Last Thursday, my day started as one of four panelists to discuss the results of a new study reporting on the so-called "power gap" in higher education. More...
Student loan, gainful employment rules delayed, official says
The Education Department will miss a crucial deadline to finalize a regulation on forgiving loans made to students who say colleges used deceptive recruiting, potentially giving those students an extra year of debt forgiveness under more lenient standards. More...
New graduate student recruitment solution from ETS and Liaison
A new tool will help admissions professionals at colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world to drive awareness of opportunities available to prospective graduate students. More...
Trial shows dark side of college basketball
Big time college basketball was cast at the opening of a criminal trial Tuesday as a corrupt enterprise where major schools and their heralded coaches rely on athletic gear giants to do their dirty work, paying cash to struggling families of top-tier high school athletes to guide them to their doorstep. More...
Key considerations to guide a university’s OPM partnership
The number of online program management (OPM) companies may have tripled in the past decade, according to Inside Higher Ed. More...
Conversica launches AI-powered admissions assistant for higher ed
Conversica, the leader in conversational AI for business, has added an Admissions Assistant for higher education to the company’s portfolio of virtual assistants powered by conversational AI. More...
No cash needed at this cafe. Students pay the tab with their personal data
Shiru Cafe looks like a regular coffee shop. Inside, machines whir, baristas dispense caffeine and customers hammer away on laptops. But all of the customers are students, and there's a reason for that. At Shiru Cafe, no college ID means no caffeine. More...
Turnitin acquires Gradescope
College enrollment and degrees awarded in STEM subjects are on the rise, and with more courses come more assignments that need to be graded. Turnitin has acquired Gradescope, an assessment platform that reduces the time associated with grading in college courses via an optimized online workflow and clever application of artificial intelligence. More...
With new GetMIDegree site, public universities hope to encourage more enrollment
Oakland University, along with the 14 other public universities in the state, have banded together for a new marketing campaign to attract high school students to their doors. More...
Improving business operations by moving to the cloud
When University of Maryland University College needed a new management solution for global business operations, the leadership realized that a cloud-based system was the answer. More...