Cal Poly students build and launch tiny satellites
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CSU, faculty union reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and California Faculty Association President Jennifer Eagan will hold a joint news conference at 10 a.m. April 8 to announce a tentative contract agreement between the university administration and faculty union. A proposed five-day faculty strike, slated to begin on April 13, will be postponed pending approval and Read More →
America’s Teaching Zoo plans to expand
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Cal Poly SLO gets $1.5 million to study wave energy
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue testing the feasibility of a Central Coast wave energy facility. Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy is testing the feasibility of building a Central Coast wave energy park through its CalWave project. The $1.5 Read More →
Small businesses take to streets to sell goods
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California Lutheran University launching new MBA program
The California Lutheran University School of Management will launch a new MBA program tailored to experienced professionals this fall. The MBA for Experienced Professionals program is designed for people with at least five years of progressive managerial or professional experience. The 18-month program will be delivered in a hybrid format with seven courses offered online Read More →
Higher education faces disruption because of technology
Business scholar and consultant Clayton Christensen coined the phrase “disruptive innovation” in the 1990s to describe a breakthrough that reshapes a market and displaces its leading firms. Twenty years later, “disruption” might be the defining theory of the modern economy. Print newspapers, brick-and-mortar retail and taxis have been some of its chief victims. On a Read More →
