Carnegie Mellon joins long list of universities sending false acceptance emails
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Why it’s not enough to measure STEM outcomes
STEM is often lumped into the singular; for example: number of women in STEM versus men. But new research into behavioral differences within specific subjects in the broad…
University places 98 percent of grads in careers-here’s how
Six months after graduation, 98 percent of a recently graduated class is employed or attending graduate school. Members of the Class of 2014 at Bentley University were hired…
University uses secret vault for improving data security
The University of San Deigo (USD), like most universities, isn’t expecting a cash windfall anytime soon; so they’ve turned to a simple data protection solution: passwords. Every day,…
Making sense of Net Neutrality outside of the beltway
No doubt, you have heard about and perhaps read analysis of the FCC Chairman's submission to his colleagues on the topic of Net Neutrality and Title II. The…
Higher Ed’s 2015 reading list for faculty & admin
Who says that higher education isn’t the protagonist in some dystopian YA novel? From topics such as how to master “hot topics” like entrepreneurship and community engagement for…
Going virtual? Don’t get physical
As college IT departments look to wring as much value as possible from their budgets and infrastructure, server virtualization has become almost de rigueur. While the benefits of…
11 online learning demands from today’s picky students
Online learning enrollment is slowing down. At the same time, student preferences and demands for online courses and degrees are changing. And this is all due to increasing…
Did higher education get these trends right?
“Makerspaces” will gain traction long before adaptive learning; and improving digital literacy is a breeze compared to determining how to reward educators for teaching. These are just two…
Why higher ed should be more like Formula One (and less like NASCAR)
As individuals who have taught in higher education classrooms, we know that when it comes to the next generation of innovative technology, professors are looking for two things:…