The top skills career-minded students need in today’s digital workforce
For soon-to-be college graduates, it’s a tough job market out there–in many fields, perhaps the most competitive ever. To stand ... Read more
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New learner analytics software helps 15 percent more students earn degrees
A UK education technology business recently hit US colleges and universities after a three-year trial of its pioneering analysis and monitoring software. The pilot project, at Nottingham Trent…
Company launches first video CMS specifically for higher education
Higher education video platform, Echo360, announced the launch of a new video content management system (CMS) for higher education. Designed to reflect the multiplicity of video needs on…
Top 5 ways small colleges can save money with tech
Budgetary restrictions and cutbacks are making life harder at small colleges across the nation. In fact, “about a third of small private colleges rated by Moody’s generated operating…
Cal Poly launches world’s first university-based cloud innovation center by AWS
Through a strategic relationship, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), one of the nation’s top masters-level universities, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), have…
Campuses show major shift in supporting student success
Institutions are increasingly focused on supporting student success, with 73 percent of colleges and universities shifting their organizational structure to benefit students, according to a new study. The…
Trending: Students say digital payments key for college
With the rising popularity of P2P (person-to-person) payments through sites such as Facebook Messenger, Slack, Zelle and Venmo, digital disbursements have become to millennials what cash and checks…
5 reasons why analytics tech is a game-changer for universities
When you have nearly 38,000 students enrolled in your university, the data challenges are formidable. At The University of Alabama, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA)…
Hyperconvergence in campus IT-Why taking a software approach is best
New technologies often fundamentally change how IT procures and operates infrastructure and Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is no exception. HCI is the combination of compute and storage into an…
MIT issues learner-owned digital diplomas on the blockchain
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has issued learner-owned academic credentials on the blockchain. The University’s Digital Diploma Pilot Program allowed a select cohort of students to receive both…