Attention higher ed: Here’s what you should know about adult ed back-to-school
As the dog days of summer draw to a close, it’s time to turn our attention to the classroom. “Back to School” season is now in full swing,…
Month: August 2017
New partnership aims to improve Texas higher ed tech, sustainability
Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) is partnering with Johnson Controls to assess and evaluate campus-wide infrastructure needs for more than 40 member institution campuses. Through this…
These 3 game-based components can increase student achievement-here’s how
Remember the days of Oregon Trail? How about Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? While learning games have been around for decades, technological advancements are creating an…
The affordability trap: How to use tuition to frame IT projects
The excitement of college acceptances is now past for the Class of 2021 and their parents. Conversations have now moved from “Where will I go to college?” to…
Report: Higher ed leaders reflect on the next 20 years of education technology
Blackboard Inc., an education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, released a new white paper exploring the future of higher education. Based on in-depth interviews with…
The 1 thing higher ed should really invest in to reach millennials and gen Z
There is a basic truth about the millennial generation that most technology companies and higher education institutions don’t like to hear: they don’t care that much about features.…
Digital textbook rental for students just got an upgrade
iFlipd, the first pay-as-you-go weekly textbook rental platform, has teamed up with McGraw-Hill Education, the learning science company, to allow students to rent select McGraw-Hill Education titles in…
5 ways the cloud is building the University of the Future
At the 2016 annual EDUCAUSE conference, Huron asked more than 110 IT professionals in higher education to explain how their institution is using technology to prepare for the…
13 strategic technologies to keep on your fall semester radar
Technologies for planning and mapping students' educational plans, along with mobile app development, are among the top strategic technologies covered in EDUCAUSE's 2017 Integrated Planning for Advising and…
This admissions fiasco shows that predicting enrollment isn’t an exact science
A flood of students unexpectedly accepted admission offers. A University of California campus was caught off guard. Administrators scoured the files of the admitted and took a hard…