By Chris LaBelle - EvoLLLution. The NMC Horizon Report has been a respected source of new and upcoming trends in the field of educational technology for some time. More...

By Robert S. Lapiner - EvoLLLution. Some four years ago, Frederick Hess writing in The Atlantic brought broad public awareness to trends that insiders in higher education had long observed. He noted statistics that still hold today (according to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics and the most recent U.S. Census surveys): adult students over the age of 25 constitute nearly 40 percent of all those enrolled in higher education. More...

By Walter Rankin - EvoLLLution. This article starts with an assumption and an admission. The assumption is that there is a positive correlation between student engagement (in courses and through extracurricular and co-curricular activities), student success, and strong retention and graduation rates. More...

By Debbie Cavalier - EvoLLLution. Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. More...

By Steven Cooke - EvoLLLution. In many of the classes that I teach, I find a resistance to learning to be more and more common. While this usually fades with prompting and grading related to the demonstrated use of research, a few students don’t benefit from this prompting because they do not value the learning. More...

By Timothy Renick - EvoLLLution. At Georgia State University, we have seen profound demographic shifts in recent years. Due to the recession’s particularly hard impact on Atlanta and rapid shifts in the region’s population, we saw a doubling of the number of low-income and first-generation students enrolled at the university between 2007 and 2014. More...

By Ellen Chaffee - EvoLLLution. How does a mostly rural, shrinking state with 1.3 million residents and a strained state budget sustain 15 public colleges and universities and 20 privates. More...

By Tina Grant - EvoLLLution. Although it can be argued that all higher education leaders need to monitor trends, it is imperative that those presently serving or seeking to serve the post-traditional student stay on top of the trends that are shaping and reshaping the higher education industry. More...

By Michael Meotti - EvoLLLution. Many people think that the continual improvement in digital communication means that geography matters less in the 21st century. That perspective couldn’t be more wrong. The vast majority of colleges and universities are place-based institutions whose futures are inextricably intertwined with that of the metro regions in which they are located. More...

By Vicki Brannock - EvoLLLution. Besides the changes in technology and student expectations in traditional college settings something else has changed: the demographics of the typical student. More...