4 ways ePortfolios are going beyond college resume building
What happens when you take the original ePortfolio concept and expand its horizons to include other purposes?
Colleges begin to take virtual reality seriously
Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a powerful technology, projected to grow into a $30 billion industry in the next 5 years. Major brands across various industries have…
Why it’s critical to understand the anatomy of a campus crisis
No one has the luxury of choosing the date and time of the next campus crisis, which is why assembling a core team to oversee campus emergency alerting…
5 entrepreneurial skills today’s students need
Since the 2005 publication of his highly impactful book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Friedman has been teaching his readers and…
How better campus WiFi can prevent a student zombie apocalypse
Hell hath no fury like a student with no WiFi connection. It’s a reality recognized by more and more colleges as they compete for the affections of today’s…
Science develops an algorithm for college selection—but does it work?
A new algorithm is using data and predictive analytics to determine, with noteworthy accuracy (90 percent), which institution is the best match for students. What makes it Jetson’s…
College turns to new intelligence for using data
For higher ed institutions, gathering data is the least of their problems—the stuff is coming out of their ears. The real challenge lies in sifting, organizing, and analyzing…
A solution for an evergreen infrastructure and better storage
Like many institutions, California Polytechnic State University, a public university with nearly 24,000 faculty, staff and students and a strong engineering and science focus, is shifting to a…
Why competency-based learning isn’t happening anytime soon
Earlier this month, new outlets reported on how the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General is stymying the rise of competency-based learning in higher education—and is at…
6 departments ripe for 3D learning
As institutions make room in the classroom (and within 2016 budgets) to add more technology to learning programs, 3D printing tools are at the top of the must-have…