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College Textbooks Hit iPhone, iPod Touch

CourseSmart, located in San Mateo, Calif., has added a new program that will allow college students to read their books using iPhones or iPod Touch devices. According to the San Francisco Chronicle CourseSmart already makes more than 7000 college textbooks from 12 publishers available to its subscribers online via their computers. Now the company has […]

August 12, 2009

Leadership & Policy

UI President pledges to reform admissions process

B. Joseph White, the president of the University of Illinois, said Wednesday that the university has eliminated the “Category I” tracking system that gave preferential treatment to politically connected applicants, and prohibited university lobbyists from becoming involved in admissions. The News-Gazette reported that White promised to execute all of the admissions changes recommended last week […]

August 12, 2009

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Millersville University drops its MBA program

Millersville University, located in Millersville, Pa., will temporarily discontinue offering a master’s degree in business administration. According to Lancasteronline.com, an upgrade is needed which requires mandatory and tougher accrediting standards. A dean at the university said the discontinuance will not affect the 35 or so students currently enrolled in the program and will not result […]

August 12, 2009

USM may cut classes, faculty positions

The University of Southern Mississippi might close its Jackson County campus, cut several tenured positions and eliminate classes, due to the economic recession. According to the Picayune Item, with the help of federal stimulus dollars, the Mississippi Legislature funded higher education this year at about the same level as the previous fiscal year, but the […]

August 12, 2009

California State Offers Tough Love To “Super Seniors”

The California State University system’s budget is shrinking and that means space is limited for “super seniors,” those students who keep taking classes despite having enough credits to graduate.

August 12, 2009

Faculty & Staff

In Brief: UT-Austin Hires Unprecedented Number of Female Faculty

UT-Austin is closing gender gap; states cut financial aid to neediest students and Illinois governor wants trustees to step down.

August 12, 2009

Leander High graduate earns scholarship to purse biomedicine

Paul Gonzales, a 2009 Leander High School graduate, was one of 27 scholarship recipients honored Aug. 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin. According to Community Impact Newspaper, St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Fund gives graduating high school seniors in Central Texas $4,000 per year for four years, to pay tuition at Texas universities […]

August 11, 2009

MCC fundraiser resigns, eight months after taking job

Muskegon Community College’s top fundraiser has resigned after just eight months on the job. According to mlive.com, MCC Foundation Director Diane Szewczyk-Smith submitted her resignation during the foundation’s board meeting Aug. 4. Szewczyk-Smith, whose resignation took effect immediately, could not be reached for comment. © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com

August 11, 2009

States cut aid to college students as demand booms

Struggling with budget shortfalls that reach into the billions, several states are making deep cuts in college financial aid programs, including those that provide a vital source of cash for students who most need the money. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, at least a dozen states are reducing award sizes, eliminating grants and tightening […]

August 11, 2009

Colleges look to create revenue as slashed budgets don’t cut it

Alabama and Virginia Tech on Sept. 5 will play one another in Atlanta in one of the most anticipated games of the 2009 season – a game sponsored by Chick-fil-A. The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, as it is formally known, is expected to attract a sellout crowd to the Georgia Dome, draw a large television audience […]

August 11, 2009

Financial Aid Cuts

Some states are making deep cuts in college financial aid programs as they struggle with budget shortfalls that reach into the billions. According to WJFW TV-12, the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board projects that more than 20,000 low-income students will not receive grants because of a lack of money and a sharp increase in applicants. […]

August 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Regents Meet to Hear Report on College Cuts

Georgia’s state colleges and universities are expected to report Wednesday on how they plan to deal with expected budget cuts. According to firstnewscoast.com, the report will come during the state Board of Regents meeting in Atlanta starting at 8:30 a.m. Each of the state’s 35 campuses has been asked to submit plans for 4 percent, […]

August 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Quinn gives UI trustees ‘a few more days’ to resign

Gov. Pat Quinn says he will give the remaining University of Illinois trustees “a few more days” to heed his call that they resign before he takes any action. According to the News-Gazette, Quinn, who spoke Tuesday after a bill-signing in Chicago, would not speculate beyond that, but repeated his belief that all trustees should […]

August 11, 2009

Faculty & Staff

A Decline in Humanities

Doctorate students of color who are couched in humanities and liberal arts fields such as philosophy, communications, and ethnic studies could be especially impacted by college job cuts and hiring freezes.

August 11, 2009

University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Loses Black Enrollment

A report from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission says the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga has lost 4.2 percent of its Black student enrollment percentage over six years.

August 11, 2009

La. Higher Education Panel Begins Overhaul Study

A new commission charged with finding ways to overhaul Louisiana’s public college systems began its work Monday with recommendations from Gov. Bobby Jindal and a grim review of the state’s budget woes.

August 11, 2009

Get and Give All You Can: Advice for New Graduate Students

It’s that time of year — new graduate students are setting foot on campuses across the nation hoping to gain knowledge and have new experiences that will help them progress in their careers. As a professor and adviser, I get really excited about new graduate students. They are usually wide-eyed, excited, and eager to get […]

August 10, 2009

College Board Brief Highlights Patterns in Student Debt

Although student debt increased rapidly for students in some sectors of higher education during the last four years, the amount of debt accumulated by graduates of public and private four-year colleges grew relatively slowly from 2003-04 to 2007-08. Still, a growing minority graduate with excessive debt. This information and other insights are the focus of […]

August 10, 2009