Two-thirds of public institutions report reductions, ending years in which information technology costs grew steadily.
[...]Susan Resneck Pierce reviews how to learn what matters at a college, how to make decisions, how to supervise and how to inform and keep others informed.
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The emergence of a new expectations for learning management systems opens the way for IT leaders to become central players in the assessment movement, writes Kenneth C. Green.
The American Association of Community Colleges announced Tuesday that George R. Boggs would retire in December 2010 after a decade as its president. Boggs, who spent 30 years as an administrator at two-year institutions in California before taking over at AACC in 2001, has led the association at a [...]
Amherst College said Tuesday that it had received separate, unrestricted donations valued at $100 million and $25 million -- its largest gifts ever -- from alumni who wished to remain anonymous. Both donors said they wanted to help Amherst remain both highly selective and accessible to students from all [...]
Years after Mississippi pledged to create a $35 million private endowment to support the state's three historically black colleges, only $1 million has been raised and there are no active efforts to add to the fund, The Jackson Clarion Ledger reported. While some advocates for black colleges hope to [...]
Colleges and universities were among the entities that allegedly miscalculated how many jobs had been saved on their campuses through the use of federal stimulus funds, leading to overcounting of the national numbers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The White House said in recent days that funds from the [...]
False comparisons and “propaganda” limit value of international comparisons of higher education, study finds.
[...]British government leaders have called on universities to be more inclusive in whom they admit, with less of a focus on grades or test scores in cases where applicants may have potential, The Guardian reported. Peter Mandelson, the business minister, who also has responsibility for universities, said: "What we" [...]
Voters in Texas back expansion of research universities, while tax measures that higher ed opposed fail in Maine and Washington.
[...]Utah State University Press, which faced threat of elimination, will continue to operate as a scholarly publisher, but with a new model.
[...]Georgia community college drops unspecified accusation against professor who criticized administrative policy, citing lack of evidence; nonrenewal of contract awaits.
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