Facebook addiction and ‘disconnect anxiety’ among college students
We rarely put ourselves in the position, but if and when we are not able to connect online, 68 percent of us experience disconnect anxiety, and college students…
Three ways to improve your college’s recruitment program
In today’s competitive climate, institutions face a significant conundrum: the need to simultaneously increase student enrollment and reduce student recruitment costs. This challenge has motivated institutions to stretch…
Is professorial ego driving opposition to flipped learning?
The advantages to a flipped classroom are obvious to someone who has done it and difficult to conceive for those who have not. A flipped classroom--a model that…
Kentucky uses sports success to engage students in social media
The University of Kentucky, a leader in higher-education social media use, reached a new level of Facebook and Twitter engagement while the school's men's basketball team powered its…
Hybrid approach drives retention success
In 2007, when California Lutheran University (CLU) campus leaders noticed a drop in freshman return rates, they charged me with serving as CLU’s retention champion. As the first…
Chegg moves beyond textbook rentals
Online textbook rental company Chegg wants college students to visit its website all year round, not just in the hectic first few days of every semester.
How to run a university like an enterprise
Is too much state regulation hindering efficiency at public universities? Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro thinks so, and he unveiled a plan Aug. 11 that would…
Online lecture viewers can zoom, pan within videos using new software
New software that allows viewers watching online video lectures to zoom and pan around recorded images could provide an interactive and more cost-effective alternative to current lecture capture…
Beyond Facebook: University connects alums online
A new alumni social networking website launched July 18 by Indiana University (IU) frames connecting with old friends and classmates as an interactive game, as higher education looks…
Higher ed tackles computer compatibility problems
University faculty and students who make a standard upgrade from a 32-bit to 64-bit version of Windows may find themselves unable to connect to their school networks off-campus,…