http://www.case.org/e-Headlines index pageen-usTue, 21 May 2013 05:32:35 UTCTue, 21 May 2013 05:32:35 UTCweb@case.org (CASE)web@case.org (CASE)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10067309/Graduates-facing-freeze-in-starting-salaries-this-year.htmlUniversity leavers will be dealt a further blow this year after it emerged the majority of employers are planning to freeze wages because of the economic crisis.Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46174http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/obama-urges-black-graduates-to-keep-setting-an-example/?ref=educationPresident Obama came to Morehouse College, the alma mater of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Sunday to tell graduates, 50 years after Dr. King’s landmark “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, that “laws and hearts and minds have been changed to the point where someone who looks just like you can somehow come to serve as president of these United States.”Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46175http://philanthropy.com/article/Same-Sex-Couples-Get-New/139309/Some donors say they have been put off by a lack of sensitivity by some nonprofits.Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46176http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22295517/mich-works-to-get-some-inmates-higher-educationThe Michigan Department of Corrections has several efforts to teach community college courses and vocational training in-house to a small number of inmates near parole.Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46177http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html?ref=education&_r=0Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Ms. Castro was applying to college, and they e-mailed often, bonding over conversations about Ms. Castro’s difficult childhood. Without Laurene’s help, Ms. Castro said, she might not have become the first person in her family to graduate from college. It was only later, when she was a freshman at University of California, Berkeley, that Ms. Castro read a news article and realized that Laurene was Silicon Valley royalty, the wife of Apple’s co-founder, Steven P. Jobs.Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46140http://www.nzweek.com/culture/international-student-enrollment-increases-in-ukraine-64320/The number of international students at Ukrainian universities amounted to over 61,000 this year, representing a 10-percent increase from 2012, Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk said here Tuesday.Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46143http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1129663-ndp-ns-universities-hope-to-avoid-100-million-funding-shortfallThe Dexter government and the province’s 10 universities are working to head off the potential $100-million shortfall facing the schools in just three or four years, a legislature committee heard Wednesday.Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46141http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/occams-corner/2013/may/17/uk-science-falling-behind-global-raceWith the government's spending review looming, the Royal Society of Chemistry is calling for an Olympic effort to persuade politicians to make a long-term commitment to creating growth and jobs through science.Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46142http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/technology/dr-dre-and-jimmy-iovine-start-usc-program.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&The record producer Jimmy Iovine and his business partner Dr. Dre have a keen eye for talent. Now they think they can help create the next Steve Jobs. The music moguls, who founded the wildly popular Beats headphone business, are giving $70 million to the University of Southern California to create a degree that blends business, marketing, product development, design and liberal arts.Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46125http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/05/australia-2013-budget-higher-education-university-cutsAustralia has confirmed substantial cuts of A$3.8billion (£2.4 billion) to higher education in this week’s budget. The cuts were unveiled last autumn and Catriona Jackson, chief executive of advocacy group Science & Technology Australia, warns that they are ‘really going to get in the way of research’. In total, Australia slashed spending by A$43 billion, ‘which means universities are taking nearly 10% of the cuts: that’s an awful lot’, she adds.Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46126http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/348395/higher-education-shell-gamesIn a new report on the Pell Grant program, Stephen Burd of the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program outlines how many U.S. colleges and universities design their policies to enroll as many affluent students as possible.Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46127http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/education/georgia-tech-will-offer-a-masters-degree-online.html?ref=educationStarting in the fall, the Georgia Institute of Technology, together with AT&T and Udacity, an online education venture, will offer a master’s degree in computer science that can be earned entirely through so-called massive open online courses, or MOOCs.Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46128http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10056751/University-teaching-time-fails-to-rise-despite-fees-hike.htmlThe amount of lecture and tutorial time in universities has barely changed over the last six years despite a nine-fold hike in annual tuition fees, a major study has found.Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46110http://london.ctvnews.ca/fanshawe-s-plan-to-invest-in-saudi-arabia-a-concern-union-1.1279548A commitment by three Ontario colleges, including Fanshawe, to invest millions of dollars in a college in Medina, Saudi Arabia, is being questioned by OPSEU.Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46111http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/retirementspecial/retired-and-back-in-school-for-the-degree-not-just-the-fun.html?ref=education&_r=0Many people now live well beyond the conclusion of traditional careers. “Half the children born since 2000 in the developed world are expected to live past 100,” said Marc Freedman, founder and chief executive of Encore.org, which helps baby boomers find second careers in fields like education, health and the environment. “We still have a life model that was designed for a three score and 10 life span. You work for three or four decades and then you get a balloon payment of leisure at the end. I don’t think you can just stretch and strain that 20th-century model.”Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46112http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Life-Heats-Up-in-New/138679/As campuses build and renovate residential space to accommodate growing enrollments, they have tried to adapt to students' current interests and preferences, including private space and the ability to cook for themselves. With a trend toward individual sleeping quarters, community kitchens often become not just a place to prepare a meal but also the main gathering space.Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx46113http://www.theverge.com/culture/2013/5/13/4326398/harvard-mit-moocs-online-education-efforts-profileHarvard and MIT are among a group of universities planning to spend tens of millions of dollars on "massively open online courses (MOOCs)," a new type of higher education teaching that can include thousands of students in a single lecture. The two institutions have already launched an online platform called edX to offer these courses.Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43284http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/05/07/universities-that-draw-the-most-international-studentsThe New School again tops the list of National Universities with the most international undergraduates.Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43285http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/nyregion/with-an-eye-on-college-chinese-students-enroll-in-new-york-private-schools.html?ref=education&_r=0New York City private schools have always been the province of the city’s young and wealthy, students whose home lives and educations can inspire both disdain and envy. But these students are the children of Shanghai real estate magnates, shipping giants, luxury hotel owners and doctors from coastal regions bordering the East China Sea. They are also part of a small, but growing, cadre of teenagers from wealthy families in China who are attending school in New York City.Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43286http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=54658Herald International College in Maharajgunj will soon be offering Chartered Accountancy (CA) course to students from the new academic session. The college is also starting Bachelor in Hotel Management, Bachelor in Business Administration, and Masters in Business Administration in a MoU with Anglia Ruskin University and London School of Mathematics, UK.Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43283http://chronicle.com/article/4-Public-College-Chiefs-Pass/139189/Public higher education's million-dollar club just got bigger. Four public-college presidents earned more than $1-million in 2011-12, up from three a year earlier, a Chronicle analysis has found. The median total compensation for public-college leaders rose to $441,392, an increase of 4.7 percent from 2010-11.Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47535http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130510125855892Delhi University, regarded as India’s top university, is in turmoil amid an increasingly politicised battle over its plans to switch to a four-year undergraduate programme from the next academic session, beginning in July.Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47536http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/world/europe/in-britain-a-return-to-the-idea-of-the-liberal-arts.htmlIn the UK, anyone who wanted to study both the arts and the sciences, or to take courses across a range of disciplines, had to leave the country, until now.Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47537http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130511122242246South Africa’s post-school education budget has been increased to R34.3 billion (US$3.8 billion) – growth of 8.6% over last year – Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande said last week. A priority is to provide opportunities for 3.5 million youths not absorbed into employment, education or training this year.Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47538http://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182599588/college-divestment-campaigns-creating-passionate-environmentalists?ft=1&f=1013At about 300 colleges across the country, young activists worried about climate change are borrowing a strategy that students successfully used in decades past. In the 1980s, students enraged about South Africa's racist Apartheid regime got their schools to drop stocks in companies that did business with that government. In the 1990s students pressured their schools to divest in Big Tobacco. This time, the student activists are targeting a mainstay of the economy: large oil and coal companies.Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47515http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/education/latinos-sharply-narrow-education-gap.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0After lagging behind other Americans in education for generations, Latinos have significantly narrowed the gap, and last year they passed a milestone, with new Hispanic high school graduates more likely than their white counterparts to go directly to college, according to a new study.Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47516http://allafrica.com/stories/201305090512.htmlAs hope rises for the emergence of the proposed Nigeria Education Bank, which scaled the first reading last Thursday in the House of Representatives, Nigerians wonder if a planned intervention bank will boost access to higher quality education in the country.Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47517http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/drop-entry-tariffs-for-summer-born-students-says-study/2003763.articleUniversities should lower their entry tariff requirements for students born in August to reflect the lower achievement levels of children born in the summer, a new study suggests.Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47518http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/private-student-debt-refinancing-could-help-economy-cfpb-says.htmlAllowing consumers to refinance private loans with public funds is one option for alleviating the burden of college debt on the U.S. economy, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a report.Thu, 9 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47504http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130508095558999For the first time an Australian university is using the ‘crowdfunding’ system to attract money from the public to cover all or some of the costs of research.Thu, 9 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47505http://www.npr.org/2013/05/08/181580716/with-gorgeous-dorms-but-little-cash-colleges-must-adapt?ft=1&f=1013Jeffrey Selingo is an editor with the Chronicle of Higher Education and author of a new book, College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students. In the book, he paints a picture of an American higher education system that has lost its way.Thu, 9 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47506http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/aung-san-suu-kyi-calls-for-help-from-uk-universities/2003757.articleNobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has called on British universities to help remedy the suppression of Burmese universities by the nation’s former military regimeThu, 9 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx47507http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/05/03/nb-stu-tuition-increase-1252.htmlSt. Thomas University is raising tuition for its students by $434 next year, a move that will put the liberal arts university in conflict with the Alward government’s $150 cap on tuition.Tue, 7 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43613http://www.edmontonjournal.com/institute+designed+turn+Alberta+research+into+commerce/8340838/story.htmlA new institute that will help colleges and universities commercialize their research in partnership with private companies and other agencies is underway, Advanced Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says.Tue, 7 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43611http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10040706/Lord-Winston-wants-scientists-without-a-first.htmlLord Winston has calmed the fears of students across the country taking exams at the moment in pursuit of the highest degrees, after he said he deliberately didn’t employ people who got a first at university.Tue, 7 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43609http://www.niutoday.info/2013/05/06/mccord-calls-myanmar-higher-education-needs-extensive-systemic-after-iie-delegation-visit/McCord, dean of the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, talks about his visit to Myanmar as a member of a delegation sponsored by the Institute of International Education (IIE).Tue, 7 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx43610http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/us/politics/obama-tells-ohio-state-graduates-hes-optimistic.html?ref=education&_r=0Acknowledging that commencement addresses are no place for partisanship, President Obama nonetheless skirted close to that political line on Sunday, telling graduates at Ohio State University to ignore antigovernment arguments that “gum up the works” and instead aspire to be citizens who value both individual rights and community responsibilities.Mon, 6 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42991http://allafrica.com/stories/201305060798.html?aa_source=slideoutOver 21,000 primary and secondary education teachers have been on strike in the Angolan southwestern province of Huíla, since April 29, leaving more than 700,000 students sitting at home.Mon, 6 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42992http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/926199--new-report-reveals-stats-about-social-media-usage-in-canadaOne in three anglophone Canadians says not a single day goes by without checking into their social media feeds. It’s one of many social networking statistics compiled in a new report by the Media Technology Monitor, based on surveys conducted in the fall with 4,001 anglophone Canadians.Mon, 6 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42994http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/education/in-disgrace-yet-in-demand-as-college-teachers.html?ref=educationThe traditional path to an academic job is long and laborious: the solitude and penury of graduate study, the scramble for one of the few open positions in each field, the blood sport of competitive publishing. But while colleges have always courted accomplished public figures, a leap to the front of the class has now become a natural move for those who have suffered spectacular career flameouts. At this point, the transition from public disgrace to college lectern is so familiar that when John Galliano merely stepped foot on the campus of Central Saint Martins, an art and design school in London, speculation rippled around the world — incorrectly — that he would soon be teaching there.Mon, 6 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42993http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/05/02/wdr-university-windsor-international-students-americans-tuition-cut.htmlSchool has 2,000 international students, just 82 are from the U.S.Fri, 3 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41947http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/lawrence-bacow-charles-l-miller-lecture.htmlFormer MIT chancellor examines rising costs, digital learning in Charles L. Miller Lecture.Fri, 3 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42271http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/may/02/ulu-faces-london-university-axeAs the axe hovers over ULU, its president, Michael Chessum, warns that university managers are turning campuses into corporate themeparks.Fri, 3 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41945http://www.ecampusnews.com/business-news/new-10-of-the-best-apple-and-android-apps-for-higher-education-in-2013/Two years ago we presented “10 of the best apps for higher education” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with new upgrades in touch technology, and the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and education reform in general, we’ve come up with a new list of the best Apple- and Android-based education apps for 2013.Fri, 3 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41948http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/152009-1.htmThe Chinese government will support about 50,000 international students in China in 2015, and the country will become the largest Asian destination for such students in 2020, high-level Chinese officials said on April 25.Thu, 2 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44232http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/05/01/former-professor-develops-new-model-for-higher-education/For Stephen Kosslyn Ph.D. ’74, moving from Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences to become the founding dean of the Minerva Project may offer a unique experience to redefine the collegiate experience.Thu, 2 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44233http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2013/05/01/news/doc5181869ae34ae883367508.txtA bill requiring the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the UConn Board of Trustees to complete studies comparing their administrators’ salaries to peer institutions in the U.S. passed the state House of Representatives Wednesday.Thu, 2 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44234http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10031303/Rise-in-arts-degrees-has-left-UK-with-major-skills-crisis.htmlToo many teenagers are being pushed into taking university courses because of Britain’s “snobbery” towards technical qualifications, a former Conservative education secretary has warned.Thu, 2 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44231http://chronicle.com/article/International-Students-Ask-Is/138755/It's decision time for Chinese students planning to study in the United States this fall, and Stacy Palestrant, an independent college counselor in Beijing, has been meeting these past few weeks with families weighing admissions offers. One issue raised again and again, says Ms. Palestrant, who advises students applying to top-flight American colleges, is, How safe will my child be studying in America?Wed, 1 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44217http://sundial.csun.edu/2013/04/obama-proposes-a-raise-for-higher-education-funding/In his education budget for fiscal year (FY) 2014-15, President Obama has requested almost $155 billion in federal student aid assistance, which includes certain higher education programs, a modest increase in the maximum Pell Grant award, campus-based aid and changes to loan interest rates and tax benefits.Wed, 1 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44218http://diverseeducation.com/article/53014/#In 1989, Dr. Michael Lomax made an unsuccessful attempt to run as a mayoral candidate in Atlanta. At that point, he had to make a decision about whether to pursue elected office again or determine if what he was attempting to accomplish as a politician could be achieved elsewhere. Motivated by a strong desire to effect change in the African-American community through education, along with an innate ability to lead, he redirected his professional conquests.Wed, 1 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44219http://newsok.com/university-of-oklahoma-president-guardedly-optimistic-about-higher-education-funding/article/3805043Although he is “guardedly optimistic” about budget talks in the Oklahoma Legislature, University of Oklahoma President David Boren painted a dire picture Tuesday of the state's long-term future if lawmakers don't make higher education a funding priority.Wed, 1 May 2013 16:00:00 UTCx44220http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/29/teacher-training-universities-schools-directThe illustrious secondary PGCE course at Cambridge University is one of those facing an uncertain future after the government's changes to teacher training.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41938http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/opens+door+more+aboriginal+doctors/8302702/story.htmlThe University of Calgary has seen a sharp increase in the number of aboriginal applicants offered coveted medical school spots since the school began a new initiative aimed at levelling the playing field.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41937http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/education/colleges-adapt-online-courses-to-ease-burden.html?ref=education&_r=0Dazzled by the potential of free online college classes, educators are now turning to the gritty task of harnessing online materials to meet the toughest challenges in American higher education: giving more students access to college, and helping them graduate on time.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx42596http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-29/mit-in-moscow-creates-sputnik-moments-for-300-million.htmlJust 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kremlin, rising from a field once used for agricultural experiments, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology will have a curriculum designed by MIT and financial backing from the Russian government, Bloomberg Markets will report in its June issue.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx41939http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2013/04/26/nl-kathy-dunderdale-abe-cna-faculty-426.htmlFaculty at the College of the North Atlantic have sent a letter to Newfoundland and Labrador's premier arguing against the privatization of adult basic education, although Kathy Dunderdale is not changing her mind.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx45457http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Universities+urged+focus+back+basic+research/8296357/story.htmlSaying Canada’s future in science and research is threatened, a national association representing academics has launched a campaign to “Get Science Right” in hopes of shaming the federal government into changing its science policy and funding formulas.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx45456http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/world/europe/portugals-education-system-faces-cuts.html?ref=educationIn Portugal and other nations in Europe, the battle lines are thickening around just how many more cuts to social benefits people will take, as their economies continue to shrink and social imbalances intensify. That has placed Portugal’s education system, which is already one of the weakest in Europe, squarely on the chopping block, intensifying calls by Mr. Reis and others to draw the line.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx45455http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/04/25/pei-internal-research-grant-cut.htmlThe University of Prince Edward Island says it has put its internal research grants on hiatus for the upcoming school year as it tries to cover a multi-million dollar budget shortfall.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 UTCx45454