Month: February 2016
Is it worth training faculty in student engagement?
How can institutions know whether or not professional development (PD) programs for faculty are effective? And does student engagement increase when faculty complete PD courses aimed at promoting…
Putting the law in order on campus
Lawyers don't always cut the most sympathetic figures, but spare a thought for campus law teams that increasingly find themselves caught in a full-court press.
Repayment rates can help explain student loans
Colleges and universities have for years used cohort default rates (CDRs) to evaluate how affordable their schools are and how well their students do once they leave campus.…
Syracuse iSchool, 2U partner to strengthen online offerings
Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) and 2U, Inc. have partnered to further strengthen the iSchool's online graduate degrees, including the Master of Science in Information Management,…
10 must-haves to appease online students
Higher ed online learning students expect a lot from online programs; but with every student’s unique expectations and desires from an online program, how can institutions not only…