What is faculty’s role in competency-based education?
Educators implementing CBE programs must consciously build models with both students and faculty in mind
Analytics use boosts student retention
Phil Ice knows numbers never lie.
Ed-tech leaders push closed captioning, compliance monitoring
Teaming up with companies that provide transcribers or software that scans recorded lectures and provides transcription, colleges and universities are increasingly looking for new, inexpensive ways to eliminate…
Technology, interaction can bring big retention gains to small colleges
Electronic lists detailing which students are in danger of dropping out of college have become a favorite of campus administrators trying to curtail falling retention rates. Classes teaching…
Ed Department: Half of community college students need remedial classes
Community colleges should tailor remedial curriculum for students who are unprepared for introductory English and math courses, and in some cases, developmental classes “hinder” student progress, according to…
Small campuses focus on retaining students with the help of technology
An Arizona community college and a New York campus with 1,000 students are using technology embraced by large research universities to stem alarming drops in student retention, especially…
University looks to draw students to STEM education
Arizona State University officials will invite teenagers to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math from experts in those fields. The campus program joins a host of initiatives…
Purdue’s student achievement technology goes national
A Purdue University-piloted tool that uses educational technology—and online "signals"—to warn some students that their grades are dropping, offer study-habit suggestions, and provide positive reinforcement to students who…
New software turns paper into an inexpensive digital tablet
