By Andrew Kreighbaum. Earlier this month, the Treasury Department announced in a blog post on its site that in a pilot program to collect defaulted federal student loans, it had lower collection levels than private collection companies. Read more...
Building a Common Technology Vision
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The most effective IT leaders solve institutional problems, not simply IT problems. Their success relies on a shared understanding with institutional leaders on how technology can advance the institutional mission. More...
Artificial Intelligence And Big Data Are Transforming Online Learning
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The robots are coming for education — tech will help instructors enhance the learning experience. Artificial intelligence (or AI) has permeated most facets of our lives. Algorithms suggest our social media mates. More...
What Makes A Successful Online Learner
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Nowadays, there are a lot of different opportunities online to continue your education, take classes, or earn a degree. However, you shouldn’t necessarily consider becoming an online learner an easy feat — here are some characteristics and abilities you’ll want to have in order to be a successful online learner. More...
Higher ed prepares for the Internet of Things
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Devices will talk to other devices on campus. Here’s how to get ready. While little pockets of IoT are springing up in higher ed—both in the form of institution- and student-owned devices—campuswide installations are predicted to be a few years away. More...
Learning on the Next Level
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. College professors and instructors are increasingly designing their courses using free online resources that allow tailored curriculums and reduced textbook expenses for students. More...
Sony Unveils University Research Program
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Sony is out to woo academia through a new research program that focuses on a broad palette of technology. More...
Georgia Tech exec: Tech key to answering higher ed ‘triple threat’
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities Executive Director Richard DeMillo told Campus Technology 2016 attendees that technology will soon govern how colleges and universities are operated. More...
Adult learner enrollment on the rise
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Adult learners are expected to grow as a major part of the undergraduate enrollment population in the next nine years, a data point that will require financial and structural adjustments from institutions and states. More...
Online degrees could complicate grad school prospects
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Competitive schools of law, medicine and business may be slower to admit students for graduate study, who have earned undergraduate degrees exclusively through distance learning, even if awarded by accredited, well-known institutions. More...