College Inc. Archive: Facilities
25 ways to reduce the cost of college
The Center for College Affordability and Productivity has been periodically releasing bits and pieces of what will be a book-length compendium of 25 proposals to reduce the cost of college. Much of it is now available online. I guess the...
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Daniel de Vise
| December 2, 2010; 1:35 PM ET |
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UDC opens new community college headquarters
The District's first freestanding community college, the Community College of DC, officially opens Thursday afternoon in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new headquarters at 801 N. Capitol St. NE. President Allen Sessoms appears to be on schedule in opening the...
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Daniel de Vise
| October 14, 2010; 2:48 PM ET |
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NYU comes to D.C.
New York University breaks ground today on a new District facility that will be the university's first "Study Away" site in the country -- essentially a domestic counterpart to study abroad. The Constance Milstein and Family Academic Center, a 12-story...
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Daniel de Vise
| September 20, 2010; 11:13 AM ET |
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The best D.C.-area colleges to work for
A report out Monday from the Chronicle of Higher Education lists 97 "Great Colleges to Work For," including a handful in the Washington region. The Chronicle's third annual report is based on a survey of 43,000 employees at 275 campuses....
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Daniel de Vise
| July 26, 2010; 11:23 AM ET |
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Is the future of higher ed in Fayette, Iowa?
Today's guest blogger is Dr. Alan Walker, president of Upper Iowa University. Upper Iowa enrolls 900 students on its Fayette campus and several thousand more in distance education, online and independent study. In that sense, the college and its president...
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Daniel de Vise
| May 21, 2010; 5:03 PM ET |
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A seven-figure gift from an online student
An Arizona businessman has donated $4 million to a university where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees entirely online. That must be some sort of a record; it's certainly the largest single gift in the history of Saint Leo University,...
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Daniel de Vise
| April 27, 2010; 5:22 PM ET |
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Facilities, Finance, Online
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