By Jami Morshed. There are a multitude of ways chatbots can help to streamline the student affairs and services process, maybe as soon as next semester. More...
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How chatbots will change the face of campus technology
Four-year programs at community colleges face ‘underground’ opposition
By Max Filby. Ohio’s Sinclair Community College wants to offer four-year degrees, but its president says the plan is getting push-back from an influential lobby: traditional four-year universities. More...
Is neuroeducation the key to online retention?
By Sarah Horn. Two realities are converging in higher education in an unsettling way. First, college and universities are being increasingly confronted by the changing needs of the post-traditional student, causing more institutions to incorporate a variety of online offerings. Second, staggering drop-out rates continue to plague the higher education institution, as colleges and universities still lose around 40 percent of undergraduate students to attrition before those students can graduate. More...
Is higher ed finding its ideal in micro-master’s?
By Jeremy Cunningham. Relevancy within post-grad careers just became as easy as a 5-course plan called a micro-master's. More...
4 ways technology is effectively bridging higher ed to the workforce
By Meris Stansbury. Internet- and technology-based supports are helping traditional colleges and universities reach the national goal of helping students find their place in the workforce. More...
10 must-know takeaways from EDUCAUSE 2016
By Meris Stansbury. Couldn’t attend the EDUCAUSE 2016 conference? Here’s a condensed list of the important things you don’t want to miss. More...
Blockchain-based credentials may catapult credentialing movement
By Meris Stansbury. Leaders from Learning Machine, MIT Media Lab, and Carnegie Mellon University engaged in a groundbreaking conversation with a packed house of EdTech vendors and education leaders at the annual EDUCAUSE conference. More...
$680K challenge targets virtual, augmented reality
By Laura Devaney. A new $680,000 competition calls for designs of next-generation of educational virtual and augmented reality simulations that strengthen career and technical skills. More...
UPenn launches College Promise database
By Laura Devaney. College affordability has been a focal point of President Obama’s presidency, and it remains a large issue in the 2016 presidential campaign and in policy debates across the nation. More...
Still? 3 ways higher ed is underutilizing data
By Laura Devaney. New study reveals a major opportunity to enhance data-driven decision making around program development, enrollment and retention. More...
