By Scott Newman. Demands for increased innovation are commonplace today, with leaders of all stripes—including those in postsecondary education—calling for individuals and enterprises to be more innovative. Demands for increased innovation are commonplace today, with leaders of all stripes—including those in postsecondary education—calling for individuals and enterprises to be more innovative. More...
19 avril 2014
8 Rad College Courses Inspired by the Internet
By . The web is the inspiration behind a bevy of college courses in the modern age. Obsessed with YouTube? Head to Pitzer College for a course called "Learning From YouTube." Intrigued by the Internet's saturation of Miley Cyrus? Enroll at Skidmore College, where the singer will be the topic of a sociology course that focuses on her pre and post-VMA hold on the media. More...
Cultivating innovative colleges and universities
Models of Efficiency Honoree Update
By Marcia Layton Turner. UB recognition program is only the beginning of continuous improvement and efficiency gains.
Five years ago, UB began recognizing campus departments for their initiatives to save time, money and resources, while simultaneously improving the quality of service and communication provided to constituents. More...
Infographic: 2015 state budgets
By Melissa Ezarik. Slow climb to pre-recession funding.
After years of budget cuts, some states are finally putting money back into higher education for FY2015. More...
Online labs evolve
By Matt Zalaznick. Enhancing instruction, improving access and saving costs through digital lab experiences.
Last month, the institution, which has 150 locations around the world, launched a virtual version of the lab. While not meant to replace the real-life lab, it may offer remote students a more extensive experience of simulated accidents, its designers say. More...
Why online labs are spreading
By Matt Zalaznick. Some online labs require little or no equipment, and take up no space on campus.
Budget crunches and crowded courses are two reasons online science labs are becoming more popular in higher ed. Some online labs require little or no equipment, and take up no space on campus. More...
Required: On-campus housing, all four years
By Matt Zalaznick. Students more attached to campus when required to live there.
Next fall, Susquehanna University will begin enforcing a long-standing policy requiring most students to live on campus all four years, officials at the Pennsylvania school say. More...
Closing the gender gap in science
By Tim Goral. How university leaders can help level the playing field.
A March report commissioned by the cosmetics company L’Oréal focused on the disproportionate role of women in science. In a nation that prides itself on scientific achievement, the report reveals, less than a third of women actually enter the field, and even fewer graduate and go on to careers. More...
Mass Transit
By Herman Berliner. My education was also facilitated by mass transit. High school was either a long walk or one subway stop away on the number 1 train. College was a half dozen stops away and graduate school was slightly more than a dozen stops away. But when I started working at Hofstra, life changed. Traveling to Hofstra from Manhattan via mass transit was a subway, train and bus ride away. If everything worked well, the commute was two hours each way; I quickly switched to traveling to and from campus by car. On most days, traveling by car cut my commute by 50%, though finding a legal parking space in Manhattan was sometimes a challenge. Read more...
Towards harmonization of higher education in Southeast Asia
By Kris Olds and Susan Robertson. For those of you interested in the theme of universities in a world of regions, please refer to this week's content in our MOOC Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the ‘Knowledge Economy.’ We're up to Week 4 of 7 as of Monday 14 April (see the syllabus here), though the course can be engaged with in a pick-and-choose method for the 'too busy' but curious of our readers. Read more...
