An intimate look at a group of elite Beijing high-school students reveals how China's schooling system is one of the resurgent nation's greatest strengths--and biggest weaknesses.READ»
An edupunk is someone who doesn’t want to play by the old college rules. Maybe you’re in a remote location. Maybe you have a family, a job, or other responsibilities and you can’t take on life as a full-time student. Maybe you love new technology and new ways of learning. In any case, you need to know how to play the system. READ»
Post quake, Google finds its place in Japan. "Hey, I'm a Mac, I'm off to college!" New investment puts Twitter at $8 billion. This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.READ»
A new study of people aged 18-34 published in the journal Social Science Research could have been co-authored by Sallie Mae and Citibank's PR departments. The study found indebtedness had a positive correlation with feelings of ...READ»
At the Venture Capital in Education Summit yesterday, Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton, announced the first big partnerships that will have tens of thousands of students trying the adaptive learning platform he's been building for the past five years. READ»
Student-life professionals regularly face the challenge of doing more with less. Over the past two decades, state-provided revenues for public institutions have steadily declined, while operating costs have increased. More often than ...READ»
It's a heartening example of government working for you--if "you" means a team of lobbyists. Shares of Apollo Group (Phoenix U), the Washington Post Co (Kaplan U), and other publicly traded for-profit colleges rose sharply yesterday ...READ»
It sounds like a reality show pitch: The legendary Facebook investor, PayPal founder, and thorn in the side of college deans everywhere announces what happens when 24 people, picked to live among mentors and innovation experts, stop going to school and start getting real--in business. READ»
One of the problems in business today is that college graduates trained in a single professional discipline (i.e. design, engineering or business) end up graduating as domain experts but with little experience working across multiple disciplines.READ»
America loves its college football, even if we'd like to throw a gazillion penalty flags at the Bowl Championship Series. Here's a look at the business of the BCS, bowl season, and college football, by the numbers.READ»
One of the more charming parts of today's Google Voice phone calling announcement is the unveiling of a few promotional, British-style phone booths. The twist: They're totally free.READ»
Thinking about going back to school for a new career? It's a tempting option during tough economic times. But if your career path doesn’t work out as planned, your resulting debts may end up limiting your options instead of widening ...READ»
First year students at Seton Hill University will allegedly receive both a 13-inch MacBook Pro and an iPad starting in Fall 2010, thus becoming the most jealousy-inducing college in the country. Or this is a cruel April Fools joke.READ»
