In less than three years, a gleaming state-of-the-art Engineering Research Center has risen on Brook Street on Brown’s campus in Providence. Across the university, 23 faculty members in newly endowed chairs are achieving breakthrough discoveries, influencing policy and cultivating understanding of peoples and cultures. More...
China to build joint institute with Morocco university
The Ministry of Education has recently approved a China-Morocco joint institute to be built by northwest China's Ningxia University and Morocco's University of Hassan I. More...
Education technology startup funding rebounds, but what is ‘edtech’?
Part of edtech’s bubble burst in 2016. After climbing to a widely heralded peak in 2015, venture investment in U.S. K-20 edtech startups (spanning kindergarten through college) collapsed by roughly a third the following year, from $1.4 billion to about $1 billion. More...
Universities fear a violent 2018
After a year marked by campus confrontations between white nationalists and anti-fascist extremists, university administrators are preparing for a combative and potentially violent 2018 by beefing up security and examining the boundaries of their own commitment to free speech. More...
Judge allows F&M College to build visual arts center
A judge will allow Franklin & Marshall College to break ground on a $29-million visual arts center after the college agreed to reduce construction-related disruptions to neighboring North Museum. More...
Liberty making a splash with new Daktronics displays
Liberty University continues a long-standing relationship with Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, with the installation of two new LED video displays at Liberty Natatorium for aquatics events in Lynchburg, Virginia. Both displays were manufactured and installed this fall to elevate the live event experience for Flames fans. More...
NYU opens major new tech hub in downtown Brooklyn
An advanced, interdisciplinary research center that applies big data solutions to societal issues, particularly urban issues, CUSP’s move into the newly renovated, 530,000 square foot space in Downtown Brooklyn marks an important milestone in strengthening NYU’s academic presence in Brooklyn and contribution to Brooklyn’s media, tech, and arts sectors. More...
As flow of foreign students wanes, U.S. universities feel the sting
At Wright State University in Ohio, the French horn and tuba professors are out. So is the accomplished swimming team. More...
Vancouver Island University and Selkirk College select Unit4
Unit4, a leader in administrative systems for higher education institutes, today announced that Vancouver Island University (VIU) and Selkirk College have selected Unit4 Student Management running on the Microsoft Azure cloud to replace their legacy student systems. More...
Why the University of Ill. is investing in farmland
Early in Ellen Ellison’s tenure as chief investment officer for the University of Illinois Foundation, she and some staff toured a university-owned farm in Monticello, 30 miles west of the flagship Urbana-Champaign campus. More...