Colleges are turning to this industry model to boost retention
Troubled by student retention rates that remained unchanged over the past 20 years, Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) recently turned ... Read more
After ethics review, Senate postpones vote for Betsy DeVos
According to the Washington Post: “The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed the vote on Trump’s ... Read more
New Partnership enables colleges and universities to create and award digital badges
Digital credential pioneer Credly, in partnership with Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) by Instructure, announced the launch of a new application that enables education providers to award…
3 questions today’s campus leaders should ask
A single piece of data can reveal a lot. For example, whether colleges and universities are meeting their enrollment goals or comparing the number of merit based scholarships…
Chicago community college taps big data to measure ROI
Harper College, one of the nation’s largest community colleges, announced today a partnership with Civitas Learning designed to identify the ... Read more
Cengage launches MindTap ACE, an OER-based solution for higher ed
Cengage, an education and technology company, launched MindTap ACE, a digital solution that blends curated Open Educational Resources (OER) with ... Read more
How personalization will drive higher edtech in 2017
The consumer experience has changed drastically in just the last 10 years. Long gone are the days when customer service interactions happened face-to-face, as consumers increasingly prefer the…
Higher ed business leaders say this is critical for 2017
Here’s a striking statistic: while most Chief Business Officers (CBOs) believe higher education is in the midst of a financial crisis, these CBOs are less likely to outsource…
How chatbots are addressing summer melt for colleges
AdmitHub, an edtech startup which builds conversational artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to guide students on the path to and through college, has raised $2.95 million in seed funding.…
Harvard and MIT release new trends report on open online courses
A joint research team from Harvard University and MIT today announced the release of a comprehensive report on learner engagement and behavior in 290 massive open online courses…