Hybrid approach drives retention success
In 2007, when California Lutheran University (CLU) campus leaders noticed a drop in freshman return rates, they charged me with serving as CLU’s retention champion. As the first…
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Technology innovations help solve educational challenges
With a high-speed robotic crane that delivers books in the new library and audio response iPad applications in language classrooms, the University of Chicago exemplifies the successful integration…
eCampus of the Month: At LSU, ed tech helps make learning ‘geaux’
Louisiana State University (LSU) has improved retention rates with software that warns students who are falling behind in class and encourages those who are excelling. The 28,000-student institution…
Adaptive learning tool helps spur individual success
Undergraduate professors employ myriad techniques to motivate their students to arrive prepared for active discussion. Despite these efforts, students often fall well short of expectations. Fortunately, adaptive learning…
Viewpoint: No eMail left behind
For the more than 10,000 students, faculty and staff at Pepperdine University, sharing information digitally, often in the form of large documents, media files or data files, is…
How to use higher education’s ‘new toy’: Social media
Campus technology officials in charge of social media efforts have come to a consensus: There are no social media experts, so keep experimenting with your school’s tweeting, linking,…
Forget what you know about good study habits
Psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong, reports the New York Times.