Everything Is a Subscription Now and It’s Too Much
Justin Pot, How-To Geek, 2018/05/11
The conversion from a sales model to a subscription model may well have worked for software vendors, but as the trend has taken hold it is becoming clearer that it is unsustainable. More...
Weak demand forces Springer Nature to cancel 3.2 billion euro float at last minute
Arno Schuetze, Reuters, 2018/05/09
This is a really interesting story, not simply because it shows the weakness of established publishers today, but because the prospectus (426 page PDF) paints a clear picture of the market today. I was most interested in the list of risks (pp. S16-S18 and expanded in much greater detail after p. S54). More...
By Martin Friesl. Business schools need to stop being too homogenous and engage in developing truly ‘different’ offerings if they are going to survive. Making changes and doing things differently will require some tough choices – but when you look at the competitive landscape, making those choices seems inevitable. More...The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming
Nate Lanxon, Bloomberg, 2018/04/20
One of the impacts of GDPR is that website terms and conditions will be required to be clearer. But this may just be the beginning of the end for book-length legal agreements. More...
Blog Educpros d'Isabelle Barth. On compare beaucoup le monde des business school à celui du football particulièrement avec l’idée du Mercato pour les enseignants-chercheurs. L’autre similitude la plus forte est cette question des classements, et de la hiérarchie qu’ils installent. Plus...By Michael Feldstein. Back in January, I wrote of Cengage's "all you can eat" Unlimited pricing announcement. More...
Western Sydney University, one of Australia’s leading institutions, has chosen to implement Banner by Ellucian for its Student Information Systems (SIS). Banner will transform the way WSU manages its student administration processes across all areas of the student lifecycle. More...
Terra Dotta, the leader in higher education travel, study abroad and international program management solutions, today announced that the University of Delaware Office of International Students and Scholars (UD OISS) has successfully implemented its ISSS software (TDS) to streamline and enhance its international advising services. More...
The University of Tennessee’s endowment has pumped millions of dollars into private investment funds in recent years, including many chartered in the Cayman Islands. More...
The board of trustees announced plans Thursday to shut down Marylhurst completely, later this year. More...
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