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6 janvier 2016

Can you teach entrepreneurship at university?

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. The age-old debate over whether entrepreneurship can be taught or is part of something innate rages on. In Western Australia, a new report suggests that entrepreneurship can indeed be taught – and not only that but the best place to do it is in university – a theory that flies directly in the face of the belaboured ‘drop-out entrepreneur’ stereotype. More...
6 janvier 2016

Higher ed commission program encourages college dropouts to return

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Indiana’s colleges and universities want to get dropouts back to class. More...
6 janvier 2016

Free Japan's universities

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Here is the good news: Japan’s national universities are not, in fact, getting rid of social sciences and humanities. Earlier this year, it looked as if Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (or MEXT for short) told public schools to cease education in these areas. When I spoke to MEXT officials this fall in Tokyo, they were eager to clarify that this wasn’t what they had ordered. More...
6 janvier 2016

University lobbyists spend big on state lawmakers

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. When former University of Georgia football coach Mark Richt coached his Bulldogs past the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in his final game Nov. 28, there was practically a full committee of state lawmakers in the stands. More...
6 janvier 2016

The year of the imaginary college student

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Earlier this year, James O’Keefe, the conservative activist famous for his hidden-camera exposés, visited Vassar College dressed in costume as the Constitution. Vassar, where I teach, is one of those campuses that seems to typify, for some, how wacky and permissive higher education has become—a readymade specimen for those seeking to depict the twenty-first-century American college at its most insular and navel-gazing. More...
6 janvier 2016

Colleges hit ‘like’ button on social media

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Hey. Hey, you. Take your eyes off Facebook for a second and look over here. Social media has become an almost integral part of life for many people and organizations. The ironic thing is, if you just looked up from your Twitter, you might have missed this article. More...
6 janvier 2016

College campuses expand the use of mobile devices beyond payments

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Near field communication (NFC) technology has a wide range of uses, from location tracking to wireless transactions. More...
6 janvier 2016

Take an online ‘farm to fork’ journey

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Now more than ever, consumers want to know the journey their food takes between the farm and the dining room table. More...
6 janvier 2016

The misappropriation of cognitive science principles in edtech

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Funding to edtech startups from venture capital firms has grown 503 percent over the past five years, according to CB insights. In total, the edtech market will receive about $2B in venture funding this year. As in any other field, edtech entrepreneurs are interested in addressing critical issues in education while building a sustainable business. More...
6 janvier 2016

Could email fix a troubled form of online education?

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. UBTech keynote speaker says higher ed can do more to spur creativeness. More...
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