June 2015

Academic group votes to censure University of Illinois

June 16, 2015 by By David Mercer, Associated Press

A leading academic group voted Saturday to censure the University of Illinois' flagship campus over its decision not to hire a professor following his anti-Israel Twitter messages, a…

Who wins in elite university admissions, and why

June 16, 2015 by By Sara Harberson, Los Angeles Times

This article is no longer available.

IT Leadership

Catching campus rapists via an online reporting tool

June 16, 2015 by By Andrew Barbour

Colleges have been heavily criticized in recent years for the high frequency of sexual assaults on campus—and for their failure to support victims adequately and punish attackers. Now,…

Campus Leadership

Who picks up the tab for higher education?

June 15, 2015 by By Benjamin Wermund, Houston Chronicle

This article is no longer available.

IT Leadership

STEM MOOC model gets a next-gen “Strain” treatment

June 16, 2015June 15, 2015 by By Ron Bethke, eCampus News Assistant Editor, @eCN_RonB

Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, is teaming up video learning company Zaption to offer an innovative new MOOC teaching real-world science concepts based on a unique source…

Campus Leadership

This is how your institution looks to international students

June 12, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

A new report finds that the top-rated U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities rank fifth in communication with prospective international students, and one in five of these institutions…

IT Leadership

Wichita State connects students with real-world experiences

June 12, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Wichita State University (WSU) has selected Jive Software to help facilitate its applied learning initiatives. WSU is implementing the Jive-n internal community solution to improve collaboration and knowledge…

IT Leadership

MIT implements new research technology

June 12, 2015 by Laura Ascione

MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has deployed Exablox’s OneBlox as its primary storage for local users' files and images as well as its target for Veeam…

IT Leadership

Crowdsourcing to focus on literature and almost everything else

June 11, 2015 by Ed Cuoco

Crowd sourcing is poised to affect education in significant ways, potentially revolutionizing how our students interpret and contextualize literature and ... Read more