By Niall Murray. Departing UCC president, Michael Murphy, welcomes funding from industry but worries it dictates research decisions, he tells Education Correspondent Niall Murray.
The business community has too much influence on Ireland’s research agenda, at the expense of non-scientific disciplines, the outgoing president of University College Cork, Michael Murphy, says. More...
Blog Educpros de Jean-François Fiorina. Nous sommes dans le dur : Brexit assumé, investiture de Trump, montée en puissance de la Russie (je reviens du Gaidars Forum, le Davos russe), confirmation des ambitions chinoises, iraniennes… Les nouveaux acteurs de la géopolitique mondiale préparent leurs scénarios. Faut-il s’en effrayer ? Non. Ce sont des faits, il faut s’y adapter. Voir l'article...
By Cherron Hoppes. Here’s a striking statistic: while most Chief Business Officers (CBOs) believe higher education is in the midst of a financial crisis, these CBOs are less likely to outsource than they are to revise tenure policies and promote early retirement for faculty, according to the 2016 Survey of College and University Business Officers. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Campus Management Corp., a leading provider of enterprise solutions and services for higher education, announced today that Zenith Education Group has committed to a five-year extension of its licensing agreement for Campus Management's flagship student information system, CampusNexus Student, delivered through CampusNet Cloud. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. From Bernie Sanders’ free college proposal to our President-elect’s suggested crackdown on monster college endowments, so-called “college affordability” proposals are abound—and with good reason. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Majors related to computers, math and engineering pay college graduates the highest, according to an analysis by Glassdoor. This contradicts the doom and gloom from some lawmakers who, in their effort to argue against immigration, have at times wrongly discouraged Americans from entering science and technology fields. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Big Shift in Platform Business Models
John Hagel, Edge Perspectives with John Hagel, 2017/01/19
Normally when we think of platforms we think of news or social media, but education too has drifted into the platform model and is influenced by the shifting business models. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Edtech companies in the United States raised $1.03 billion in venture deals in 2016, down from $1.45 billion in 2015, according to EdSurge. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Macmillan Learning this week announced the acquisition of Intellus Learning. Macmillan is the publisher of a range of education materials. Read more...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The promise of artificial intelligence is ubiquitous and often portrayed in Hollywood as a calculating robo-nemesis, disguised as a friend or personal assistant. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
