The California Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), chaired by Assembly Member Ricardo Lara (D – Bell Gardens), will hold a hearing today to investigate the high cost of college textbooks and the potential for e-textbooks to cut costs and increase access to higher education. Textbook prices have increased considerably over the last four years, at [...]
Education researchers and policy experts Mark Berends, Laura S. Hamilton, Luis A. Huerta, and Ron W. Zimmer have been appointed as incoming editors of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA). Beginning with the 2013 volume year, the team of scholars will serve as editors for a three-year term. EEPA, a multidisciplinary policy journal that focuses [...]
Companies need to change their approach to innovation to compete with the rapid-pace of business growth in Asia. Many corporate institutions see it as something theoretical and elusive, a job only for those in R&D and product development. Instead, they should be ensuring that everyone — from leaders to front-line employees — plays a role in [...]
The Playing for Peace initiative, “Stay with Sudan: Build a Future,” aims to harness the power of college athletics to shine a light on the Sudanese people, who remain at risk for violence, hunger and displacement. The undertaking is co-sponsored by the Villanova University Partnership with CRS, the Villanova University and Seton Hall University athletic [...]
Texas Instruments will highlight at the BETT Show 2012 all-new, lamp-free projection solutions from BenQ and Optoma, each powered by award-winning DLP technology and ready to enhance learning experiences in today’s classrooms. By utilizing lamp-free illumination, such as LEDs and lasers, versus traditional bulbs, the projectors can offer high quality imaging and enough brightness (approximately [...]
ChinaCast Education Corporation announced today that Glass Lewis & Co, an independent proxy advisory firm recommends that ChinaCast shareholders vote for all nominees on management’s BLUE proxy card at the Company’s upcoming Annual Meeting. In its analysis, Glass Lewis notes that shareholder return and operating performance have compared reasonably or favorably with that of its [...]
Full Sail University has incorporated Tour-Smart, by Martin Atkins, into its curriculum. Martin Atkins is an instructor in the Entertainment & Media Business (EMB) program at Madison Media Institute. He leads courses on Touring, Advanced Entrepreneurship, Artist and Event Management, and Online Marketing. Atkins wrote his book Tour:Smart in 2007 and has since spoken around [...]
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) has given recognition to Kiewit Building Group for construction excellence on two important building projects. Kiewit Building Group received a 2011 Build Nebraska Award from the Associated General Contractors for its successful execution in constructing UNO’s Mammel Hall. (Photo: Business Wire) The construction of University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Mammel Hall won [...]
For the second straight year, law enforcement fatalities nationwide rose sharply with 173 federal, state and local officers killed in the line of duty during 2011, according to preliminary data compiled and released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. This represents a 13 percent increase over the 153 officers killed in 2010 [...]
Utica College’s highly acclaimed Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (PPtDPT) program is expanding its opportunities as the college moves the program’s residency to Sarasota, Florida next month. The unique program, designed specifically for licensed physical therapy professionals seeking a doctoral degree, features coursework delivered via a convenient online format, with a single residency component traditionally [...]
