Oracle makes 'big data' push even bigger (PC World): Oracle increases its efforts in research into big data with the release of new products and enhancements to current ones, hoping to allow consumers to analyze massive amoutns of information for business insights and further investment in Oracle's products.
NASA FY 2013 Operating Plan (American Institute of Physics): NASA's recently released FY 2013 Operating Plan that provides final numbers for the mandatory reductions for this upcoming budget. The plan gives an overview of the total operating budget but then gives an outline of various departments in science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, and more.
Miami U. pushes into online learning (Cincinnati News): Miami University explores the option of investing $3.5 million into developing new online courses with the hope of earning back the money within the next six years and earning profit over the next decade.
Florida State Colleges Drop Remedial Class Requirements, Make It Easier For Strugglers (Huffington Post): Colleges in Florida State look to drop requirements for remedial level courses in hopes of opening more doors to students entering college. These remedial requirements formerly required new students to have certain skill levels in reading, writing and math which often caused students to be stuck in remedial coursework for lengthy time periods.
Increased Productivity is Key for Healthy Manufacturers, Healthy Economy (Industry Week): An interesting take on productivity in the manufacturing world, going against what some believe productivity causes job loss and is bad for the economy. MIT professors Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson share their opinions on productivity in their new book Race Against The Machine
Report Suggests Reforms to Help Private Student Loan Borrowers (US News): A recent report by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau calls for efforts to provide new financing options for existing private loan borrowers to take center stage. The report urges that current students should borrow federal loans with far superior protections and which loans graduate students should rely on to finance their education.
