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The GAO recommended that Education officials reevaluate their official estimates of the time it takes for colleges to complete IPEDS surveys, communicate to a wider range of colleges the opportunites for training, and coordinate with education software providers to improve the quality and reliability of IPEDS reporting features.

Why is there so much faculty dissent nationwide about campus reorganization efforts—so much that proprietary organizations are now offering seminars on how to manage the damage control?

One answer is that change is difficult for anyone, but that seems to be especially true for academics whose training and professional lives are guided by decades-old traditions. Many faculty members find it difficult to imagine a way of doing things different from what they are accustomed to, despite the promised benefits of a reorganization.

Perhaps if, from the outset, more of us avoided a knee-jerk resistance to change and instead attempted to imagine the possibilities, there would be little need for campus unrest, no-confidence votes, or seminars on damage control.

Nardith's mom, Angelica, is a long-time client of EDAPROSPO, a local microfinance non-profit in Peru, and has built a successful combi (a bus-like taxi) business of her own. She makes enough money to take care of her family and save a little for the future. When Vittana and EDAPROSPO launched a brand-new college loan program for would-be Peruvian students back in July, Angelica jumped at the never-before-seen opportunity for her daughter. Nardith's loan was arranged and her profile appeared on Vittana. Then, because of 17 people around the world -- a mom in Norway, an MBA student in Boston, a banker in NYC, a professional poker player in Los Angeles, an engineer in Seattle, and many others -- who together lent her $700, Nardith was able to re-enroll in a nursing program

Employers are looking for candidates who can navigate, critically evaluate, and make sense of the wealth of information available through digital media—and now educators have a new way to determine a student’s baseline digital literacy with a certification exam that measures the test-taker’s ability to assess information, think critically, and perform a range of real-world tasks.

iCritical Thinking Certification, created by the Educational Testing Service and Certiport, reveals whether or not a person is able to combine technical skills with experiences and knowledge.

Monica Brooks, Marshall University’s assistant vice president for Information Technology: Online Learning and Libraries, said her school plans to use iCritical Thinking beginning in the fall.

The amount of time spent studying has fallen drastically among full-time students in all demographic groups, whether they work or not, at all types of four-year colleges, according to a report released on Thursday by the American Enterprise Institute.

they cater to students' preferences for leisure, the report says, a shift that may slow economic growth.

This publication is a pocket-sized compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The statistical highlights are excerpts from the Digest of Education of Statistics, 2009.

Richard Freeland, state commissioner of higher education, defends such partnerships, which have become a source of research funds for universities.

In California, another for-profit company, Kaplan University, has signed an agreement with the community college system to deliver general education courses online, said Peter Smith, Kaplan’s senior vice president for academic strategy and the former president of the Community College of Vermont.

Premise:  Learning communities or networks thrive because its members possess certain skills and capabilities.  Community members should be able to perform one or more of the five roles described in the table that follows.