Even more higher-ed IT services moving to the cloud
A new report reveals that 39 percent of surveyed higher education IT services are delivered totally or partially by cloud, and of that 39 percent, 53 percent migrated…
Month: February 2015
Why higher education should care about Net Neutrality
On February 26th the world, as we know it, will either come to an end or we will have the second coming of the messiah. Why? Because later…
Penn State’s $30M innovation initiative
Pennsylvania State University is investing $30 million to bring awareness to student innovations, boost student success, spur economic development, and shine a spotlight on the university system's Innovation…
How Cornell is training the next engineering generation-for free
Cornell University's College of Engineering and ANSYS are training future engineers worldwide to become proficient in engineering simulation solutions. Through the SimCafe wiki, which was developed in part…
New research released on alternative pathways for degrees
New research released Friday (February 20th) sheds light on how two approaches to creating alternative pathways to college graduation for post-traditional students are working. The American Council on…
4 innovations from exceptional community colleges
According to a new report, a handful of community colleges across the U.S. are incorporating IT-based innovations that are revolutionizing access to postsecondary education for nontraditional students—and these…
SUNY’s 3D printing success story
One year ago, the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) became the first university in the U.S. to open a MakerBot® Innovation Center--a…
Carnegie Mellon joins long list of universities sending false acceptance emails
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Addressing the data skills gap with bootcamps
The NYC Data Science Academy is conducting a series of training it calls data science "bootcamps." These full-time bootcamps accept talented students from a wide range of science,…
Why it’s not enough to measure STEM outcomes
STEM is often lumped into the singular; for example: number of women in STEM versus men. But new research into behavioral differences within specific subjects in the broad…