By Ronald Bethke. According to a new report from the National Association of College Stores (NACS), annual student spending on college course materials in the U.S. has declined steadily over the past seven years. However, the number of required materials have remained steady. More...

By Meris Stansbury. They still sell t-shirts for proud parents and coffee mugs with catchy slogans, but college bookstores are also going through a renaissance of sorts, using technology-supported measures to become an integral cornerstone of campus life. More...

By Meris Stansbury. And though many basic needs and services of the campus body still require the attention of IT (such as campus WiFi, MOOC creation and distribution, and BYOD implementation strategy), some of the most renowned, innovative university IT departments are future-proofing campus processes through large-scale transformative initiatives. More...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...