Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
Arkansas Business
Connect Arkansas, an Arkansas private nonprofit created to enhance broadband access, received $2.08 million from the federal government for an accessibility mapping program.
Connect Arkansas, a member of Arkansas Capital Corporation, received the grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s State Broadband Data and Development program.
The nonprofit said the grant will help fund mapping [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
During the second day of the 2009 NSF EPSoR Annual Conference, Arkansas college students convened at the Doubletree hotel to take part in the annual poster competition highlighting summaries of their work to be judged by science specialists from across the state.
Later in the day, Governor Mike Beebe congratulated each of the winners, shaking hands [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
When: Saturday, November 1, 2009
Agency: Arkansas Department of Higher Education (Financial Aid)
What: Higher Education Opportunities Grant (Spring Term)
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
Inside Higher Ed
October 23, 2009
Today’s college graduates do not exhibit as much professionalism as their employers expect of them, according to a new study from York College of Pennsylvania.
As part of the small liberal arts college’s effort to rebrand itself as a place where “professionalism” is cultivated, its newly created Center for Professional Excellence [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Beckie Supiano
Even as tuition and fees increased last year, the amount students borrowed in private loans declined by almost 50 percent, according to the first widely accepted estimate of that drop, which was expected to be significant.
In 2008-9, lenders issued about $11.9-billion in education loans not backed by the federal [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Jennifer Ruark
Las Vegas
Now is an ideal time for colleges and universities to increase employee benefits, according to several administrators and consultants speaking here this week at the national meeting of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Had the bright Las Vegas lights and the ringing of nearby slot [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Katherine Mangan
Houston
At a time when finding a job, let alone a secure one, may seem like an elusive goal, a growing number of college students are turning to entrepreneurship to try to create their own. Hundreds of educators gathered at Rice University here over the weekend to discuss how best [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Jeremy Langley
Gov. Mike Beebe presents Claiborne Deming with the AAPU’s first Tip of the Spear Award. Also pictured are Elaine Deming and Dr. David Rankin
LITTLE ROCK (Friday, October 2, 2009) – More than 350 college
and university presidents, chancellors and other higher education officials joined Governor Mike Beebe in honoring Claiborne Deming with the first [...]
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