Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Technology affects everything. It helps us communicate, travel, cook, clean, and shop more efficiently. In education, the emergence of online classes has introduced a plethora of opportunities to prospective students. More...
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Students and teachers need to adapt to online classrooms
Rubrics for Assignments in Online Courses
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. An important aspect of an online course is grading assignments and providing feedback. This is especially true in an asynchronous course where there is no real-time interaction between the instructors and students. More...
Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates – Fall 2009 Cohort
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This fourth annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2009, the cohort that entered college as the Great Recession was ending. More...
Udacity and Google team up for new Senior Web Developer Nanodegree program
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Udacity has partnered with Google to bring another Nanodegree program to the fold: Senior Web Developer. The program builds on the Front End Web Developer Nanodegree curriculum, much like Udacity’s duo of iOS Developer degree programs do. More...
Major Study Finds OER Students Do Just as Well — or Better
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The study involved 5,000 students using OER and more than 11,000 “control” students using standard textbooks in courses at 10 different institutions around the country enrolled in 15 different undergraduate courses. More...
Higher education leaders consider reform measures
By Stefanie Botelho. Higher education leaders from across the state gathered twice this week, once at the request of Gov. Susana Martinez, to build momentum for reforms aimed at making a more logical path to and through college in the state. More...
Apollo Education launches correctional support program
By Stefanie Botelho. Apollo Education Group, Inc.'s, under its flagship school, University of Phoenix (UOP), introduced a new career-oriented program in Correctional Program Support Services at its Central Valley Campus in Fresno, Calif. More...
First college to divest lauds Paris climate accord
By Stefanie Botelho. The Unity College community is lauding passage of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change agreement in Paris. More...
What science has to say about affirmative action
By Stefanie Botelho. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin has wound its way back to the Supreme Court, which will once again examine whether consideration of race in undergraduate admissions is constitutional. More...
Does affirmative action create mismatches of students and universities?
By Stefanie Botelho. Last week, during oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action case, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia drew outraged criticism for declaring that “there are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.” More...
