New digital content available for academic research
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will make available content from its Gale Digital Collections to academic researchers for data mining and textual analysis purposes.
Community: Here’s what I’m thankful for in higher education
There’s been a lot of vitriol about higher education in the public and media lately, but for those students and professors on campus, there’s still a tremendous amount…
What it takes for cloud tech to become FERPA-compliant
Cloud solutions providers are saying that the next step in cybersecurity on campus means becoming independently-verified FERPA compliant.
9 design concepts for creating collaborative student spaces on campus
The next step in improving students’ experience in higher ed may be in rebuilding campus spaces for collaboration and data sharing.
New technology offers flat-rate for textbooks
Rafter, a course materials management company, yesterday announced Rafter360™ –a new tech-based solution that enables a textbooks-in-tuition model for any campus.
The 5 Rs of designing an OER course
Open courseware experts announced plans to publish the 5R Open Course Design Framework, a set of guidelines and best practices for developing courses using open educational resources (OER).
Online marketplace is the new online portal
rSmart announced today that Rancho Santiago Community College District is the first institution to adopt OneCampus, what the campus and company are calling "the modern post-portal solution" that…
3 steps to a better protected IT system
According to a new report, education is in the top three industries most vulnerable to security incidents. Learn about best practices to mitigate risk.
Solution helps educators attract “desirable” students
A new project aims to help institutions’ enrollment initiatives by leveraging data to sift out qualified, “highly-relevant” prospective student leads that are also safety-compliant.
STEM field offers innovative leadership certificate
Rice University is offering engineering students a unique opportunity to show potential employers that they're graduating with the right stuff to lead.