DecisionView Launches Quarterly Report On Clinical Trial Enrollment Benchmarks
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
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DecisionView today announced the release of the inaugural issue of the DecisionView Enrollment Optimization Report – a cross-industry analysis of real-world enrollment performance using data aggregated from the company's customers.
Hyland Software Partners with CollegeSource, Expands OnBase Transfer Credit Evaluation Solution
CLEVELAND, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's economic climate finds most campuses with fewer enrollment staff to effectively manage admissions processes. At the same time, more transfer students arrive with previous college credit ready to complete their degree, hoping they won't have to repeat a class.
Students at the Center Project Refocuses Reform Debate on Meeting Individual Needs to Meet Higher Standards
Nine Research Teams Explore How Students Learn Best—Papers on Teaching; School Districts; and the Brain Released Today
BOSTON, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cutting-edge research shows that adapting K-12 classrooms to individual interests, needs, and strengths is essential to maximizing each student's learning and improving schools, according to an ambitious new interdisciplinary project, Students at the Center: Teaching and Learning in the Era of the Common Core.
New Study From the Kellogg School of Management: College Culture Contributes to 'Academic Disadvantage' for First-Generation Students
EVANSTON, Ill., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A college education is traditionally viewed as the great leveler in American society – an engine of social mobility that provides equal opportunities to all students.
NCORE to Celebrate 25 Years of Addressing Race, Social Justice Challenges and Access in Higher Education
NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading experts from across the United States will come together to discuss race, social justice challenges and access in American higher education at the 25th anniversary of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), held May 29 to June 2 in New York City.
Tegrity and the Center for Digital Education Report on Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Deploying Lecture Capture in Postsecondary Institutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of the recent U.S. economic downturn, higher education institutions have experienced a steep decline in the amount of government funding that is available to support operations and investment.
Pennsylvania Governor Appoints Penn Foster's CEO Frank F. Britt to Higher Education Advisory Panel
SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn Foster, Inc., one of the largest online learning institutions in the world, today announced that its CEO, Frank F. Britt, was selected to serve on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's Higher Education Advisory Panel.
The 30-member panel was created to make recommendations on how to make higher education accessible and affordable to the students and taxpayers of Pennsylvania.
Editorial: Tuition bill poses danger to higher education
Sometimes, you get the feeling that some Georgia lawmakers would rather be serving on the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, the 18-member body that oversees the state's 35 institutions of higher education.
Allan W. Barber: State must fund higher education
The Council of the University of Georgia Retirees Association understands the severity of the economic conditions facing our state and appreciates the magnitude of the task before the governor and the legislature in balancing the state budget.
Editorial: Higher-education meddling ill-advised
It's becoming distressingly clear that one of the problems with the Georgia General Assembly is that too many of this state's legislators really would rather be members of the University System Board of Regents, judging from their all-too-frequent attempts to assert their will over higher education in this state.
Public vs private debate not unique to Georgia
The debate that has caught fire in Georgia between public and private schools does not end at the state's borders.
Domination last season revs up private-vs-public debate
A debate that has long existed between public schools and private schools in Georgia has grown to a fever pitch with the completion of the 2008-2009 school year. And that debate seems to have little, if any, middle ground.
Private schools continuing battle to join UIL for competitions
AUSTIN (AP) - After years of being defeated in courtrooms and the state Capitol, some Texas private schools are still trying to get into the league for public school sports and academic competition.
