The Daily Report Card: Bad Online Behavior, Consolidating Schools, And More Business Schools

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Education Week: Bad Online Behavior Jeopardizes Students’ College Plans Stellar transcripts aside, students now have to worry about an increasing number of colleges peering at their social-networking pages online—and potentially denying their applications because of what they find there. The number of college-admissions officials using Facebook and other social-networking sites to learn more about applicants quadrupled over the past year, according to New York City-based Kaplan Test Prep, the test preparation division of Kaplan Inc. (Education Week)

New Harmony School Board votes for consolidation » Evansville Courier & Press An anguished New Harmony School Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to consolidate with another district, a likely first step toward closing the town’s school after the current academic year. The school has been plagued by falling enrollment and corresponding losses of state funding. New Harmony operates grades K-12 in the same building, and officials said Monday that if the school remains open, there might be as few as two students at some grade levels next year. (courierpress.com)

Indiana University trustees approve plans for $32 million business school expansion | The Republic Indiana University trustees have approved plans for a $32 million expansion of the business school building on the Bloomington campus. University officials say the four-level expansion will add about 80,000 square feet to the Kelley School of Business and consist mostly of classrooms and student work spaces. (therepublic.com)