University taps students for online brand building success
No one calls. No one writes. Mercifully, only a few still send holiday letters. Instead, digital natives and immigrants alike now head online to share the news of…
Month: June 2016
Blackboard affiliate to acquire Higher One
Blackboard Inc., an education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced that an affiliate of the company has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase…
Content analytics platform to help faculty with course content
Intellus Learning announced today the launch of new content analytics features that will help educators understand how students are engaging with digital course materials and open educational resources.…
Could these 3 burgeoning nontraditional pathways be a boon for traditional institutions?
If Malia Obama’s doing it, you know it either is, or will soon become, a popular trend among the young crowd: opting out of a traditional 4-year college…
New partnership to create low-cost, alternative pathway to college credit
Cengage Learning and Excelsior College announced a partnership to create an innovative, low-cost, alternative pathway to college credit. The core of the collaboration will be a set of…
Members introduce bipartisan bill to strengthen career and technical ed
Led by Republican and Democratic members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, policymakers today introduced the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century…
Mount Saint Mary’s University introduces its first hybrid MBA program
Mount Saint Mary's University is expanding its roster of business degree programs with the introduction of a hybrid master's degree in business administration that combines classroom and online…
New micro-learning platform aims to help young professionals
Speakeasy, Inc., a global communication coaching and professional development company, announced the launch of SelfLink.com, an online, micro-learning portal specifically designed to meet the learning needs of up-and-coming…
Cloud, with a chance of savings and 24/7 uptime
A trifecta of needs—cost savings, business continuity, and disaster-recovery—has prompted Peirce College in Philadelphia to migrate much of its infrastructure to the cloud over the past 18 months.…
NASA awards grants for STEM education programs
NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected two minority serving institutions for cooperative agreement awards totaling approximately $1 million to help strengthen science, technology, engineering…