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Best practices in higher-education technology use: August 2012

August 8, 2012August 7, 2012 by From staff reports

Students at the University of Wisconsin now can earn college degrees based on competency, not credits; Ohio State is revamping its classroom technology to meet students’ digital demands;…

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Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks

July 2, 2012June 29, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium's NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make…

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Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model

August 9, 2012June 19, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based…

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Professor starts eText company to electrify textbook field

April 18, 2012April 17, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

M. Ryan Haley, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh economics professor, has started a company he hopes will undercut the academic textbook publishing industry and help college students save a…

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Experts push gaming as a ‘serious’ element of higher education

April 11, 2012April 10, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Campus technology leaders say “game” isn’t the four-letter word it once was in the Ivory Tower, thanks to a new crop of instructors willing to make games a…

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Update: Wis. lawmakers spare broadband program

June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

A controversial plan to cut $37 million in federal grant money from the University of Wisconsin system has been axed from the 2011-13 budget, according to a legislator…

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Universities mull role of tenure in UAH shootings

March 1, 2010February 26, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Questions about how universities handle tenure decisions have arisen after Amy Bishop, a professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus, was accused of killing three colleagues from…

Best practices in higher-education technology use: August 2012

Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks

Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model

Professor starts eText company to electrify textbook field

Experts push gaming as a ‘serious’ element of higher education

Update: Wis. lawmakers spare broadband program

Universities mull role of tenure in UAH shootings

Regis University Partners with Collegis Education to Modernize IT Infrastructure and Strengthen Denver’s Higher Ed Innovation Footprint

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

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