By . Salman Mousa, who is 28 years old, did not regret for one day not joining the university. After receiving his high school diploma, he went straight to the job market. More...
05 juillet 2015
In Bahrain, Men are Scarce in Universities
STEM leaders from 76 campuses to head prestigious summer institutes
By Andrew Barbour. The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced the 100 STEM faculty leaders from 76 institutions of higher education who have been selected to participate in the 2015 PKAL Summer Leadership Institutes. More...
Saving arts education…by going online?
By Andrew Barbour. As higher education pivots away from the liberal arts in favor of more career-focused degrees, a new online learning platform is hoping to fill the vacuum by offering low-cost arts courses online—for credit or otherwise. More...
9 ways to support collaboration in higher ed
By Carly Morales. Institutions need to create layered, blended and personalized places that support a variety of interactions and digital platforms, rather than creating specialized spaces, such as computer labs. More...
Do colleges and universities really teach higher-order thinking?
By Mike Sweet. In today’s fast-paced economy, employers need new hires who can fail fast, solve problems quickly, and learn continuously. At the core of these abilities are critical thinking and information literacy skills. More...
Millions of dollars given to reform humanities degree
The UC Irvine School of Humanities has received a $2.7 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a pilot program that aims to transform graduate education by streamlining the time to degree, providing full funding throughout the degree program, and establishing a teaching and research position of up to two years for all candidates who complete their dissertation in five years. More...
Containing the costs of a higher education degree
Many higher-ed institutions are turning to online models to more cheaply deliver certain kinds of courses and assess student learning. Is this, in fact, a good or sustainable strategy? What role does technology have to reduce the costs of delivering post-secondary education. More...
Instructure launches Canvas Data
Instructure, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company and creator of the Canvas learning management system (LMS), has released Canvas Data, a hosted data solution providing fully optimized data to K-12 and higher education institutions capturing online teaching and learning activity. More...
Who is behind today’s booming community colleges?
According to a recent Cengage Learning survey of more than 4,250 community college students, almost 100 percent say community colleges are an integral part of the U.S. education system. More...
Is collaborative learning violating professors’ rights?
By Lester A. Lefton. Is note sharing is an infringement on professors’ intellectual property rights? And can this way of thinking be justified in the age of collaborative, peer-to-peer learning. More...
