Only 22.3 percent of remedial students complete remediation classes and graduate associate degree programs in two years, according to the organization Complete College America. More than half of…
The University of Rochester is committing $50 million, in addition to more than $50 million it has spent in recent years, to expand its work in the burgeoning…
Lots of up-and-coming technologies have been receiving the media’s attention this year. Wearable tech promises emails and search capabilities with a glance at our watch or just by…
The massive collection of data in higher education will never produce a single, infallible formula for success, no matter how much students clamor for such a miracle algorithm.…
We’re in the era of Big Data, living among Makers. It’s truly a sign that a revolution is taking place when a university offers a curriculum that recognizes…
Everyone’s talking about big data – structured and unstructured information that can be pulled together and shared to help organisations gain better insights and make more informed business…
What is the technology stack that makes big data go? And how does it work with cloud computing? Here’s how three successful companies – SoftLayer, Cloudant and Rosetta…
For a good working definition of big data, remember the Vs, NetNewsCheck reports. Nitesh Chawla, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame…
Purdue University students have developed a software program that that uses Big Data to help police target where crime could happen. The program called "Valet'' took more than…