As a result of the attack, Alaa and some 90 other students from the departments whose facilities were damaged had to transfer temporarily to the university’s branch in Ismailia or to universities in the Egyptian capital. Late last year, the students returned to their building in El-Arish after reconstruction work was finished. More...

The Bureau’s recent report recommended that the Council of Ministers immediately stop teaching disciplines not required in the public sector, including philosophy, political sciences, and psychology. The report also recommended decreasing the number of students in several other disciplines, such as foreign languages, by 10 percent annually for five years starting from last winter. More...

Alaa Naser, 27, haltingly walked to center stage and sat in a chair positioned in front of a video camera. Another woman, a casting director, stood at the front of the stage with her back to the audience. More...

Six emerging design themes are impacting cyberlearning, or the future of learning with technology, according to a new report. More...

The term millennial is a word that big education aspires to connect with, yet has trouble relating to. Too often in higher education it simply means 20-somethings, and the question then becomes: “How do we market to millennials so they understand that education is an experience?” 
Make no mistake–experiential learning is a requirement. It only intensifies as you move up the educational ladder. Concepts become multi-faceted and gray. More...

Higher education is at a crossroads. Today, only half of students who enter college in the U.S. actually complete their degree within six years. Many first-generation college students are dropping out. More...

Six steps to take when starting an online-learning initiative. More...

But millennials–that group of people born between the 1980s and early 2000s–have earned the nickname the “unbanked generation” for a reason. Thanks to the increasingly ubiquitous nature of smartphones and payment apps, young people are not just eschewing checks, but many other functions associated with physical banks. This creates some interesting challenges in how colleges and universities approach financial aid for today’s students. More...

The emergence of the chief innovation officer position is spreading across institutions, and is being spurred by various changes in higher education. More...

You’ve seen the TV show before. A shadowy miscreant in a black hoodie is furiously typing away at a keyboard, illuminated only by the glow of the monitor. Suddenly, a dialog box pops up: “ACCESS GRANTED.” The attacker has successfully hacked the mainframe. Unfortunately, Hollywood’s portrayal of “hacking” doesn’t quite match up with the challenges of cybersecurity these days. More...