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Why higher ed should be concerned about “education deserts”

February 25, 2016February 16, 2016 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

“Education desert,” is defined as a “place with either no colleges or universities located nearby or with one community college as the only local public broad-access institution."

In this tech age, who’s your target learner?

September 3, 2015 by By Pam Buffington

What will university learners require in 10 years? Who will these learners be? How will they learn and what will they demand? Universities must innovate and evolve now…

Campus Leadership

Calculating indirect college costs could make all the difference

August 20, 2015 by By Ron Bethke, eCampus News Assistant Editor, @eCN_RonB

The American Council on Education has released a new paper urging more research on the implications for college students of indirect costs such as room and board, books…

Campus Leadership

How should quality assurance for competency-based ed work?

August 17, 2015 by By Michael B. Horn

For online, competency-based programs, the old metrics are those focused on inputs. These new programs often lack breadth, generally do not do academic research, and they don’t have…

Campus Leadership

The best strategy for managing disruptive innovation in higher ed

July 31, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

If a traditional college or university wants success for its implementation of a disruptive innovation, make sure that it’s not subject to the same guidelines and strategies currently…

IT Leadership

5 rising IT trends going into fall 2015

July 27, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

From cloud migration to dealing with increased cyberattacks, never before have the skillsets and innovate capabilities of the campus IT department been as mission-critical to colleges and universities…

IT Leadership

Reinventing the college bookstore in the online era

September 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

They still sell t-shirts for proud parents and coffee mugs with catchy slogans, but college bookstores are also going through a renaissance of sorts, using technology-supported measures to…

Campus Leadership

How a 1970s policy can boost completion rates today

July 13, 2015 by By Todd Hitchcock and Mary Beth Lakin

Credit for Prior Learning has emerged as an effective pathway to help more learners today, with busy lifestyles, to achieve their higher education goals. Credit for Prior Learning…

IT Leadership

Universities create national initiative for competency-based education

July 10, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Several nonprofit and higher education organizations are collaborating to create new resources and opportunities in response to growing interest in competency-based education (CBE). This work includes the largest…

IT Leadership

3 survival questions every institution should ask

July 7, 2015 by By Connor Gray

Increased competition, reduced public funding, demand for non-traditional delivery models, and increased regulatory pressure around student outcomes are forcing institutions to ask fundamental questions about the effectiveness of…

Why higher ed should be concerned about “education deserts”

In this tech age, who’s your target learner?

Calculating indirect college costs could make all the difference

How should quality assurance for competency-based ed work?

The best strategy for managing disruptive innovation in higher ed

How a 1970s policy can boost completion rates today

Universities create national initiative for competency-based education

3 survival questions every institution should ask

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