Ranking: The 50 best HBCUs
College Choice, an authority in college and university rankings and resources, has published a ranking of the 50 Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities for 2017.
Month: August 2017
Should institutions “nudge” students for graduation success?
In 2010, the British government, looking for innovative solutions to some of their most challenging social problems, formed the Behavioural Insights Team, better known as the Nudge Unit.
Why AI is going nowhere without help from colleges and universities
Data scientists would be smart to break down barriers between academia and private tech. Only by pairing the resources and real-world data of the private sector with the…
Research university taps innovative solution as student demand for video surges
Augusta University has expanded its partnership with Echo360 to offer real time access to academic content and lectures across the ... Read more
Nearly 1.5 million college students to use free textbooks this school year
Nearly 1.5 million U.S. college students are expected to save an estimated $145 million in the 2017-18 academic year by using free textbooks from OpenStax, the Rice University-based…
College nails trending field of study with innovative student project
All over the world, businesses and organizations are swimming in enormous amounts of data. This forces thousands of organizations to find new ways to collect, curate, visualize, and…
New field of study says students need this classic skill first
Communication skills rank high on the list of career skills necessary for success in the quickly-growing Internet of Things (IoT) field, according to a new survey from Northeastern…
Large coding bootcamp overhauls curriculum to meet employee demand
Coding Dojo, a large coding school, announced it is continuing to innovate its curriculum by adding a full-stack course in Java. Java is an extremely common programming language…
3 reasons colleges & universities must improve how they manage print
When the IT staff is working to improve their internal network, one area they shouldn’t overlook is the printing infrastructure. Yet, it often is.
Report: Faculty want more OER-here’s why
Community college faculty show high levels of interest and engagement in OER and are likely to promote OER use to colleagues, according to preliminary results from a national…