By Andrew Barbour. Let’s face it: Online education has always been the unhappy stepchild to traditional classroom teaching. It’s generally been seen as a make-do solution to serve students who—whether for reasons of geography or scheduling—were unable to attend class in person. More...
Cell phones, electronic distractions affect nearly everyone
By John M. Crisp. Here’s a question that I pose occasionally to the college freshmen in my writing classes: Which is more interesting, television or conversation with other human beings. More...
Higher education agrees: Student graduation takes a village
By . From new college rankings to government funding initiatives, higher education is under increasing pressure to prove student outcomes success with graduation rates as an indicator. More...
4 critical steps when venturing on the competency-based path
By Karli Grant. If you go to the history section of Rasmussen College’s website, you will see sepia-toned images of male and female students behind bulky desks and teachers at chalkboards. More...
Choosing a college? Now there’s an app for that
By . Boston-based app developer LTG Exam Platform has introduced a new feature to their free adaptive standardized test prep apps, Prep4SAT and Prep4GMAT, that aims to match students with their ideal colleges. More...
Oregon Promise leaves students doubting
By Alfred Diaz. High school seniors across Oregon are having visions of free-tuition fairies dance in their heads through the state’s Oregon Promise program. More...
CTE degrees boost earnings gains, study finds
By . Students who earn degrees in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs at California community colleges see an earnings increase of approximately 25 percent, according to a new policy brief from a team at the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis. More...
Institutions look to next-gen assessments
Higher education institutions of all kinds — state, private and community — are increasingly being asked for assessments that offer more evidence of student learning. More...
Higher education jobs decline
The number of higher education jobs declined 1.31 percent in Q3 2015, the fourth consecutive quarterly decline for the industry and the largest quarterly decline since at least 2007, according to a recent report from HigherEdJobs, the leading job and career site for higher education professionals. More...
Revamping campus branding
As colleges and universities face an increasingly competitive market, many are turning to create solutions when it comes to branding their campus image. More...