By Lindsay McKenzie. Institutions aren’t switching learning management systems as often as they used to. What does that mean for companies looking to win new customers. More...
28 octobre 2019
Sticking With the Same LMS
Subscribing to Open Monographs
By Lindsay McKenzie. Could subscriptions create a pathway to sustainable open-access monograph publishing? MIT Press plans to find out. More...
MIT Reaffirms Commitment to Open Access
By Lindsay McKenzie. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published its final recommendations on how to increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software and educational materials. More...
Prioritizing Privacy
By Lindsay McKenzie. Protecting the personal information of students and employees is a growing concern for colleges and universities, but where does the buck stop. More...
Rules for Making Big Deals
By Lindsay McKenzie. Dozens of institutions have endorsed a set of guiding principles for negotiating contracts that support open-access practices with scholarly publishers. More...
Leveling Up Esports on Campus
By Lindsay McKenzie. Colleges don’t need fancy arenas or hundreds of high-speed computers to launch esports teams, but they do need engaged students. More...
Encouraging Tech Grads to Give Back
By Lindsay McKenzie. New grant program encourages computer scientists to think about how their skills might benefit society. But persuading tech grads to turn down high-paying industry jobs won’t be easy. More...
The Next Purdue-Kaplan Deal?
By Lindsay McKenzie. Several large nonprofit universities have expressed interest in purchasing for-profit Ashford University, potentially following the controversial playbook of the 2017 takeover of Kaplan by Purdue. More...
