By David J. Hinson. It’s time to drop digital from everything. Digital humanities. Digital marketing. Digital branding. Digital agencies. Just stop. Now.
Because Humanities are Humanities, not Digital Humanities. Marketing is Marketing, not Digital Marketing. Agencies are Agencies, not Digital Agencies. More...
By . Faculty often want to learn more about technology integration, but have difficulty finding the time, or knowing where to start. Many understand the basics of technology in higher education, but would like to see new ideas. They are faced with providing more training to more users with fewer resources. More...
By - . Hoping to mold a generation of college graduates specializing in analyzing data using certain proprietary Big Data software, companies are offering their services for free to campuses nationwide. The latest offer is from California-based Predixion Software, which announced its Predixion in the Classroom (PIC) initiative Jan. 28. More...
By . The Graduate Record Examinations, a standardized test developed more than 60 years ago and a requirement at most U.S. grad schools, is not a good predictor of a student’s ultimate success, and is the primary barrier holding back women and minority students, said Casey Miller, a professor of physics at USF and co-author of “A Test that Fails,” published last month in the journal Nature. More...
By . Coinciding with President Obama’s recent signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, a new tech trends study from the American Library Association (ALA) finds that nearly 100 percent of America’s libraries offer digital readiness programs, such as homework assistance, workforce development programs, WiFi, and technology skills training, including maker spaces, website coding and social media classes. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . There’s a growing trend, as the economy still lingers in recovery and traditional four-year tuition remains barely affordable, of students and parents coming to understand that if you want relatively stable paying job after postsecondary education, skills training is a great bet. But what programs are currently the most successful. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . With the recent signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the popularity of jobs training programs across the country, and the recent surge in the offerings of digital badges, competency-based education (CBE) is becoming a must for any higher education institution looking to serve a broader pool of 21st-century students. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . Student plagiarism has become a lot more complex than simply quoting a famous author or a famous work without attribution. Thanks to the influx of internet resources and student and faculty reliance on these online sources, common examples of plagiarism are numerous. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . Poetry, personal stories, laughs and boisterous arm and hand gestures are not what I was expecting at 8 in the morning, and, I’m nervous to admit, from a university president. Neither was the conversation aimed at inspiring collaboration among all departments and lessening boundaries and hierarchy. More...
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The information applies to universities and colleges for academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15.
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