By Ben Miller. For years, private for-profit colleges were Wall Street darlings. Robust margins and a business model that does best when the economy does worst enabled these companies to add hundreds of thousands of students, all funded by billions of dollars in federal subsidies. More...
By Geoff Irvine. The leading reason cited by reviewing agencies for not handing out the revered 10-Year Reaffirmation accreditation is that the assessment of outcomes and learning is not adequately addressed across an institution. As a result, five years has become the norm. For some institutions, reports are even required annually to show progress in data-driven improvement efforts. More...
By Martha Mendoza. Howard University freshman Alanna Walton knew something was different about the professor teaching her introduction to computer science course. More...
By . Fewer students are enrolling in humanities majors at Ohio colleges amid an upswing in the popularity of science and business programs, according to federal data. More...
By . Institutions of higher education should identify and implement technologies that support student learning, should welcome blended learning environments, and should ensure degree programs adapt to students’ digital needs, according to a new metastudy of technology’s role in higher education. More...
By . This finding, which highlights the recent rise in community college popularity among U.S. student, is one of many within a new survey conducted by education company Cengage Learning. More...
By . The massive report, “Preparing for the Digital University: a review of the history and current state of distance, blended and online learning,” has laid out a comprehensive view of online learning along with key insights into where technology-enhanced education might be headed. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . According to over 70 higher-ed IT specialists, current LMS functionality is great for administrative tasks, but doesn’t provide support for the new learning approaches on today’s campuses. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . By using student data from partner colleges and universities across the country, it can identify more than 75 percent of an institution’s at-risk students, with the ability to save millions of dollars in lost tuition revenue – as much as $7 million at a campus with 10,000 students by identifying students twice as likely to drop out and intervening with them. It can also help identify, measure and prescribe intervention services. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . Becoming accessibility-compliant may not seem like a top priority, but with the ubiquity of technology—especially cloud technology—accessibility is an issue no institution can afford to ignore, emphasized panelists during the recent Internet2 Global Summit 2015. More...
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