Here’s how to better manage your data in 2015
Everyone has heard the meme or a close variant: 90 percent of all the data in the world has been created in the last two years. As suspect…
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How to take adaptive learning to the next level
American InterContinental University shares how an in-depth training program built around empowering faculty is the key to optimizing adaptive learning technology for students’ benefit.
How to go beyond the basics of Flipped Learning
This is not your mother’s Flipped Learning. Often thought of as an instructional method whereby students watch online instructional videos at home and come to class prepared to…
FY 2016 budget targets higher-ed opportunity
More students would have access to higher education under President Obama's FY 2016 budget request, which he sent to Congress on Feb. 2, 2015. The budget includes four…
Op-ed: Internet time vs. academic time
A question that I’m asked in almost every interview is how I handled the transition from being an entrepreneur to working at a small liberal arts college. Implied…
CIOs give 5 tips for being successful on social media
Just attend any national higher education conference and you’ll see that being a Chief Information Officer (CIO) at an institution today also means being active on social networking…
Video applications skyrocket university admissions
Does your institution think video admissions are just a flash in the pan gimmick? Well, it might be time to reconsider that stance. One of the first colleges…
Why “aggressive enrollment” may be the future
When it comes to communicating with prospective students, onprofit higher education institutions outperform nonprofits on key inquiry response benchmarks, according to "Comparing Inquiry Response Strategies at Nonprofit and…
Initiative seeks ways to prep students for postsecondary success
A new multi-year project, the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium (CCREC), will identify ways to empower low-income students to become prepared for post-high school success. The project…
Drone technology: The new STEM teaching tool
Educators on campuses across the country are using drone technology to teach STEM disciplines, due in large part to what they say is the technology’s ability to offer…