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Online Professor Pet Peeves
ABOUT.COM. Like traditional teachers, most online professors love interacting with their students. Whether through message boards, emails, or virtual chats, online professors and students often form a friendly working relationship that helps the course run more smoothly. But, there are …
House approves Republican student loan bill
THE WASHINGTON POST. MAY 23, 2013. The House approved a Republican proposal Thursday to allow interest rates on federal student loans to rise or fall from year to year with the government’s cost of borrowing, ending a system in which …
San Francisco City College fuels college accreditation controversy
EDSOURCE. MARCH 26, 2013 While City College of San Francisco prepares to receive a team of evaluators who will decide if the college keeps its accreditation and stays open, the impact of what’s at stake has spread beyond the campus, bringing …
Virtual Lab Experiment
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 23, 2013. The California State University System may bet big on virtual labs starting this fall, a sign of how heavily some policy makers are counting on technology to solve funding problems. The effort could end …
Green Light for Competency-Based Ed at Capella
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 23, 2013. Capella University has received approval from its regional accreditor to proceed with a pilot program in competency-based education that does not rely on the credit hour standard, an approach called “direct assessment.” The Higher Learning Commission of the …
Veterans Affairs Dept. Needs to Improve Management of GI Benefits, Report Says
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 22, 2013. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs should do more to improve the management of its Post-9/11 GI Bill Program, which provides benefits to veterans who pursue a higher education, by cutting down …
Obama Pledges Veto for House GOP Bill on Student-Loan Interest Rates
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 22, 2013. President Obama promised on Wednesday to veto legislation, currently pending in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, that would prevent interest rates from doubling on some federal student loans by switching to a …
U.S. Won’t Appeal Decision on Controversial Gainful-Employment Rule
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 22, 2013. The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities said on Wednesday it had received word that the U.S. Department of Education has elected not to appeal a federal judge’s decision last year that blocked key …
Coursera, edX Continue To Expand
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 22, 2013. Coursera and edX, the two major providers of massive open online courses, continue to partner with more institutions. On Tuesday, edX, a nonprofit started with money from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of …
Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 22, 2013. NAFSA: Association of International Educators has issued an update to its members regarding new procedures in place to verify Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status at border checkpoints. NAFSA reports that the U.S. Department …
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