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5 ways to improve community college completion rates

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 by By Michael Sharnoff, Associate Online Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/michael_esm' target='_blank'>@Michael_eSM</a>

Ensuring that students complete an associate’s degree on time is one of the biggest challenges facing educators, students, and administrators, based on findings in a new report issued…

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What we can learn from the MOOC experiment

September 26, 2014September 25, 2014 by By Jeff Borden

Whether you’re a fan or a critic of the MOOC experience, there are many lessons we can take from these massive open online courses.

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Driving consortial change–it takes more than missionaries

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by By David J. Hinson

Selective residential colleges and universities usually have several things in common – they are usually small, usually survive upon tuition, room, and board for their operating budgets, and…

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10 ways ed-tech tools promote academic honesty

September 16, 2014 by By Andy Trus

Here are 10 strategies and resources for educators to prevent student plagiarism and advance academic honesty. With answers literally at their fingertips, instructors utilizing education technology tools are…

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What role can MOOCs play in the development agenda? 5 key questions

September 15, 2014 by By Rajika Bhandari

With the Millennium Development Goals nearing their deadline, the development sector has been rife with speculation about what the post-2015 development agenda will look like and what role,…

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Hey, Princeton: Consider competencies

September 10, 2014 by By Michelle R. Weise

With A’s doled out in almost half of all undergraduate courses—compared to only 15 percent in 1961— have grades become meaningless? Ten years ago, Princeton University began limiting…

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5 simple ways to streamline campus technology

January 21, 2015September 2, 2014 by By Paige Francis

Somewhere along the line, it seems that higher-education technology leaders hit a development gap where the KISS principle was routinely ignored. Here are five suggestions for getting back…

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Why is competency-based education so hard to study?

September 1, 2014 by By Julia Freeland

A few research pitfalls seem to be creeping into the still nascent world of K-12 competency-based education: first, the challenge of moving from discussing high-level theory to describing…

5 ways to improve community college completion rates

What we can learn from the MOOC experiment

Driving consortial change–it takes more than missionaries

10 ways ed-tech tools promote academic honesty

What role can MOOCs play in the development agenda? 5 key questions

Hey, Princeton: Consider competencies

5 simple ways to streamline campus technology

Why is competency-based education so hard to study?

APM Steam Offers Unparalleled Heat Exchanger Assessment and Testing Services for Colleges and Universities

College of Charleston Launches Two New Schools

Cyber Attacks on Colleges and Universities: How Businesses Help Safeguard Higher Education from Cyber Threats

Laramie County Community College to Unveil New SmartCIM 4.0 from Intelitek

Sony’s Display Technology Shines at the University of Florida

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