By Reis Thebault. Student ID cards can track students around campus. Computers can analyze students’ academic data and predict their future performance. For some, this starts to feel like “Big Brother” is watching, a college that would be at home in George Orwell’s 1984. More...
The best strategy for managing disruptive innovation in higher ed
By . If a traditional college or university wants success for its implementation of a disruptive innovation, make sure that it’s not subject to the same guidelines and strategies currently in place. More...
Mobile success could depend on this often-overlooked campus service
By . Technology repair services on campuses will likely be seen as a higher-ed essential critical to boosting outcomes and helping students save time. More...
New bill would increase free access to research
Public access to federally-funded research took one move forward with the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ vote to support the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR). More...
Capella U., SAS launch MS in analytics program
Facing a critical skills gap in data and analytics, the U.S. is hungry for graduate-level degree programs to meet snowballing demand. More...
MIT, iGrad partner for financial literacy initiative
iGrad and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced plans to add iGrad’s financial literacy platform to MIT’s counseling resources for students. More...
Partnership to evaluate impact of active learning on student outcomes
The Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) announced today the selection of teaching and learning platform Echo360 as the first company partner for JEA, which helps to evaluate and scale education solutions that can make demonstrable impacts on student learning outcomes. More...
What over 20 million academic credentials exchanged means
Last week, Parchment, an academic credential management company, facilitated the exchange of its 20 millionth credential request. More...
Millions to advance personalized learning in higher education
Acrobatiq secures $9.75 million in Series A funding; supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More...