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Mole, Beth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
When Brad R. Simpson visited the University of Connecticut for a job interview in February, he was struck by a vibe that he finds increasingly rare on college campuses. People, he says, were optimistic. At a time when he encounters many demoralized professors, as campuses across the nation slash budgets and freeze hiring, the University of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personnel Selection, Campuses, Faculty Development
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Two years ago, the only historically black medical school west of the Mississippi faced a grim prognosis after county officials pulled the plug on its relationship with a troubled hospital. Today the medical school that has reportedly trained about a third of Los Angeles County's black and Hispanic physicians is back on its feet and planning an…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Black Colleges, Educational Development, Educational Administration
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Five academics from around the world plan to open a new kind of online university early next year, built upon professor star power and students learning from one another through online social tools. The teachers will be volunteers, the courses will cost next to nothing, and no official credit will be given. The organizers call it P2P University…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Peer Teaching, Performance Factors, Noncredit Courses
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that last month at the NASA-Ames Research Center, a group of top scientists and business leaders gathered to plan a new university devoted to the idea that computers will soon become smarter than people. The details of Singularity University, as the new institution will be called, are still being worked out--and so far the…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Human Factors Engineering, Cybernetics, Computer Science Education
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
This article reports on the expansion of global-health programs in the U.S. as universities respond to rising donations and student interest. New York University, which started its program last year, is one of a growing number of universities that are responding to a surge in student demand for courses and programs in world health. NYU's students,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Health Programs, Student Interests, Public Health
Lindow, Megan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports on new programs that focus on training skilled scientists and mathematicians who will help solve Africa's myriad problems. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, in Cape Town, South Africa, offers one of the first working examples of a growing effort to develop a cadre of highly trained, practically minded scientists…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Scientists
Kigotho, Wachira – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
This article talks about serious financial problems faced by the African Virtual University, the continent's largest online institution, forcing it to accelerate a major restructuring. The university was established in 1997 by the World Bank as a link between foreign and African institutions, and has been impeded by insufficient funds. As a…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Financial Problems, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries