alcohol abuse on campus. Two years ago U Mass...
Presidential Debates to Be Held on University Campuses
in The Universities Weblog, on August 26, 2008
The blogosphere and wire services are covered up with different reports on the three presidential debates coming up in September and October - all to be held on university campuses.
The debate schedule is as follows:
At the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi on September 26- a deb...
College Presidents Want Lower Drinking Age!?!
in The Universities Weblog, on August 20, 2008
...ources reporting on the story: College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowerin...
Forbes: College Rankings for Idiots?
in The Universities Weblog, on August 14, 2008
College Admissions Counseling has an astute review of the new Forbes ranking of America's Best Colleges 2008 and, quite frankly, you'd expect better from a company like Forbes...
The writer at College Admissions Counseling complains justifiably that half of the Forbes rankings are based...
Elisa Bongfeldt Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 14, 2008
... in Berkeley, California, and grew up in both Cape Cod and the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended universities in Washington State as well as Italy, studying both art history and studio art, before ...
