Academics
Professors have outlawed laptops in classes at George Washington U, American U, the College of William and Mary and the U of Virginia claiming that the computers serve primarily as distractions to students.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Movers & Shakers
Greensboro College has named Lawrence Czarda as its 18th president.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Deals
Bloomberg News reports that ITT Educational Services may quickly generate a taxpayer-funded bonanza worth as much as $1 billion from the $20.8 million purchase of debt-ridden Daniel Webster College.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Academics
Philadelphia-area Holy Family and Arcadia universities will begin offering three-year degrees.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Potpourri
Stanford is looking into bringing back the ROTC 40 years after the program was forced off campus.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Research
Students from a consortium of Kentucky universities and California Polytechnic U built 2 spacecraft the size of a child's toy block that will be carried by a NASA rocket into sub-orbital flight on March 11.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Movers & Shakers
Israel's U.S. ambassador offered to return to the UC-Irvine where students interrupted his speech last month.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Research
U Of Michigan research shows that fast freezing cancerous tumors in mice kills the cancer and causes an immune system response that builds a natural barrier to recurrence.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Deals
U of South Carolina partnered with SunGard HE to use Banner solutions and services on 8 campuses for business processes, information tools and digital resources.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Research
Mayo Clinic doctors say a new form of CPR will save more lives than mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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