Featured What’s hogging bandwidth on college campuses? By Denny Carter, Editor July 1st, 2014 Bandwidth demands have been at critical levels for years on college campuses of every size, and the ubiquity of tablets has only complicated matters for higher education IT officials. Students…
News Few colleges check applicants’ social media posts October 15th, 2013 To the teenagers who plaster their boredom, distaste for physics and bodily yearnings all over…
News Students concerned about university spying September 10th, 2013 They’re always watching. At least that’s what the majority of students think about campus administrators…
News In student affairs, social media remains a common tool August 12th, 2013 While student use of many social networking services may be down, those who work in…
News Four trends shaping the future of digital learning in higher ed February 26th, 2020 According to Babson Survey Research Group, nearly 33 percent of college students are taking at least one course online. As online higher education continues to…
News Aligning SLOs with employability February 25th, 2020 Today’s universities measure student learning outcomes (SLOs) through in-class assessments targeting the micro and macro level of a learner’s knowledge acquisition. At the micro level,…
News Initiative zeroes in on blockchain in higher ed February 24th, 2020 A new federally-funded and ambitious initiative aims to explore the use of blockchain technology in higher education. The American Council on Education (ACE) has received…
News College launches start-up accelerator for student entrepreneurs February 21st, 2020 A Maryland community college is gearing up to launch a start-up business accelerator for student entrepreneurs. Montgomery College’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education (WDCE) Program…
News Online program helps improve how teachers teach with tech February 20th, 2020 Step into any K-12 classroom and chances are the students will at one point during the day be engaged with technology using a computer, tablet,…
News 4 takeaways from a successful badging initiative February 19th, 2020 In Colorado, digital badging is on the rise. The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) has built badging initiatives around technical math, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare…
News Why lifelong learning matters for all ages February 18th, 2020 In an ever-changing global workforce, today's students are developing skills to make them productive members of tomorrow's workforce. Perhaps one of the most important skills…
News How to teach with 3D anatomy tools February 17th, 2020 How is it possible that someone who has been involved in developing 3D anatomy technologies for 12 years took 7 of those years to find…
News 3 strategic steps for successful financial planning in higher ed February 14th, 2020 In 2014, taxis had 76 percent of the ride-hailing market for business travelers. Just four years later, taxis have only 7 percent of that market,…
News Leading tech trends have big implications for grads February 13th, 2020 As technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence evolve, students can look to tech trends--some emerging, some well-established--to explore paths of study leading…