Techno-News Blog. The Trump administration is planning to propose a set maximum period of authorized stay for international students in the U.S., according to Inside Higher Ed, which notes concern the change will depress the number of international students. More...

Techno-News Blog. If we were to create a higher education report card for the entire higher education system, what elements would we grade? That depends, of course, on what you think the purpose of higher education is in our country. More...

Techno-News Blog. Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities. More...

Techno-News Blog. Online learning continues to expand in higher ed with the addition of several online master’s degrees and a new for-profit college that offers a hybrid of vocational training and liberal arts curriculum online. More...

Techno-News Blog. While most college grads believe their college educations were worth the cost, many of them say their degrees did not help much when it comes to excelling in today’s workforce. More...

Techno-News Blog. According to a 2006 report by the American Psychological Association, “mentored individuals often earn higher performance evaluations, higher salaries, and faster career progress than non-mentored individuals.” Notably, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners or men who had not achieved partnership status. More...

Techno-News Blog. Duolingo is a website and smartphone app that helps 300 million people across the world learn new languages. It’s absolutely free. It uses an artificial intelligence engine to deliver the lessons to students. More...

Techno-News Blog. Universities around the world—including Ivy League schools like Harvard University, Princeton University, and Columbia University—have recently launched hundreds of free online courses, according to Dhawal Shah, the founder of the online course search engine and review site Class Central. Shah has been keeping track of these Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on Class Central since 2011, when MOOCs were first starting to emerge as a trend. More...

Techno-News Blog. The most common form of phishing email in education tends to include an attached invoice; 66 percent of hacker attempts use the attached invoice ploy to get unwary recipients to click on an infected link; another 28 percent use a payment notification scheme; and 6 percent try online order tricks. More...

Techno-News Blog. Everyone can usually stand to be a little happier, right? A little more on top of their game? A little more boss like? There’s a very popular class at Yale University teaching students how to do just that, and they’ve opened it up to the public to take for FREE online. More...