Video contest for higher ed instructors
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Month: January 2016
Seeking competitive advantage? Look to “clusters”
An increasingly discussed topic in academics is the concept of “cluster” networks. According to experts, these clusters – the co-location and interconnection of related industries and schools –…
Harvard to raise the bar for online learning tech
As higher education pivots toward nontraditional learners, schools are facing demands to improve the production quality of the lectures they make available online. While commercial lecture-capture solutions have…
College admissions now using social media like never before
According to the results of a new Kaplan Test Prep survey, a higher percentage of United States college admissions officers visit the social media pages of applicants in…
Harvard report aims to improve college admissions
A new report issued by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and supported by scores of other institutions offers recommendations intended to ease the pressure of the college…
Is poor facilities management costing higher ed billions?
Higher education could save roughly $14.7B by tightening the use of their facilities and better manage course scheduling. That’s just one major finding of a recent report that…
University launches immersive social media course
A new partnership between the Missouri School of Journalism and marketing agency VML will serve as a professional training program for students interested in working in social media.…
$500K for female STEM professors, what makes for college success, and more…
Each Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…
4 ways to take campus video to the next level
Only a few years ago, if campus video was used for more than the occasional film clip in class, it was cutting-edge. In today’s world of flipped classrooms,…
IU nets $5M grant for NSF cybersecurity initiative
The security of the more than $7 billion in research funded by the National Science Foundation will be significantly bolstered thanks to a $5 million grant to Indiana…