August 2015

Open texts predicted to save students $25 million

August 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax College has unveiled three new textbooks and said its growing catalog of free textbooks will save students an estimated $25 million in the 2015-16…

IT Leadership

Biggest cloud challenge? Hint: It’s not the technology

October 28, 2015August 26, 2015 by By Andrew Barbour

Today, schools are focused on the upside of cloud deployments for everything from LMSs to SISs—and that upside can be truly significant. But even as earlier fears about…

Campus Leadership

Higher education funding needs an innovation makeover–here’s how

August 26, 2015 by Meris Stansbury

From new student learning pathways to questioning the merit of the credit hour, and from the move to enterprise cloud solutions to online learning models, colleges and universities…

IT Leadership

Groups bring digital platform to Mexican universities

August 26, 2015 by Laura Ascione

EXO U Inc., developer of the newly launched EXO U Digital Education Platform, has entered into a partnership agreement with Proeducacion, a Mexican-based provider of technology solutions for…

IT Leadership

Why moving past the SAT is essential in today’s admissions

August 24, 2015 by By Hilda Mejia Abreu and William Sedlacek

In 2013, graduate programs received 1.97 million applications and accepted about 40.5 percent of applicants. The process relies heavily on standardized test scores to vet and decide which…

Campus Leadership

25 ways to strengthen workforce education

September 9, 2015August 24, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A California Community Colleges task force has put forth 25 recommendations to strengthen workforce education throughout the 113-college system with the goal of closing the skills gap that…

IT Leadership

Old texts inspire new thinking about math teaching

August 24, 2015 by By Katherine Long, The Seattle Times

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Campus Leadership

A focus on learning can expand access for students

August 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

In the last several years, colleges and universities across the nation have seen an influx of nontraditional students, due in part to the economic recession that began in…

IT Leadership

Making large lecture courses more interactive

August 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Large introductory lecture-based courses are a staple at most universities. But many of those classes at UW-Madison will be transformed into much more student-centered experiences over the next…

Open texts predicted to save students $25 million

Higher education funding needs an innovation makeover–here’s how

Groups bring digital platform to Mexican universities

Why moving past the SAT is essential in today’s admissions

25 ways to strengthen workforce education

Old texts inspire new thinking about math teaching

A focus on learning can expand access for students

Making large lecture courses more interactive

Chief Releases Fit Mobile Cart for Interactive Displays

Gale Digital Scholar Lab Expands to Help Students Present and Share Digital Humanities Research

APM Steam Offers Unparalleled Heat Exchanger Assessment and Testing Services for Colleges and Universities

College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

Cyber Attacks on Colleges and Universities: How Businesses Help Safeguard Higher Education from Cyber Threats

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