By Pam Buffington. What will university learners require in 10 years? Who will these learners be? How will they learn and what will they demand? Universities must innovate and evolve now to be prepared for the future. More...
Emerging field has huge potential for college and university curricula
By Bridget McCrea. Data analytics is gaining traction as a new career option for college graduates. Here’s how one institution is grabbing the opportunity and helping students prepare for jobs in the field. More...
University goes “Mad Men” for technology buy-in
By Andrew Barbour. In implementing any major tech initiative on campus today, the greatest challenges tend to revolve more around change management than technical issues. More...
Want to protect research data? Go multi-tiered
By Andrew Barbour. Network attached storage (NAS) provides campus researchers with a cost-effective way to store, share, and back up their work securely, but it should be part of a multi-tier storage and recovery strategy. More...
Tools help video collaboration go mobile
By . It’s not hard to spot technology on campuses across the nation, and unified collaboration tools are quickly becoming essential to teaching and learning at institutions of higher education. More...
3 tips for alternative credentialing
By . Institutions of higher education can take steps to strengthen their alternative credentialing options and attract adult learners to their programs, a new study found. More...
New Google –like search technology is curbing course dropouts
By . In the wake of the multimedia resources boom in campus courses across the world, sifting through hour-long recorded presentations or hundreds of pages of online text to find specific information can be like trying to find the keyword needle in a massive academic haystack. But that’s about to change. More...
What does collaboration really look like?
By . Recently, the term “collaboration” has become higher education’s latest buzzword, with multiple conference speakers touting its importance, as well as everyone from CIOs to professors exclaiming that collaboration is imperative for supporting, and growing the capabilities of, today’s innovative institutions. More...
Half of top 10 fastest-growing degrees are in STEM
While the demand for educated labor continues to increase in the U.S., new research from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) suggests the supply of qualified candidates may not be keeping up with demand for certain professions. More...
New ranking system uses social, research-based criteria
A new college ranking system from Washington Monthly magazine takes a different approach to ranking the nation’s colleges and universities while exploring with industry experts the ins and outs of American higher education. More...