Inskilling: A both/and proposition
During my undergraduate years, one subject captured my heart: sociology. My dad felt differently. Like the good Indian engineer father he is, he insisted that I study “something…
5 innovative cybersecurity training strategies to try in 2021
As much as 88 percent of data breaches are caused by human error, but only 43 percent of workers admit having made mistakes that compromised cybersecurity. In the…
5 ways to be an innovative online instructor
In a landscape where online instruction has become more commonplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some faculty face challenges associated with operating in an online environment. Even to…
Did college students perform worse during COVID-19?
As the fall 2020 semester wraps up, we wanted to know more about the student experience of learning during COVID-19. We asked more than 14,000 college students from…
How remote engineering works during a pandemic
The work of engineers is often mission critical, from ensuring that life-saving medical equipment can function properly, to providing infrastructure for 5G communications systems, to monitoring national security…
3 reasons COVID-19 should spur digital transformation
At the end of 2019, college presidents were asked what they saw as the greatest challenges for higher education in 2020 and the results are fascinating given the…
No COVID test, no university Wi-Fi
The University of Arizona will require students who live in dorms or attend in-person classes on the main campus to be tested weekly for COVID-19 in the spring.…
Learn how this professor boosts student engagement during COVID
Coming into this fall semester, Kelly Wilding, a part-time professor at Point Park University, knew it would be a challenge to create a tight bond among her class…
3 ways to design inclusive learning classes online
You’ve just made a heroic effort to rapidly transition your course to online delivery in response to a campus closure. It’s important now to take a moment to…
What makes students more likely to return to school in spring 2021?
Students still prefer in-person learning to online learning, and students who say they believe their instructor made an effort to understand their goals, interests, and challenges--and actively engage…