College News and Education Headlines

American Council on Education

News from within the higher education industry

• Associations Urge Senators to Support Senate Patent Reform Amendment
• Video: Serving Those Who Serve, Featuring an Address by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki
• Bob Suzuki Receives Distinguished Honor for His Commitment to Advancing Diversity in Higher Education
• ACE Recognizes Judith Leffler as Adult Learner of the Year
• Video: Jack Dorsey, Co-founder and Chairman of Twitter: The Real-time Value of Twitter @ U.S. Higher Education
• Video: The 2010 Robert H. Atwell Lecture by Eduardo J. Padrxf3;n, President of Miami Dade College
• Video: Accelerating Postsecondary Completion by Hilary Pennington of the Bill amp; Melinda Gates Foundation
• NYU President John Sexton Becomes New Board Chair of American Council on Education
• 2010 ACE Annual Meeting in the News
• Marvalene Hughes and Steven Joel Trachtenberg Receive 2010 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentorapos;s Award

Online College Headlines

Distance learning and online program news

• Research Areas in Distance Education: A Delphi Study
• Attrition in Online and Campus Degree Programs
• Online Learner Authentication: Verifying the Identity of Online Users
• An Exploratory Study into the Efficacy of Learning Objects
• Assessing the relationship of student-instructor and student-student interaction to student learning and satisfaction in Web-based Online Learning Environment
• Appellate Court Overturns Blackboard Patent; Blackboard To Press On
• Mergers could save NY $133M
• Top-Ten IT Issues, 2009
• 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging
• How IBM Plans to Win Jeopardy!

The Washington Post: College and Education News

• A female football coach? The big deal is that some people still think it's one
• D.C police launch criminal investigation into death of 2-year-old
• Record number of families took part in D.C. schools lottery
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• D.C. Ward 6 parents seek new options for middle school
• Alexandria's T.C. Williams High called poor performer
• Head of Washington's Catholic schools to lead Boston College center
• Montgomery schools plan for further budget cuts
• Rise in Washington area unemployment seen as good sign for economy's recovery
• Booklet aims to educate on history of D.C. school names

The Los Angeles Times: College and Education News

• Minneapolis schools on lockdown for 2nd day
• New national math, English standards drafted
• Homeowner fights final battle to save his home
• L.A. college board to name inspector general
• Federal agency to investigate L.A. schools
• Santa Monica-Malibu schools going mail-in route for parcel tax election
• As LAUSD tightens belt, 'green' resolution helps trim water, energy costs
• Rallies to focus on cutbacks in education
• An icy trek warms students to the possibilities
• Seasonal affective disorder increasingly a workplace issue