The HigherEdMorning Monday Round-Up – 2/1/2010
January 29, 2010 by StaffPosted in: Uncategorized
For this week’s HigherEdMorning Monday Round-Up we spent our weekend browsing the Web for the latest education news – so you don’t have to!
Below we’ve listed some of the more recent HigherEd stories to hit the newswire.
Those darned kids! How to REALLY work with Millennials in HigherEd
In this study, EduCause focuses on the best ways to keep our newest generations engaged (i.e. off their cell phones) in the classroom.
Cornell University: The most bizarre Ivy of them all
And you thought your alma mater was weird! Some of Cornell’s best-kept secrets finally come to light in this article.
The Washington Post brings you the five biggest blind spots facing higher education today.
College ‘gender gap’ favoring women stops growing
Since 1978 the gender cap in U.S. colleges has been growing, but today it finally seems to be leveling off.
University debt jumped 54% as endowments tumbled in fiscal 2009
Eroding endowments can cause any school financial pain. How did your university do in 2009?



February 1st, 2010 at 11:53 am
You write:Those darned kids! How to REALLY work with Millennials in HigherEd
In this study, EduCause focuses on the best ways to keep our newest generations engaged (i.e. off their cell phones) in the classroom.
An article from 2003 on the “newest generation”? Really?
February 1st, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I just said the same thing. Here I am thinking Diane Oblinger is updating some older content. 7yrs is a long time to focus on the “newest generation”!