Over the last three weeks, the University of Wisconsin System’s leaders have adopted new policies to curb disruptive protests, largely mirroring a controversial Republican bill. They have given members of the Board of Regents more power in picking campus leaders. More...
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Latest actions deepen divide between UW System leaders and many faculty, students
CMS combines lecture capture, active learning with smarter video management
Higher education's leading video platform, Echo360, announced today the launch of a new video content management system (CMS) for higher education. More...
University cancels event ahead of White Lives Matter rally
Middle Tennessee State University officials canceled the Contest of Champions ahead of a White Lives Matter rally in Murfreesboro. More...
Ball State frats to go alcohol-free through January 2018
Ball State University staff and presidents of the 13 fraternities included in Ball State’s Interfraternity Council have agreed there will be no more social gatherings at fraternity houses or co-hosted events by fraternities that include alcohol, or otherwise, until after Jan. 31, 2018. More...
One more application lever prospective college students can pull: ‘Demonstrated interest’
High schoolers poured onto local college campuses last week, over the four-day weekend made possible by the annual Minnesota Educators Academy conference. As they criss-crossed the school grounds, touring the classrooms and dorms — whether they realized it or not — many of them won bonus points with admissions staff that may end up working toward their advantage. More...
NTU Singapore collaborates with IBM
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is collaborating with IBM to develop a virtual tutor designed to assist the learning of medical students at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), a partnership between NTU Singapore and Imperial College London (Imperial). Teams from LKCMedicine and IBM will work together to create a proof-of-concept Medical School Tutor for medical students. More...
Brown welcomes displaced University of Puerto Rico students, faculty
Last Tuesday, Martínez-Muñiz, an undergraduate chemistry major, boarded a plane from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island, where he’ll finish his fall semester studies at Brown — and remain through the spring semester if necessary — as one of up to 50 University of Puerto Rico (UPR) students Brown has committed to enrolling in the wake of Hurricane Maria. More...
Student and campus visitor killed in shooting at Grambling State
A student and a campus visitor were fatally shot at Grambling State University, and the gunman is on the loose, officials said Wednesday. More...
Polk State College chooses Softdocs
Continuing to lead the way in educational enterprise content management (ECM) sales, Softdocs, an ECM, e-forms and workflow solutions provider, today announced key achievements for Q3 2017. More...
Unizin exclusively partners with Cengage
Unizin, Ltd., has selected Cengage, an education and technology company, to be the exclusive services partner for expert course design, production services, and curriculum analysis to improve student retention and learner success of Unizin’s 25 member universities. More...
