October 11, 2012 | Boston Globe

Start-up funding by angel investors reached $9.2 billion in the first half year of the year, climbing 3.1 percent compared with the same period in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Neither the Center for Venture Research nor the Angel Capital Association keep a regional listing of angel groups, but Sohl at UNH said Silicon Valley is far and away the epicenter of the angel investing.

October 11, 2012 | Inside Higher Ed

In 1990, David W. Breneman wrote a much-discussed article called "Are We Losing Our Liberal Arts Colleges?" A new article in Liberal Education answers Breneman's question in the affirmative -- looking at what happened in the 20 years after the question was posed. For the article, three authors checked up on the 212 institutions and found that today, only 130 of them meet the criteria Breneman used for liberal arts colleges -- a decline of 39 percent.

October 11, 2012 | Washington Post

After leaving politics more than a decade ago, Al Gore has transformed to become perhaps the world’s most-renowned crusader on climate change and a successful green-tech investor. Just before leaving public office in 2001, Gore reported assets of less than $2 million; today, his wealth is estimated at $100 million.

October 10, 2012 | Inside Higher Ed

Professors are using more technology in the classroom than they were two years ago, and their students have a message for them: Keep it coming. In 2010, 47 percent of students said most of their instructors were using technology effectively. This year that figure was 68 percent.