Higher Ed Review

For the week of April 3rd, 2010: The iPad is here and so are the apps for education. We discuss apps used for preparing for driving tests, explaining complex medical terms, this day in history, dictionaries, and visualizing the planets It looks like more institutions are asking the question about giving away iPads and other mobile technology. The story appears on Inside Higher Ed.com on April 5, 2010. "Study buddies" & TeacherMates are becoming more popular in school. Even the use of the Nintendo DS is becoming widely used in Japanese schools. James Kohlhaas, a developer from Datatel, recently won the Microsoft KODU programming contest for his application on Xbox live. More info about Kodu development platform. The USA Today on March 30th, 2010 took a closer look at the recent changes to student loans. Students at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles got a grade bump for every grade for every student. Inside Higher Ed reports on this mass grade change on April 2, 2010. Knox College in Galesburg Illinois is the Butler of commencements speakers. The New York Times explored their impressive roster in an April 4, 2010 article.

For the week of March 27th, 2010: 3.3 million students have their loan and personal information stolen. Reported on ABCNews.com on March 26, 2010. Here is a link to the company's website with more information if you believe you are one of the people effected. From NewYorkTimes.com on March 30, 2010 Debt for many states is growing too big to camouflage. iPads for everyone! Wired Campus of The Chronicle on March 30, 2010. Is this a word of caution about e-textbooks? A study done at Arizona State University looks into print versus electronic (with a very small sample size). Published in The Chronicle on March 26, 2010. Schools working hard to make first generation students successful. They are doing it in different manners. USAToday.com took a look on 3/30/10 A great article in the March edition of Inc magazine discussing some great startups from college students. Evolve or Die OR Adapt or Decline from Inside Higher Ed on March 26, 2010. School breaks with years of traditions and plays the national anthem before a baseball game from New York Times on March 25, 2010.

Recapping the news this week: Riding the health-care wave, the house has approved changes in financial aid. The bill rewrites a four-decades-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need. Reported in USA Today on [...]

Recapping the news this week: Student loan reform bill still has not passed, however the Pell Grant funding will need to be addressed very soon. For great updates on the bill status visit HigherEd Watch Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday that Chase, the 2009′s fifth largest student lender, announced they were pulling out of [...]

Recapping the news this week: Leading off the show we discuss an interesting article that discusses the historical costs of higher education and some suggested solution on how to help students with costs in the future. From the New York Times an article discussing how the House Democrats are desperately trying to prevent another of [...]

In the news this week: We start off this week following up a story we discussed last week. The pre-protest for the March 4th event turns ugly in CA. Protesting across the country from students & faculty on March 4, 2010 The State House of Representatives have proposed channeling the mandatory fees students pay each [...]

In our pilot episode of the Higher Ed Review, Joe, Jay & Nicole discuss: Students Hold Funeral for Higher Education in Denver, CO. Students are trying to rally together for a massive protest on March 3.  As well as another (separate) protest on March 4th in California Students Launch Protest of AT&T Coverage From Financial [...]