Suite of 8 digital badges highlights 21st-century skills
A new set of digital badges aims to help educators and industry leaders better evaluate students’ 21st-century skills. The 21st ... Read more
Year: 2018
Unbundling the 4-year degree: How to design education for the future
Employers are in desperate need of skilled workers to address current employee shortages and prepare for projected disruption in the workplace. For example, artificial intelligence will create 2.3…
9 trends shared by innovative community colleges
Supporting mobile devices is a top priority among a majority of community colleges surveyed in the Center for Digital Education's annual Digital Community Colleges Survey, which offers an inside…
A quick look at cloud terminology
The cloud may be easier and more affordable than advertised, but it isn’t free. Still, computing horsepower is finally a virtual (or, perhaps more appropriately, a virtualization) bargain.…
Why basing college accreditation on outcomes, not inputs, makes sense
To understand their children’s progress in school, reasonable parents would likely look at their report cards, ask them how things are going, or talk to their teachers. But,…
What are higher-ed’s analytics priorities?
Higher-ed leaders are increasingly focused on institutional analytics, despite challenges associated with implementing enterprise-wide programs, according to a new Ellucian survey of 200 college presidents, provosts, CFOs, CTOs,…
How to make data meaningful for today’s students
This year in the United States, over 21 million students will enroll in one of over 6,000 schools. How will they fare? Will they graduate? Transfer? Wind up…
To balance innovation with protecting students, focus on incentives
Online education holds tremendous promise: it has the potential to lower costs, enhance learning outcomes, and make college accessible for students who lack the flexibility or means to…
Congress should prioritize innovation in higher ed. Here are 3 ways it can
Washington D.C. is slowly turning its attention to higher education. In December, on a party-line vote, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce released the PROSPER Act,…
3 proven ways to improve higher-ed collaboration
Collaboration across departments has been identified as the fundamental differentiator in achieving strategic objectives in not only the business community but also in higher education. Today’s challenging higher-ed…