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Daily Digest - Sept. 25, 2013

By on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 10:15am

Today's Daily Digest, compiled and distributed by the OH-TECH Policy and Communications Team, includes news summaries on topics related to areas of consortium interest. Today's posts focus on growth of a Central Ohio community college, Columbus State, which also received funding for a career training program in conjunction with Cincinnati State. We also have articles featuring NASA's supercomputer focusing on climate conditions, information on faculty at Wright State University receiving tenure, a new Mitsubishi Training Center, technology revamping in area libraries, and the Ohio Third Frontier!

Daily Digest - Sept. 23, 2013

By on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:15am

The first daily digest of this week features articles about the relationship between employers and community-college graduates, GM working to consolidate in order to save on energy consumption, suspension of specific federal tests in the 2013-14 school year for students taking mathematicsa nd English/language arts, an NIST award for manufacturing research, Ohio STEM job increase, and the University of Toledo's online education portfolio

Daily Digest - Sept. 20, 2013

By on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 10:15am

The final Daily Digest of this week includes articles from a variety of sources about overcoming educational technology challenges in rural areas, the Massive Open Online Course industry, NASA research efforts with 3D printing, Ohio colleges and job training, reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and rural southern Ohio school districts catering toward international students. We also have articles about further STEM efforts in universities and middle schools catered toward females along with an article about a new manufacturing center at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. 

Daily Digest - Sept. 19, 2013

By on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:10am

The daily digest for today is an assortment of articles on the subjects of supercomputing, education, and shale energy. The articles feature the development of a faster and low-energy supercomputer, the shale industry booming Ohio's economy, the need for more well-rounded college graduates, California's college system seeking creative commons licenses, and the University of Wisconsin working to protect its researchers' published work. 

Daily Digest - Sept. 18, 2013

By on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 10:15am (updated Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 3:02pm)
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The daily digest for this Wednesday features articles featuring issues regarding lack of braodband in school districts, manufacturing jobs and the skills gap in Northeast Ohio, female engineers, Ohio report card grades being linked to poverty, resourcing of school libraries to improve literacy rates, the debate over whether state funds should go toward online classes or not. We also have an article featuring graduates in Ohio, during the 2008 recession, and how they were able to find work despite the looming economy.

Daily Digest - Sept. 17, 2013

By on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 10:15am
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Today's Daily Digest includes articles about emerging markets in the EU causing apps related jobs to move overseas, Ohio school funding and academic advancement, technical colleges in Texas revolving around state funding, a new manufacturing technology education collaborative, and online filters blocking educational sites

Daily Digest - Sept. 16, 2013

By on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 10:45am (updated Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 3:03pm)
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Today's Daily Digest features news stories on topics related to our consortium's current interests. This morning's articles revolve around an assortment of topics: the cost of higher education, the expansion of Massive Open Online Courses, college completion, cloud computing, gender disparities in manufacturing careers, and library technology! 

Daily Digest - Sept. 12, 2013

By on Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 9:00am (updated Friday, September 13, 2013 - 10:42am)
Daily Digest

Our first Daily Digest, compiled and distributed by the OH-TECH Policy and Communications Team, includes news summaries on topics related to areas of consortium interest. Today's posts focus on workforce development, supercomputing, expansion of the Dayton reserarch network, sequester strains on scientific research and more.