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Online courses provide tools, difficulties for students

By Felix Sarver | February 8, 2012

Professors who seek to spread their knowledge through online classes may find some obstacles.Though there are various means for college professors to teach online, the courses offered are not necessarily accredited and don't cater to all students' needs.Universities...

Sexes influenced by different factors when choosing major

By Linze Griebenow | December 1, 2011

Want to be a male nurse? Or a female engineer? At NIU, in 2010, female health professionals outnumbered their male counterparts about four to one. Male engineers outnumber females about nine to one. But gender disparities are more than numbers; culture...

Who’s responsible?: NIU faculty, students respond to criticism of higher education

By Jacqueline Evans | January 27, 2011

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported on the findings of the book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, which comments on college graduates, stating that "more than a third of college seniors are no better at crucial...