What began as a simple tutor lesson in math between cousins has transformed into a massive, international educational platform. As of April 2014, Sal Khan’s Khan Academy YouTube…
If you work at a college or university, you probably know the letters LMS pretty well. Learning management systems, like Blackboard and Canvas, are software applications that allow…
According to a new report, the mountains of data collected by institutions is staggering, but focused correctly, predictors and indicators of postsecondary success can be seen—making available new…
Between now and 2020, the amount of students studying languages abroad is expected to increase from 4 to 7 million. At the same time, overcrowded colleges and universities…
Instagram is not just for teens and celebrities posting pictures of their favorite food, pets, and vacation spots. Like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, administrators and officials can use…
Social media has many uses in education. It can be used for recruitment, attracting students to a specific campus through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Youtube. It can be…
When I heard about Maya Angelou’s passing today (May 28th), I was currently getting a bad cavity filled, an extremely dispassionate process framing an emotional response I wasn’t…
Supercomputers can help university researchers predict the weather, simulate the start of the universe, and understand human biology. They can help visualize data, projecting high quality images onto…
Whether or not you believe that higher education in its more traditional model is relevant for the students of tomorrow is moot, since higher education’s model (thanks to…
They’re the kind of statistics, spanning a decade and across the entire U.S., that as you read them, your jaw takes on additional gravity—dropping lower and lower—as you…