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IT Leadership

Program stimulates collaborative efforts, academic outcomes

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Ten more schools are joining a project that encourages community colleges to design programs that support academics and boost learning outcomes, thanks to a grant from the MetLife…
Recruitment & Enrollment

Niche-based digital marketing attracts nontraditional students

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To improve enrollment, officials at Mount Olive College knew they would need to understand their own student population better, and identify the types of students they should target…
IT Leadership

Coursera will offer certificates for MOOC completion

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Coursera, a company that partners with universities to create and offer massive open online courses (MOOCs), has announced plans to offer students verified certificates for the completion of…
Recruitment & Enrollment

Learning analytics tools aim to boost student retention, outcomes

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As policy makers and campus leaders focus on boosting college completion rates, learning analytics is a field that has exploded in importance. A number of programs now exist…
IT Leadership

MIT innovation could humanize online education programs

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Critics of online education programs commonly refer to the perceived disconnect these create between students and instructors, but a new crowd-sourcing system that offers students personal feedback could…
IT Leadership

Virtualization taking root on campus

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Virtualization technology is taking hold in higher education, helping colleges reallocate existing resources to save space, time, energy, and money—while often extending the life of older computers.
IT Leadership

iPads to enhance learning for education majors

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Beginning this spring, 575 undergraduate students at the University of Oklahoma's Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education will be given fourth-generation iPads to complete assignments and create lesson plans,…

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