About 6 percent of all undergraduate students indicate that they are currently serving in the military, in the reserves or National Guard, or are a veteran of military service, according to data in the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study of 2015-16. More...
Report: College leaders not confident they can beat new competition
When it comes to strategic planning, just one in six colleges is looking a decade or more ahead, according to a new report from the American Council on Education (ACE), Huron and the Georgia Institute of Technology based on a survey of 495 leaders at four-year institutions. More...
Not Future-Ready
Survey of four-year-college leaders finds they lack confidence in their institutions’ ability to adapt — and aren’t planning ahead in ways that would ensure success. More...
Can higher ed bill reauthorization close America’s skills gap?
House Democrats last week rolled out a sweeping proposal to transform federal higher education policy. More...
10 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels For Professors
With thousands upon thousands of videos added to the service every hour, YouTube can be an unwieldy service to parse through for college professors looking for useful and applicable content. More...
5 Microlearning Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Microlearning is a modern educational tool that provides learners with bite-sized pieces of content on their mobile devices, be it smartphones, tablets, or laptops. More...
Study: Less state funding has hiked college tuition by nearly 40% since 2008 crisis
Decreases in state funding have pushed the cost of higher education to historic levels over the past decade, according to a new report by a budgetary think tank. More...
‘Backchannel’ Tools Let Students Ask Questions Anonymously. And That Brings More Voices.
So the professor developed a backchannel tool that allows students to submit questions online during class and receive real-time answers from a teaching assistant. More...
The role of universities in a highly technological age
Universities are, however, facing the challenge of how to align their core missions with the rapid emergence of technological innovations such as artificial intelligence, big data and algorithms, facial recognition, biosensors, augmented reality, gamification, blockchain, cloud computing and other yet-to-be-created technological innovations. More...
6 Ways to Adapt Your Mobile Learning Strategy to the Needs of Modern Learners
Smartphones have been part of our lives for over a decade now. These little computers in our hands have put the world at our fingertips; from the ability to access Google Maps to tracing a health tech company that specializes in finding cures for rare diseases. More...