Higher education's leading video platform, Echo360, today announced four new features for its mobile app designed to help faculty and institutional leaders better engage students increasingly dependent on smartphones as learning devices. More...

Peerceptiv, a developer of research-backed learning technology, today announced that its peer assessment platform is now available to more than 500,000 students and has been used at more than 125 colleges and universities around the world. More...

America still boasts more elite schools than any other country. But a growing number of schools in other countries — especially in the U.K. and China — are pushing U.S. universities out of the top 200. More...

Faculty are collaborating across disciplines in teaching and research. They are also coordinating with off-campus colleagues in business, industry and agencies to bring practical applications to student learning and to open doors for internships and possible careers. Such “transdisciplinary” collaborations bridge campus and community. More...

Every public institution of higher education in the state has joined together in support of the newly launched Growth4VA campaign, an effort to promote the state’s education system. More...

Vernier Software & Technology is highlighting examples of the data collected by educators nationwide during this summer’s total solar eclipse. The data, which were all collected using Vernier technology, are available for free on the Vernier website for educators to use to teach students about the scientific aspects of real-life physical phenomena such as a solar eclipse. More...

The recurrent, violent phenomenon of mass shootings, including recent attacks in California and Oregon, has fueled Americans’ anxieties and reinvigorated a tense national debate over gun control. More...

The student loan default rate for community colleges continues to drop, according to new federal data. Minus foreign institutions, public two-year colleges are the only higher education sector that didn’t see an increase in the latest data. More...

As more states and localities in the U.S. begin adopting free college programs, a new study of England’s college financing system hints at some surprising pitfalls to getting rid of tuition fees. More...

A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC news survey shows that the public is losing faith in the value of a college education. Skepticism about higher education is most prevalent among adults without college degrees, who have never taken college courses and who live in rural areas. More...