Harvard Business enters online education fray (The Boston Globe) – For the first time ever Harvard Business School will be offering undergraduate level courses, offered only through a new online program called HBX. This three course business fundamentals program is expected to draw up to 1,000 participants despite its $1,500 price tag.
Robots help local students prep for jobs of the future (Dayton Daily News) – 200 high school students from Ohio, Penn., and Indiana met last Friday at Wright State University to take part in Xtreme BOTS competition hosted by Ohio Robotics. Mayor Whaley spoke at the event praising the competition’s emphasis on innovation and STEM solutions.
Jobless rate for Ohio is lowest after recession (The Columbus Dispatch) – The jobs report for February is in, and despite a net loss of jobs the state’s unemployment rate has dropped to 6.5%, the lowest it has been in six years.
Big Data Sparks Corporate Turf Fights (The Wall Street Journal) – As firms collect more and more data, a balance must be struck between compliance with contracts and innovation through the use of the data. This has led to some internal debates on which department should be responsible for overseeing the collection and protection of the data.
Lack of teachers hurts vocational programming in prison (Lancaster Gazette) – Enrollment in vocational programs for prison inmates has declined 28.2% since 2009 for Ohio, despite a high level of success for its participants. This decline has been caused by a reduction in funding for the prison educational system, which has been largely overshadowed by the attention given to the K-12 system in the past couple years.
