3 questions all campus leaders should be able to answer
A single piece of data can reveal a lot. For example, whether colleges and universities are meeting their enrollment goals ... Read more
New research: This is how successful innovation is done
As higher education institutions face new demands from society, students, and the government, the ground is shifting beneath them. It’s abundantly clear that tweaking the status quo won’t…
Why higher ed needs to eradicate the university term
What do education and music have in common? Rhythm. We gain our first introduction to the rhythms of education in kindergarten. The natural order of fall starts, winter…
5 ways top universities are handling students’ diverse web needs
The proliferation of connected devices (Gartner predicts that 20 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020) is coming with a generation of people who will…
4 major changes our colleges should undergo right now
The information age and development of the internet have changed every aspect of human life from dating to journalism. Education did not escape this revolution. From 100 percent…
Dean: Here’s how eTextbooks are leading to higher completion rates
The costs of textbooks have risen–and continue to rise–exponentially over the past two decades, placing a heavy burden on students—a burden that often makes attaining a college education…
Major shift in online learning sees pedagogy in driver’s seat
There is a significant shift occurring in online learning—one that puts students and pedagogy into the driver’s seat, and colleges and universities seeking new ways to increase enrollment…
3 musts for creating a high-quality online course
The growth of online education, and the acknowledgement that it works, is heartening to those of us who recognize its importance in reaching nont-traditional learners. However, there remain…
The dark side of higher ed’s ePortfolios-what really happened
Pre-dating the widespread use of blogs and personal websites, the 1990s era ePortfolio inspired storytelling about lifelong learning and everything that entails: formal schooling, personal reflection, career planning,…
University discovers how to bring expensive on-campus resources to online students
How do we provide near-ubiquitous access when students are geographically dispersed, use different types of computer platforms, and don’t have access to campus computer labs? Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), or…