College, Inc.: Facilities


Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 12/29/2011

Guest post: Should St. Mary’s compensate ship-bound students?
By Daniel de Vise
A St. Mary’s College student says many classmates saw their grades slip during a semester on a cruise ship.

By Daniel de Vise  |  01:00 PM ET, 12/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities, Students | Tags:  St. Mary's College of Maryland

Posted at 06:46 PM ET, 11/01/2011

Floating dorm at St. Mary’s College could taint local oysters
By Daniel de Vise
State agency orders halt to local oyster harvest until the students vacate the cruise ship.

By Daniel de Vise  |  06:46 PM ET, 11/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Facilities, Students | Tags:  St. Mary's College of Maryland

Posted at 01:14 PM ET, 11/01/2011

All aboard: St. Mary’s ship finally comes in
By Daniel de Vise
Students displaced from two residence halls by a mold outbreak are being relocated to a cruise ship. Today, after much delay, they board.

By Daniel de Vise  |  01:14 PM ET, 11/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Facilities, Students | Tags:  highered

Posted at 10:14 AM ET, 10/26/2011

St. Mary’s College to put displaced students on a cruise ship
By Daniel de Vise
An outbreak of mold at St. Mary’s College of Maryland left nowhere to house students. Then an alumnus of the sailing-intensive school had an idea: Put them on a cruise ship.

By Daniel de Vise  |  10:14 AM ET, 10/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities, Students

Posted at 11:27 AM ET, 10/13/2011

Burst water pipe at Gallaudet displaces hundreds
By Daniel de Vise
Most students have since returned to Benson Hall dorm; concern now turns to potential mold and carpet removal.

By Daniel de Vise  |  11:27 AM ET, 10/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities, Public safety, Students | Tags:  Gallaudet University

Posted at 12:08 PM ET, 09/14/2011

U-Md. plans to build first major classroom facility in decades
By Daniel de Vise
A $10 million gift from a Baltimore developer will enable the University of Maryland to build a “world-class teaching and learning center.”

By Daniel de Vise  |  12:08 PM ET, 09/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Facilities, Development | Tags:  University of Maryland

Posted at 01:13 PM ET, 09/09/2011

Guest post: 10 challenges for college presidents in 2011-12
By Daniel de Vise
Lipscomb President L, Randolph Lowry says college leaders should embrace the “new normal”.

By Daniel de Vise  |  01:13 PM ET, 09/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities, Finance, Public policy

Posted at 01:14 PM ET, 08/31/2011

Why is Northwestern University teaching journalism in Qatar?
By Daniel de Vise
It seems like a rather random choice for a Midwestern university’s first overseas satellite communications campus. But the ascendant institution has its reasons.

By Daniel de Vise  |  01:14 PM ET, 08/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Facilities, Pedagogy | Tags:  international education

Posted at 08:57 AM ET, 08/11/2011

Washington and Lee installs Virginia’s largest solar power source
By Daniel de Vise
Kenneth P. Ruscio, president of Washington and Lee University, recently announced the school will install Virginia’s largest solar energy system .

By Daniel de Vise  |  08:57 AM ET, 08/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities, Public policy, Sustainability | Tags:  Washington and Lee University

Posted at 11:33 AM ET, 04/27/2011

UDC spent nearly $500,000 on Sessoms’s residence
By Daniel de Vise
Much of the money went to repairing a retaining wall and fixing water damage from a significant roof leak, according to university officials. President Allen Sessoms lives there but doesn’t own the property.

By Daniel de Vise  |  11:33 AM ET, 04/27/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Administration, Facilities | Tags:  University of the District of Columbia, college presidents

Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 04/08/2011

Naval Academy would lose half its faculty in a shutdown
By Daniel de Vise
More than half of faculty at service academy are civilians and would be off the clock in a government shutdown. Military subs are standing by.

By Daniel de Vise  |  06:35 PM ET, 04/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Facilities, Public policy, Public policy | Tags:  U.S. Naval Academy