A new book, Higher Education by Andrew Harker, is generating some intense discussion. As part of the research for the book, they have generated an interesting list of colleges where great teaching is happening:
As we traveled around the country researching our book, we, in fact, found some colleges that we thought were doing their job [...]

20 Million downloads at itunes U:

This impressive feet includes:

2,085,500 downloads
over 2,286,704 visitors downloaded files
currently averaging* 491,000 downloads a week
89.3% of visitors from outside the United Kingdom
1 in 16.5 downloaders go on to visit the OU website (to 30 June 2010)
314 albums containing 2,727 tracks (1,231 audio, 1,496 video)
250 of the albums contain audio visual material [...]

Today I gave a workshop on using personality testing in the college search process. The site we used:
Shanghai American School Guidance website.
Some great books on personality profiles (some college or career specific):

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Minnesota is leading the way of embedding online courses as part and parcel of the education experience in public education:

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Inside Higher education has a very detailed commentary on the push for online.

Why not?
Bryn Mawr has a great video on “why choose a woman’s college?”
Woman’s colleges offer a powerful and unique educational opportunities:
A women’s college is a sanctuary where intellectual, spiritual and cultural advancement is nurtured. It’s a place where the age old adage “It’s [...]

Go figure: Young people care about the environment (consumer habits not withstanding). The Princeton Review now offers, for free, a guide to colleges. Download The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges*Part 1 |  Part 2 |  Part 3 |  Part 4

With 286 colleges profiled, you can get a quick look into how colleges make green contributions. Here is an [...]

Why not?
It seems like everyone has China on the mind–what with 10% growth, the Olympics, the longest subway lines in the world and now the World’s expo, not to mention, food, pandas, walls and more. I have often beedasked about earning a degree in English in China, but honestly have had little luck finding more [...]

The Washington Post carried a post 1 in fifty students in the USA applied to Harvard. Someone else recalcualted, removing international applicants etc. They figure one in sixty. Why?

Students

Total

Applicants
29,114

Admitted
2,175

Anticipated Matriculants
1,665

Yield
76.5%

With an admit rate below 7 percent, the vast majority of students having simply superalitive qualifications, why do sooooo many students choose to apply to Harvard [...]

File this under “who knew?”
Poland is emerging as a fairly significant player as a higher education destination. Apparently there are now 76 Bachelor’s Degree programs in 23 institutions. AT only 2000 euro a year for tuition and approximately 400 Euro a month expenses, Poland has priced itself at best value end of the continuum.
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Did you know, Students with disabilities are protected by law in Canada? Pretty good eh? All universities will provide some sort of support for students with learning disabilities.A wonderful resource to get you started is Youth 2 Youth, a clearing house of information including University readiness checklists.  To find the link to a specific universities [...]