Following a night of heavy drinking at a fraternity at Texas State University, a 20-year-old was found dead. Another 20-year-old died at Florida State University in nearly identical circumstances. More...
Enrollment drops at many private New York colleges
Many New York private colleges and universities that enroll mostly in-state students saw their numbers of undergraduates drop this fall, in the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s scholarship push at public institutions. More...
Turnitin adds historical analysis prompts to Revision Assistant
New historical analysis writing prompts for Turnitin Revision Assistant—a digital teaching tool giving students immediate, actionable feedback while they write—support writing instruction in content areas beyond English/Language Arts. Students, educators say, need direct writing instruction in all curriculum areas in order to write effectively and analyze domain-specific texts. More...
Campus Management helps institutions engage with constituents
As part of its continuing pledge to support higher education’s mission now and in the future, Campus Management announces the upcoming releases of its flagship Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) solutions – Radius by Campus Management and CampusNexus CRM. More...
University of Texas strengthens commitment to Mexico
The University of Texas (UT) is deepening its historically strong relationship with Mexico by opening an office in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico (UNAM). With new staff on the ground in Mexico, UT plans to expand collaborations with Mexican educational and scientific organizations. More...
Learning at the pace of life and work
A technology-stimulated, connected, and accelerated marketplace is generating different roles and additional skills requirements for us as workers. The traditional model of completing our lifelong education needs before we enter the workforce is now obsolete. On-the-job experience must now be supplemented as business and technological requirements evolve significantly and rapidly. More...
Finding jobs tougher for private engineering college grads as India's IT hiring slows
Private engineering colleges are struggling to place their students unlike the Indian Institutes of Technology, which have seen a significant rise in pre-placement offers this year. More...
Cengage partners with Hilton
Cengage, an education and technology company, has partnered with Hilton to offer U.S. Team Members the opportunity to earn accredited high school diplomas and career certificates. Offered through Hilton's employee education assistance program, Career Online High School (COHS) is designed to reengage adults in education. More...
Field guide helps colleges collaborate with industry to design, issue digital credentials
Credly, the leading digital credential platform, today announced the release of a field guide for community college and university leaders: “Partnering with Employers to Create Workforce-Relevant Credentials.” More...
College of San Mateo launches campaign to increase number of Latino, low-income STEM students
Student success experts InsideTrack and the College of San Mateo (CSM), a leading San Francisco Bay Area community college, today announced the launch of a new program to increase the number of Latino and low-income students graduating with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degrees. More...