Higher education funding needs an innovation makeover–here’s how
25 education trends for 2018
eSchool Media lists the top 25 trends to watch in K-12 and higher education for 2018.
Why moving past the SAT is essential in today’s admissions
In 2013, graduate programs received 1.97 million applications and accepted about 40.5 percent of applicants. The process relies heavily on standardized test scores to vet and decide which…
How should quality assurance for competency-based ed work?
For online, competency-based programs, the old metrics are those focused on inputs. These new programs often lack breadth, generally do not do academic research, and they don’t have…
The “Netflix” model comes to online education
Smart educational organizations have built rich online courses filled with learning resources to support this type of learning. The old paradigm where learning occurs only in a classroom…
Goldi(IT) and the Three Bears: A tale of finding the right storage tool for the data job
Data analytics has become commonplace on college campuses as universities have developed into repositories for all sorts of data focusing on everything from student success and recruitment, to…
Disruptive innovations in higher ed emerging from outside mainstream
[Recently] I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to explore the barriers…
5 non-curricular ways to boost student outcomes
With a dramatically increasing number of both traditional and non-traditional students seeking post-secondary education, student retention and post-grad outcomes continue to be an increasingly important topic for both…
Why it’s critical to pair content with lab for course success
While some employers are turning to on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs, those can only take employees and the industry so far. In reality, we as higher education administrators…
Getting tech-resistant educators to embrace change
Many millions of dollars have been wasted over the years by the well-intentioned, but ad hoc, introduction of technology into education. Eager tech savvy teachers or administrators may…
How a 1970s policy can boost completion rates today
