Southern New Hampshire University and Flatiron School have partnered to provide increased access to coding curriculum and the skills needed for jobs in high-demand industries. More...
19 novembre 2015
19 novembre 2015
Which college graduates snag employers’ attention?
In the past decade, enrollment and graduation numbers have risen in for-profit colleges; however, little is known about how employers perceive potential employees with for-profit college degrees on their resumes. More...
19 novembre 2015
6 departments ripe for 3D learning
By Conor MacCormack. As institutions make room in the classroom (and within 2016 budgets) to add more technology to learning programs, 3D printing tools are at the top of the must-have list, especially for specific departments on campus. More...
19 novembre 2015
What does it mean to be an online learning leader?
By . If online learning is to succeed as not only as a legitimate option for learning but as a respected platform within an institution, leadership has to build that respect through calculated risks and building multi-departmental relationships. More...
19 novembre 2015
On Mentors*
By Julie R. Enszer. For me and others I know, one of the most difficult things about failing is telling our advisors and mentors. Of course, they know. Before the words even cross our lips. No job this year. No fellowship. No nothing. Yet at some point it must be spoken; we see their disappointment, experience it almost as another failure. More...
18 novembre 2015
Six Words
By Margaret Andrews. I spoke at the GMAC Asia Pacific Conference in Manila earlier this month about how business schools can stand out from the crowd. With nearly 17,000 schools worldwide offering business degrees, it’s more important than ever for each school to articulate to prospective students what’s unique and valuable about that school – and then to communicate it in such a way that the school’s personality, or “secret sauce,” comes through. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Is the Whole Just a Collection of Parts?
By Liz Reisberg. There seems to be a growing trend to deconstruct the traditional university degree in favor of an amalgam of separate pieces. This trend further complicates the current debate about what a university degree should represent. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Rankings, Mergers, Development
By Daniel Kontowski and Philip G. Altbach. The EU has almost 4,000 higher education institutions, 434 of them are now in Poland. With only 7% of EU population, we host 11% of the higher education institutions. There are fourteen types of HEIs; they report to different ministries; and only about a 100 are public. And yet, the quantity doesn’t translate into ranking-based quality. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Our Republic Will Withstand College Students Protesting
By John Warner. When I gave three cheers for student protests on Monday, it was because, in my experience, students are far too deferential to institutional authority, often absorbing an ethos that removes any sense of personal agency or freedom, the practicing of which I believe to be central to the undergraduate experience. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Faculty Scholarship
By Thomas Carey. A recent post in Matt Reed’s Confessions of a Community College Dean column raised the question of “how research informs teaching and whether it factors in at the community college level”. I think this question is best framed in a slightly more general way: “how can our teaching activity and our scholarly activity complement each other to be mutually beneficial at a teaching-intensive institution”. This is of importance at any teaching-intensive institution, particularly one which integrates foundational, vocational and professional programs along with more traditional academic pathways. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)