Recently added articles from University Business:
The faculty disconnect?(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Nov 01, 2009; ... WITH THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES hat have been introduced in higher education in the last decade we should be well on the way to realizing the ideal of the 21st century connected campus, right? Not so fast. Earlier this month at the EDUCAUSE conference in Denver, CDW-G ...
H1N1 update: prescriptions for prevention: colleges and universities turn to food delivery, quarantine to serve ill students.(BEHIND the NEWS)
Nov 01, 2009; ... WITH FLU SEASON UNDER WAY AND H1N1 STILL A prevalent concern, administrators are implementing policies and procedures--covering areas from housing and dining to health services and class attendance--to help prevent and manage its spread. A modular clinic adjacent to Oregon State ...
UW strengthens study abroad policies.(BEHIND the NEWS)(University of Washington)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SPOKESMAN Norm Arkans is quick to explain that study abroad policy changes were in the works tong before student Amanda Knox's trial for the murder of her roommate in Perugia, Italy, which began early this year. The new guidelines result from problems ...
Community college grads and economic mobility.(BEHIND the NEWS)
Nov 01, 2009; ... IT IS A TRUISM THAT EARNING A COLLEGE degree will increase a person's chances of moving up the economic ladder. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, earning a BA quadruples the chance that a child born at the bottom of the income scale will move to the top. But does the same hold true ...
Working the wind.(BEHIND the NEWS)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... WIND POWER IS CLEAN AND GREEN BUT NOT widespread. Most turbine installations on college campuses involve an electric provider leasing [and, or one or two turbines that belong to a community college for job training purposes. Quinnipiac University (Conn.) has broken the trend with 25 ...