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October 27, 2016
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In the marketplace: Campus technology initiatives, analytics degrees, and more
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Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on…

Stunning report: Great Recession still lording over campus IT
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Eight years after the beginning of the Great Recession, almost two-thirds (63 percent) of the CIOs and senior IT officers who participated in Campus Computing’s 2016 survey report that IT funding at their campus “has not fully recovered from the budget cuts experienced over the past four-six years.” And it’s…

Dropbox and Blackboard partner to empower campus-wide cloud collaboration
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Dropbox and Blackboard Inc. today announced a strategic partnership designed to make it easier for students and instructors to upload, share and collaborate on documents -- increasing the productivity, security, and collaboration at universities around the world. The new partnership, the first of its kind for both companies, makes Dropbox…

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5 student opinions about higher education you should know

As colleges and universities become increasingly focused on student services in order to attract students as well as retain them, it’s never been more important to gauge how students feel about some of the larger, innovative—and often tech-based—initiatives leadership spends copious amounts of time and money supporting on campus.

Is it time to rethink the term nontraditional student?

Should higher education rethink what makes a “traditional” student today? Data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on students applying for financial aid highlight the ever-increasing need for colleges and universities to diversify their programs and make more available online education.

7 factors that can lead to graduation success

From new college rankings to government funding initiatives, higher education is under increasing pressure to prove student outcomes success with graduation rates as an indicator. But at what stage of a student’s postsecondary experience does retention become a concern, and what can an institution do to keep its students on…


 

Optimized Education Resources for 3D Printing – A Guide for Educators

3D printing can inspire students to imagine, build, test their ideas, and engage in meaningful learning. With the help of many of our customers’ schools and our Education Advisory Board, Stratasys put together this printer-agnostic guide to teaching and learning resources to help you kick-start meaningful projects and lessons in your learning community.

 

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