Seeking competitive advantage? Look to “clusters”
Why the old enrollment playbook no longer works
The future of higher education belongs to institutions that define clear priorities, align mission with financial reality, and integrate decisions into something sustainable
Harvard to raise the bar for online learning tech
As higher education pivots toward nontraditional learners, schools are facing demands to improve the production quality of the lectures they make available online. While commercial lecture-capture solutions have…
College admissions now using social media like never before
A new survey reveals that college admissions officers' use of resources like Facebook and Google to gather more information on applicants has reached an all-time high.
Is poor facilities management costing higher ed billions?
Higher education could save roughly $14.7B by tightening the use of their facilities and better manage course scheduling. That’s just one major finding of a recent report that…
4 ways to take campus video to the next level
Only a few years ago, if campus video was used for more than the occasional film clip in class, it was cutting-edge. In today’s world of flipped classrooms,…
At this college, IT staff are former students
The term "win-win" has been beaten to death in recent years, but it does succinctly convey the idea of mutual benefit. Now, in an innovative internship arrangement with…
Can MOOCs be a successful alternative for community colleges?
While the hype has not panned out, MOOCs did find a good foothold in our nation’s community colleges, where online classes provide scheduling flexibility for nontraditional students dealing…
10 higher ed blogs worth the quick read in 2016
Though Twitter is always good for a quick one-sentence thought-and-reply, it’s still blogs that evoke not only the most thoughtful opinion summations from its authors, but also attract…
3 critical parts of HEA reauthorization
