Employer demand for new hires with skills like critical thinking and communication has pushed colleges to find ways to show that students have those abilities. More...
21 août 2019
21 août 2019
California finds solution to save distance learners’ financial aid
Tens of thousands of online California students are no longer at risk of losing federal financial aid after the state moved quickly to create a new system for addressing complaints from students against out-of-state colleges and universities. More...
21 août 2019
Machine Learning Helps Science Tackle Alzheimer’s
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.7 million Americans of all ages were living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2018. One in ten people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. More...
21 août 2019
U.S. News removes UC Berkeley, 4 other schools from ranking
U.S. News & World Report unranked the University of California, Berkeley and four other schools in its 2019 edition of its popular Best Colleges list after they acknowledged to the publication they provided incorrect information. More...
21 août 2019
The Most Important Skills Recent Grads Need To Learn Today
According to LinkedIn, technical skills related to data and artificial intelligence are currently some of the most in-demand skills and a large number of recent grads are learning them. More...
21 août 2019
MOOC-Based Alternative Credentials: What’s the Value for the Learner?
The most commonly identified benefit expected as a result of participating in the MOOC-based course series was improving current job performance. More...
20 août 2019
Online Student Services: What, Where, Who, When, How, and Most Importantly, Why
Why support online learners? This is the easiest of all the questions to answer. Student success is why we do what we do. More...
20 août 2019
What Do Students Get in Return for Their Tuition?
According to the figures reported, Arizona State spends $7,830 on instruction for each of its 103,530 students. Southern New Hampshire, in contrast, spends $1,224 and Western Governors, $1,980. Put another way, Southern New Hampshire’s per student instructional spending is just 16 percent of ASU’s, and WGU’s just 25 percent. More...
20 août 2019
Efforts to “upskill” workers grow across industries
Employers are increasingly expected to upskill their workers and give them training to build additional high-demand skills. More...
20 août 2019
4 applications for VR in higher education
Virtual reality (VR) is continuing to grow in both popularity and accessibility. And more and more higher education institutions are embracing VR technology. According to Internet2’s 2018 VR/AR in Research and Education Study, 28% of higher education institutions are integrating VR into their campuses, and that number is only going up. More...
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