Since the early days of ipod, educators have explored ways to use it educationally. Stanford was the first to officially strike a deal to put content on the itune store while Duke made headlines with its gift of ipods to all freshmen. Now Itunes U is a deadicated space on itunes for educational podcasts and [...]

Michelle Close over at Welkerwikinomics shares a recent conversation he had with his student around the difference between colleges and universities in the US. In the rest of the world colleges generally aim to fill the role of technical and skill training whereas universities are more academic focused and where you earn a bachelor degree. [...]

Oops. That is the bottom line for USNW Singapore venture closing after one year, with 150 students left out in the cold. The investment just did not come through and UNSW decided to cut their losses. Full story here.

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Video game design as a college major?  It’s yet another sign of the
coming of the apocalypse.  Schools of higher learning are simply
cashing in on a fad that is destructive to society.
So says Ted Rueter of Depauw University in an Op-Ed piece of the Bloomington Herald-times a couple of years ago. Time for Ted to read [...]

Not quite ready for college?
Your grads in high school were not quite what they could have been?
Want to live the glory days of high school again (but away from your parents this time)?
There are many reasons to consider doing a post grad year, and if you are thinking of doing so here are a few [...]

Everyday courage goes unrewarded all too often these days. I am talking about the simple courage of acting ethically, acting with integrity, standing up for a higher ideal, even when it could hurt you. Today I wish to turn my focus to 12 colleges who have led the charge for reform of the US news [...]

Oh, do I have a lot to say about rankings. My last tip actually ranked undergraduate origins for PhD students. I have criticized USNEWS and created my own ranking for test driving a college. My complaint echoes many others: Rankings are not measure of quality. That said, they can hint at it. Take for example, [...]

About to graduate and not got a home for the fall? Check out NACAC’s space availability survey.

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so says Joshua Billings, Harvard alum who is off to Oxford this fall. He goes on to explain in a New York Times article that “You go to a liberal arts college for the teaching. You come to Harvard to be around some of the greatest minds on earth.” That students are not be satisfied [...]

By smarter, I mean long term, as in graduate school. The simple fact is the majority of students reading this blog will go to grad school. That is a given. True, if you go to any accredited institution you will be eligible to apply for grad school. Do well there and get good recs and [...]