College admissions now using social media like never before
The data retention challenge for online exam platforms
How clearer data retention policies can strengthen security surrounding online exams
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
Fairness, innovation, and accountability are the three guiding principles Congress should use as it reviews the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) in light the use of…
Snapshot: Higher ed competency-based education looks like this
According to a new national survey of over 170 diverse institutions across the U.S., nothing is more important to a competency-based education (CBE) program than designing “measurable and…
EDUCAUSE releases the top IT technologies for 2016
