Distance education is nothing new, but these days it is hard to escape hyperventilation about its latest incarnation: MOOCs, or "massive open online courses," The Economist reports. Universities…
It’s every campus IT leader’s worst nightmare: A catastrophic event wipes out mission-critical information, such as the data needed for tracking and reporting on student achievement. As higher…
Washington, D.C. -- With less than seven hours until congressional bickering would shut down the U.S. government for the first time in 17 years, a freshman Republican congressman…
An algorithm designed to spot struggling students and offer guidance and assistance even in the first couple weeks of their college career proved highly effective at Purdue University…
Today's high school juniors and seniors still get phone calls and piles of brochures in the mail from colleges and universities across the country, but social media and…
In 2009, West Virginia University chose Camtasia Relay software for its Health Science Center, enabling faculty to streamline their recording and distribution of lectures. In a 2011 survey…
Teachers and college faculty members who want to motivate students may sometimes struggle to find the right words, Purdue University reports. And even when the right words are…
Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting look at DYI genetics company 23andMe’s moves to keep ahead of the competition out to help you get to know yourself really, really…