http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave News + opinions on higher ed. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:59:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just months away from budget approval season,  with rising costs and increased enrollment in mind, institutions have started to hire consultants to help college and university administrators identify where they can cut back -- for some, where they can save hundreds of millions of dollars. One of those consultants, Bain & ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/11/17/outsourcing-the-experts/ UWereGoodWhileULasted: College news aggregator UWire has officially terminated its service, which makes College Ave a very sad camper. The site was founded in founded in 1994, and since then has reposted content from more than 850 college media oulets, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Student editors ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/11/03/tech-tuesday-goodbyes-twitter-101/ ObjectsMusicians may be smaller larger than they appear: Music schools whose budget cuts has affected their ability to bring in performers for concerts and master classes may now be able to hold the same classes online with EchoDamp, a free software developed by the University of Southern California that promises ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/10/27/music-tech-tuesday/ I'm no crazy feminist, but I'm happy to take a moment to revel in some woman glory. Postsecondary Education Opportunity, which examines public policy on education, reported at a College Board forum this week that there are only 77 American men for every 100 American women enrolled in college. And for ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/10/25/hear-women-roar/ It might be time to take a cue from Canada: Hate on the country all you want, but it looks like they're doing something right. Enrollment figures collected by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada show that the number of full-time undergraduate students increased by more than 4 ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/10/25/sunday-roundup-o-canada-scary-suitemates/ An exciting page in New York state's budget saga: A proposal by Gov. David Paterson to cut aid to higher (and secondary) education. (Again!). Part of the governor's plan to reduce the state's $3 million deficit, he announced Wednesday, is to reduce spending -- apparently, by cutting $686 million in education aid ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/10/22/todays-genius-i-know-lets-cut-from-education/ As if TV On Demand wasn't enough: Harvard University is the most recent institution to start using the Espresso Book Machine, which prints any out-of-copyright book the university has digitized in about four minutes -- about the time it takes to make an espresso. The "ATM of books," made by the ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/09/22/tech-tuesdayespressos-and-changing-grades/ Happy Sunday! This is going to be a quick roundup. College Ave is on the road and heading back home to Ithaca tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. (College Ave needs some beauty sleep). Basically, it'll be a recap without my fun, witty, quirky interpretations. Tragic, I know. But I'll probably come back and ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/09/20/sunday-roundup-yo-money/ As if helping you catch the guy that stole your phone wasn't enough, now the iPhone can actually help you track cases of swine flu (and other infectious diseases). Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and the MIT Media Lab released the "Outbreaks Near Me" application Sept.1, combining the phone's GPS with ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/09/15/tech-tuesday-tracking-swine-flu/ Followers of College Ave might remember what I like to call the most recent “Israeli boycott mess” in May 2007, when the University and College Union (UCU), a 116,000-member organization of British academics, agreed to circulate a Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions for “information and discussion.” ... http://theithacan.org/blogs/collegeave/2009/09/13/sunday-roundup-israeli-boycott-round-2/