Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Boy Scouts of America’s Decision to No Longer Deny Membership to Youth on the Basis of Sexual Orientation

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today issued the following statement on the Boy Scouts of America's decision to no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone:

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Words in the News

A necklace worth $2.5m has been stolen during the Cannes film festival. Words in the News: 24 May 2013

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U.S. Education Department Awards $1.3 Million Grant to Newtown, Conn., to Further Support Recovery Efforts

The U.S. Department of Education today announced it is awarding more than $1.3 million to Newtown Public School District to help with ongoing recovery efforts following the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 first-graders and si...

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4 Mistakes I Made with My Student Loans and How You Can Avoid Them

It’s been hard to come to terms with, but I need to face t

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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 …Continue reading »

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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 …Continue reading »

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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 …Continue reading »

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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 …Continue reading »

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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 …Continue reading »

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Lessons from Dewitt by Mike Chapple

Recently the higher education IT community suffered a great loss when Dewitt Latimer was tragically taken from us after a motorcycle accident in Montana. The news of Dewitt’s accident spread quickly through the institutions he served: Clemson, Ke...

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