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Clemson sets application, enrollment record while maintaining academic quality

Clemson University will welcome its largest freshman class this week. According to Clemson University Media Relations, the university set a record enrollment of 16,281 undergraduate student applications. The director of admissions said the university accepted more freshmen and transfer students because of uncertainty about how the economic recession would affect yield – the percentage of […]

Some Undergrads Shave a Year Off College to Save

While educators debate the wisdom of three-year college degrees, some ambitious students are going ahead and finishing their course work in three years anyhow as a way to save thousands of dollars in tuition.

AKA Lawsuit Reveals Longtime Internal Conflicts

For an organization with a code of silence rivaled only by police departments, a 38-page lawsuit filed by eight members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority against its president and board of directors is unusual enough.

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.

University students less satisfied with courses, survey reveals

University students are unhappier with their degree courses than they were a year ago, a major survey has revealed. The Birmingham Post reported that almost a fifth of final year undergraduates at higher education institutions in the West Midlands said they were not satisfied with the quality of their course. The findings, which reflect the […]

University Students Behaving Badly

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times

As more people head back to school in these recessionary times, many community colleges across the United States are struggling to handle the influx of new students.

THE EXPERIMENT

In an age in which free Craigslist online classifieds, self-reported news blogs and a plethora of Web news sources are sapping advertising revenue from print media, many news organizations are searching for new, more viable business models.

ISU to hire for graduate students to teach

The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom. According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach

ISU to hire for graduate students to teach

The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom. According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach

Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall

Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]

Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall

Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]

Report: J-Schools Not Making the Grade

In a time of two wars, global terrorism and precarious diplomatic relations with several rogue leaders, many of the United States’ top journalism programs are still not teaching students how to responsibly cover violence and conflict, according to a recently released report by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Teaching Unprepared Students

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