Stratasys Ltd., a provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, is now accepting entries for the 12th annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. More...
Efforts grow to increase data scientists
A new partnership is focusing on the next generation of data scientists in an effort to attract more students to the growing profession. More...
Online courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s
. MIT announced on Oct. 7 a pilot program allowing learners worldwide to take a semester’s worth of courses in its one-year Supply Chain Management (SCM) master’s program completely online, then complete an MIT master’s degree by spending a single semester on campus. More...
College shooting: Alert systems failed, faculty members say
. Emergency alert systems at Umpqua Community College may have failed to warn students and faculty of a shooter on campus Oct. 1. More...
Colleges vow to ease application process
. More than 80 colleges are creating a website where students will be able to apply to dozens of them and get help along the way. More...
Part 2: Keeping the human touch in admissions–at scale
. While some colleges struggle to attract enough students to keep their doors open, others have been inundated by record numbers of applications. Today, admissions offices must work harder and smarter to recruit and enroll students who meet their institutions’ standards and values. More...
Part 1: Keeping the human touch in admissions–at scale
. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” Dickens may have been writing about the French Revolution, but he could just as easily have been describing life in the admissions offices of the nation’s colleges and universities. More...
Poll reveals emerging adults’ views on education
Eighty-six percent of adults in a recent survey said they believe it is more important than ever to get education or training past high school in order to find a good job in today’s economy. More...
CMU moves to real-time reporting, analysis
Excel4apps, a provider of Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, announced that Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will implement two of its Wands for Oracle suite of products. More...
Electronic textbooks save Indiana students $8M
Indiana University students have saved $8 million over the last three years by opting into a digital learning program that uses electronic textbooks, school officials said. More...