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13 septembre 2014

3 Ways Colleges Use Snapchat (Yes, Snapchat)

By Rebecca Koenig. To catch a fish, head to the water. That simple idea motivated the University of Houston to adopt Snapchat, a smartphone application popular with teenagers, as a method of communication with prospective and current students. When it signed up for an account in January, the university was one of only a few experimenting with the social-media platform. Now more colleges are diving in, hoping to hook students’ attention. Read more...

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13 septembre 2014

MOOC Provider Gets Into College Counseling

By Steve Kolowich. The providers of massive open online courses mostly cater to adults who already went to college. Now one provider, edX, is setting its sights on high-school students who are trying to get in. The nonprofit organization just announced a raft of free, online courses for high-school students. Most of the new MOOCs cover material from Advanced Placement courses in traditional disciplines. Read more...

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13 septembre 2014

Apple Watch: Coming to a Classroom Near You?

By Rebecca Koenig. Wearable technology has entered the mainstream. The Apple Watch, announced on Tuesday, ushers in the possibility that, one day soon, campuses across the country will contend with students who are literally attached to their gadgets. Read more...

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13 septembre 2014

Will the Next Classroom Disruption Be in 3-D? Facebook’s Virtual-Reality Company Thinks So.

By Jeffrey R. Young. Brendan Iribe dropped out of the University of Maryland, but before he did he amassed 227 parking tickets. And he managed to meet two business partners who would help him build the virtual-reality company Oculus VR, which Facebook bought this year for about $2-billion. Read more...

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13 septembre 2014

Oh, the Humanities! Disciplines Survived, Even Thrived, Despite Recession

By Max Lewontin. For humanities departments that are still struggling with the lingering effects of the 2008 recession, it appears no news is the best news.
That’s one of the chief conclusions of a report released on Monday by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The report stems from a survey of the state of the humanities across 13 disciplines...
The new survey results build on a previous one conducted during the 2007-8 academic year. This time around, the academy added five new disciplines to its look at the humanities: classical studies, communication, folklore, musicology, and philosophy. More...

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13 septembre 2014

OECD: UK graduates 'lacking high-level literacy skills'

By Graeme Paton. A major international study by the OECD finds that just a quarter of UK graduates display high-level literacy skills – significantly behind countries such as Japan and Finland. Read more...

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13 septembre 2014

The risks of independence for Scottish universities

By Lucy Hunter Blackburn. The responses from the Scottish government and Academics for Yes to the serious concerns expressed by eminent research scientists (Scottish universities fear science brain drain, 1 September) are wholly unconvincing. Read more...

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12 septembre 2014

Scotland's academics leaning towards no vote, survey reveals

Times Higher Education magazine poll finds 54.8% of university staff will vote no to independence, compared with 41.2% for yes. The no campaign has a sizable 13-point lead over the Scottish independence yes camp among academics, according to a poll of university workers. Read more...

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12 septembre 2014

Companies invest in broader access to college – and in the future workforce

By Sarah Shemkus. With available jobs outpacing qualified candidates, some firms including Ernst & Young, Starbucks and even Walmart help steer youth to, and all the way through, higher education. Read more...

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12 septembre 2014

UK has more graduates but without skills and social mobility to match

By Peter Walker. Report by OECD notes UK's 'quantum leap' in higher education access but highlights poor literacy and numeracy figures. Read more...

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