By Lauren Meade. Officials in college and university admissions departments are increasingly working to connect with an elusive new applicant demographic: the “stealth student.” The alliterative descriptor has caught on in higher ed circles, as has the recognition that capturing the attention of these unknown students—whose first contact with a school’s admissions department is when they submit an application—will be central to remaining competitive in the Millennial age. More...
7 new standards for excellent online learning leadership
. As online learning evolves from amateur experimentation to a mainstream professional entity on campus, new standards for quality online learning leadership are emerging in order to not only sustain these distance programs, but ensure they meet the growing demands of 21st-century academe. More...
Marketplace trend update: 4 ed-tech developments
By . Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. More...
6 reforms that will move “credentialing” away from “learning”
By . The federal government should adopt policies that separate learning from credentialing to help individuals more effectively demonstrate educational mastery to prospective employers, asserts a tech policy think tank in a new analysis. More...
Growing eSports niche explores big data and gaming behaviors
By . University of Nevada, Las Vegas students will be able to explore the eSports phenomena in today’s popular culture through an innovative new fall course from the International Gaming Institute (IGI). More...
Video continues upward climb in education
By . International survey of 1,500 respondents also indicates that 75% of higher education students now use video in their assignments. More...
MIT launches first online architecture, systems engineering program
MIT Professional Education’s new four-course online professional certificate program, Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems will provide a state-of-the-practice view on model-based systems engineering for technical professionals and engineers. More...
Online marketplace offers alumni outreach
Alumni Monitor by Corporate Insight, the competitive intelligence research provider that offers analytical alumni tracking tools for colleges and universities throughout the country, has launched a new online marketplace. Now, colleges and universities can take advantage of Alumni Monitor’s reports and briefs to gain a better understanding of the most impactful communications methods for improving engagement with alumni. More...
Warning: Colleges may be responsible for Airbnb, Uber safety
By Meris Stansbury. Safety expert says shared services economy, ease of travel present new safety challenges for colleges and universities. More...
4 reinvention best practices from across the pond
By Ronald Bethke. According to a new report from the American Council on Education (ACE), there are unique new opportunities as well as challenges for increased innovative higher education collaboration between United States’ and European institutions. More...