I know that many institutions are filled to the brim with students. That is normally great news but it is tempered as most schools are getting paid less per student from governments and other funding sources. This Inside Higher Ed Quick Takes, Impact of Scholarships on Community College Students caught my attention. The study indicates [...]
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Episode 5 – Oops we lost your data
April 2nd, 2010 
nicole 
For the week of March 27th, 2010:
3.3 million students have their loan and personal information stolen. Reported on ABCNews.com on March 26, 2010. Here is a link to the company’s website with more information if you believe you are one of the people effected.
From NewYorkTimes.com on March 30, 2010 Debt for many states is growing too big to camouflage.
iPads for everyone! Wired Campus of The Chronicle on March 30, 2010.
Is this a word of caution about e-textbooks? A study done at Arizona State University looks into print versus electronic (with a very small sample size). Published in The Chronicle on March 26, 2010.
Schools working hard to make first generation students successful. They are doing it in different manners. USAToday.com took a look on 3/30/10
A great article in the March edition of Inc magazine discussing some great startups from college students.
Evolve or Die OR Adapt or Decline from Inside Higher Ed on March 26, 2010.
School breaks with years of traditions and plays the national anthem before a baseball game from New York Times on March 25, 2010.
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1 Comment »Episode 4 for the Week of March 20th 2010
March 27th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Riding the health-care wave, the house has approved changes in financial aid. The bill rewrites a four-decades-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need. Reported in USA Today on [...]
Posted in Podcast Tags: Datatel Users Group, Evoke, higher education, ipad, iphone, national broadband plan, pell grant, slideshare, student loan bill, SXSW, Ted, wikipedia No Comments »Episode 3 for the Week of March 13th 2010
March 19th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Student loan reform bill still has not passed, however the Pell Grant funding will need to be addressed very soon. For great updates on the bill status visit HigherEd Watch Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday that Chase, the 2009′s fifth largest student lender, announced they were pulling out of [...]
Episode 2 for the week of March 6th 2010
March 12th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Leading off the show we discuss an interesting article that discusses the historical costs of higher education and some suggested solution on how to help students with costs in the future. From the New York Times an article discussing how the House Democrats are desperately trying to prevent another of [...]
Episode 1 for the week of Feb 27th 2010
March 5th, 2010 nicole 
In the news this week: We start off this week following up a story we discussed last week. The pre-protest for the March 4th event turns ugly in CA. Protesting across the country from students & faculty on March 4, 2010 The State House of Representatives have proposed channeling the mandatory fees students pay each [...]
Posted in Podcast Tags: Educause, Facebook, higher education, iphone, protest, StraightLine, tuition free, twitter No Comments »Pilot Episode for the week of Feb 20th 2010
February 26th, 2010 nicole 
In our pilot episode of the Higher Ed Review, Joe, Jay & Nicole discuss: Students Hold Funeral for Higher Education in Denver, CO. Students are trying to rally together for a massive protest on March 3. As well as another (separate) protest on March 4th in California Students Launch Protest of AT&T Coverage From Financial [...]
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