By Andrew Barbour. A patient-care model borrowed from the healthcare sector is helping Middle Tennessee State University created a tiered student-support system designed to improve retention rates. More...
New Partnership enables colleges and universities to create and award digital badges
By Contributor. Digital credential pioneer Credly, in partnership with Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) by Instructure, announced the launch of a new application that enables education providers to award digital badges to students as they master critical skills or competencies within courses or training programs. More...
Chicago community college taps big data to measure ROI
By Contributor. One of the nation's largest community colleges builds data analytics capacity to support student success. More...
After ethics review, Senate postpones vote for Betsy DeVos
By Contributor. A spokesman for Washington Sen. Patty Murray said the senator is concerned that members will not have a chance to have their questions answered before the vote. More...
How chatbots are addressing summer melt for colleges
Harvard and MIT release new trends report on open online courses
By Contributor. A joint research team from Harvard University and MIT today announced the release of a comprehensive report on learner engagement and behavior in 290 massive open online courses (MOOCs). More...
3 questions today’s campus leaders should ask
By Jack Neill. The questions campus leaders should ask in 2017...and what institutional analytics can answer. More...
Are education and opportunity at odds in higher education today?
By Jeremy Cunningham. Are MOOCs and online learning really serving all students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds by offering up a truly equal opportunity. More...
Higher ed business leaders say this is critical for 2017
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...
How personalization will drive higher edtech in 2017
By Chris Hopkinson. The consumer experience has changed drastically in just the last 10 years. Long gone are the days when customer service interactions happened face-to-face, as consumers increasingly prefer the convenience and automation of mobile experiences. More...