The explosive growth of collegiate eSports, part 3
The eSports market is booming, and on its current trajectory, the number of people who watch and participate in eSports will grow from 395 million this year to…
What would a post-secondary institution that was designed for maximum student success look like?
What would a post-secondary institution that was designed for maximum student success look like? What would a college look like where a student could define what they were…
It’s game-on at Texas A&M’s LIVE Lab
How can we boost student engagement? What’s more, how can we use a medium that is sure to resonate with students in the modern classroom? These are the…
Innovators worth watching: 2017 Review
In June of 2017, we began profiling innovative players in the higher education space and analyzing their business models through the lens of Disruption Theory. Using our six…
Adaptive learning helps students finish faster
Time and cost are two key barriers standing in the way of college completion, and that’s especially true for working adults going back to school. To eliminate these…
Innovators worth watching: Lambda School
The software development industry is in a bit of a bind. The number of software developer jobs is expected to grow 24% between 2016 and 2026, and there are…
EDUCAUSE 2018 and beyond
The 2018 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is October 30 through November 2 in Denver, Colorado, and the edtech showcase promises to be both robust and inspiring. In a recent…
What will universities be like in the future?
Universities, for all their diversity across the world, will become still more so over the next 25 years, under the pressures of financial, social, and above all technological…
Can blockchain transform credentialing?
At Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), empowering students is an important goal, says Tobe Phelps, senior director of online college. Giving students a permanent, secure digital record…
The app that puts college within reach of Dreamers
According to the U.S. Department of Education, about 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school. But too many of them are thwarted from pursuing higher education…