COLUMBUS, Ohio (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McGraw Hill announced the launch of an industry-first delivery model that releases digital product updates directly to existing courses already built by instructors, replacing the…
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The places students remember most aren’t always the ones on the campus tour. Sure, the new labs, the lecture halls, the stadiums–they matter. But the spaces that shape a student’s experience more deeply? They’re often the in-between ones.
Teacher preparation programs have long emphasized curriculum, instruction, and assessment. However, they often fall short in one critical area: social-emotional and mental health needs of students.
Universities are struggling to meet the demands of today’s students. With enrollment spiraling, aging infrastructure, insufficient funds, and students questioning the purpose of higher education, it’s no wonder that academic institutions struggle to keep up.
Schools, colleges, and universities face growing challenges in keeping their communities informed, connected, and engaged.
In June, a targeted attack compromised 2.5 million Columbia University application records. Along with exposing personal applicant details, the breach caused a widespread IT outage that shut down the university’s email and digital systems.
When Blockbuster executives dismissed Netflix as a niche player, they weren’t wrong about its operational excellence–but they were fatally wrong about whether Netflix’s model still mattered to consumers.
Education leaders are facing one of the most challenging decades in recent memory: budgets are tightening, enrollment–both domestic and international–is declining, and grants and state funding are down.
In today’s schools, whether K-12 or higher education, AI is powering smarter classrooms. There’s more personalized learning and faster administrative tasks. And students themselves are engaging with AI more than ever before, as 70 percent say they’ve used an AI tool to alter or create completely new images.
When a school building fails, everything it supports comes to a halt. Learning stops. Families scramble. Community stability is shaken. And while fire drills and lockdown procedures prepare students and staff for specific emergencies, the buildings themselves often fall short in facing the unexpected.
As AI increasingly automates technical tasks across industries, students’ long-term career success will rely less on technical skills alone and more on durable skills or professional skills, often referred to as soft skills. These include empathy, resilience, collaboration, and ethical reasoning–skills that machines can’t replicate.