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28 février 2016

Videos show 360-degree campus views

By Karine Joly. Early adopters tout virtual reality as the next big thing, and in higher education, 360-degree videos are adding exciting, immersive experiences. The best indicator that the time is right for “VR” can be found in the investments made by two competing tech giants, Google and Facebook. More...

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28 février 2016

Colleges incentivize graduation progress

By Melissa Ezarik. Encouraging students to take a full-time course load to target on-time graduation has become a popular focus area in higher ed. Cleveland State University takes the concept a step further with its graduation incentive plan—in which students earn tuition rebates and bookstore credits for staying on track. More...

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28 février 2016

VoIP in vogue on campus

By Barb Freda. Have you ever made a call with a soft phone? You have if you’ve ever Skyped or used FaceTime. It also means you’re on the cutting-edge of phone communications. More...

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28 février 2016

Oral Roberts tracks students’ every step

By Tim Goral. All first-year students must buy and wear a Fitbit fitness-tracker. While some critics called this requirement an overreach, school officials say Oral Roberts has long had a fitness component as part of its “Whole Person Education,” which focuses on mind, body and spirit. More...

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28 février 2016

Creating the modern urban research university

By Tim Goral. Soon after becoming president of Georgia State University in 2009, Mark P. Becker set out to answer a question: How can you create a better university, in the heart of a large, diverse city, where many of your students are first-generation or low-income, and who face challenges not seen as commonly at a typical flagship institution. More...

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28 février 2016

Fourth-year learning reaches behind bars

By Stefanie Botelho. A little time in prison brings University of Washington students much closer to people impacted by the issues they’re studying. Fourth-year law students learn alongside inmates in a seminar class taught at the Monroe Correctional Facility near Seattle. More...

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28 février 2016

The death of “online” learning in higher ed

By Craig Weidemann and Karen Pollack. Online learning has expanded dramatically over the past two decades, reaching a high of more than 5 million enrollments in 2013. While that expansion has slowed recently, it still far exceeds overall growth in higher education. More...

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28 février 2016

Hitting the books instead of the cell block

By Stefanie Botelho. New momentum has built behind higher education’s pivotal role in helping prison inmates turn their life around and re-enter society. So, what if a city offered convicted felons a college education instead of a jail sentence. More...

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28 février 2016

Kill the 5-Paragraph Essay

By John Warner. Let’s just go ahead and kill the 5-paragraph essay at all levels, everywhere.
Seriously. Let’s end it. We can have essays that happen to be 5-paragraphs long, but there shall be no more “5-paragraph essays.” Read more...

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28 février 2016

I'm Never Assigning an Essay Again

By John Warner. I assign lots of writing in my first-year writing course, but I’ve gotten out of the essay business almost entirely. Read more...

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