Student retention and increasing online offerings are among higher education officials’ top concerns, according to results from a new survey from the Center for Digital Education and Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of content delivery network services. More...
Are students priced out of college?
High college costs limit college access and career opportunity by pricing students out of an education or opportunities to develop critical skills in extra-curricular activities and unpaid internships, according to a new National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC) report, “Student Aid and Job Readiness,” released in partnership with Blackboard. More...
1:5 students are “high thrivers” in U.S. colleges
A new indicator designed to measure consumer confidence across the nation’s 4-year colleges reveals that two in 10 college students are “high thrivers”. More...
Training the next generation of cloud developers
IBM is introducing a new commitment to enable the next generation of developers with the Academic Initiative for Cloud, aimed to mentor and energize them to innovate using IBM Cloud technologies. More...
Program exposes rural students to science careers
Some 22 small-town high school students and teachers joined UW-Madison students and researchers this month in donning lab coats and blue plastic gloves to experiment with live human stem cells, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. More...
Blackboard unveils totally redesigned learning platform
Blackboard is launching a new platform, called the New Learning Experience, which aims to bring together all of its various products and services under one roof, with the goal of making it seem more focused on students and learners, not administrators. More...
University aims to advance learning with “mixed reality”
Canon U.S.A. Inc., a provider of digital imaging solutions, and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently partnered in the Company’s first collegiate mixed reality competition and mentorship program, in which students brought their virtual designs to life using the Canon MREAL Solution for Mixed Reality. More...
Big names partner to provide better e-Textbook service
StraighterLine, a provider of low-cost online general education courses, has announced its digital textbook partnership with Vital Source, which offers the e-Textbook delivery platform for education, the VitalSource Bookshelf. More...
Millions from DoD go to this university’s STEM program
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded the STEMPREP Project at Southern Methodist University a $3.78 million grant to support its goal of increasing the number of minorities in STEM fields. More...
College goes open source for training
UMBC Training Centers, a mid-Atlantic provider of technical, engineering and professional skills training, has announced a merger with /training/etc Inc., a leader in the design, development and delivery of content-rich Open Source technology training. More...