A new collaboration will offer schools science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs for students with proven-effective online STEM tools and courses, as well as expert teachers. More...
Internet of Things course launches on Coursera
EIT Digital introduced the Software Architecture for the Internet of Things MOOC, which was developed in cooperation with iMinds. More...
White House funded partnership to train disadvantaged youth for tech jobs
The Software Guild is partnering with LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens to provide free, high-quality software development education to at-risk youth and underserved populations. The program, known as TechIMPACT, is funded by a $3.9 million grant awarded to LaGuardia by the White House and US Department of Labor‘s TechHire Initiative. More...
Digitization initiative preserves over 100K items in first year
Just one year into its massive digitization initiative, Indiana University has already rescued from ruin more than 100,000 precious audio and video recordings, thanks to a successful collaboration with Memnon Inc., a Sony company. More...
Pearson LearningStudio customers switch to D2L’s Brightspace LMS
D2L announced that over the past two years, a growing number of learning institutions are switching to its Brightspace platform from Pearson LearningStudio. More...
What values should a college education support?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Tim Goral published an extremely interesting interview with former president of the Appalachian College Association, Alice Brown, in University Business last month. More...Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U.
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other Senate Democrats are calling on federal regulators to step up efforts to protect consumers from educational programs that engage in fraud and deceptive marketing, in light of the ongoing case against Trump University. More...Abbott’s office awards $34M to recruit 10 university researchers
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Ten top-flight university researchers, whose specialties include high-performance computing and DNA studies, have been recruited to Texas with the help of $34.3 million in grants awarded by Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, the governor announced Thursday. More...Students value connections, experiences more than higher salaries
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For today’s students, chasing financial success is less important than preparing for a fulfilling career, gaining exposure to new ideas and developing critical thinking skills, according to the “Value of College,” a new study released today by Barnes & Noble College, a Barnes & Noble Education company (NYSE:BNED) and Money. More...A powerful new makerspace for engineering students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center (HVAMC) at The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) has both much needed acronyms, and a new additive manufacturing superlab. More...