By Susan Kryczka - EvoLLLution. The four-year degree is no longer a necessity for individuals entering today’s workforce. Institutions need to do more to ensure their offerings are in demand both by students and employers. More...
Open Access Over Closed Doors: Defining Institutional Success at Two-Year Colleges
By Valerie Jones - EvoLLLution. By focusing on student success at every level of the institution, it becomes more feasible to hold institutions accountable to what their students are able to accomplish after graduation. More...
Standing Out Online
By Amanda Major - EvoLLLution. The online higher education marketplace is lucrative but highly concentrated, which is challenging for institutions currently competing for enrollments. More...
The Hidden Benefits of Corporate Training Programs
By Vicki Brannock - EvoLLLution. When universities think about the benefits of non-credit programs the first thing that comes to mind is revenue generation. But really that is only a piece of what these programs can offer. More...
Build or Partner? Becoming Competitive in the International Postsecondary Marketplace
By Geraldine de Berly - EvoLLLution. Private pathway program providers create opportunities for universities to leap into the Intensive English Language Program marketplace with both feet, but sometimes they create more questions than answers. More...
New STEM academy targets adult learners
The University of Denver’s Center for Professional Development and Silicon STEM Academy (SSA) have partnered to provide “STEM for Grown-Ups”, a new curriculum of interactive STEM-Intensive CEU courses and pathways for teachers and other professionals. More...
IBM Watson to tackle cybercrime
IBM Security is launching Watson for Cyber Security, a new cloud-based version of the company’s cognitive technology trained on the language of security as part of a year-long research project. To further scale the system, IBM plans to collaborate with eight universities to greatly expand the collection of security data IBM has trained the cognitive system with. More...
New engagement platform targets admission, matriculation
Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) has launched the Evolution Labs S360 platform to better engage students and parents from the point of admission until the beginning of their first year of college. All students selected for admission — as well as their parents — are invited to join the program. More...
Blackbaud Enterprise CRM adoption increases
Total Economic Impact study affirms Blackbaud CRM can increase fundraising revenue and visibility into constituent activity, while decreasing labor and IT costs. More...
VeriFyle extends Security for Students program
VeriFyle, a provider of secure messaging and file sharing, extended its Security for Students offering, which makes the company’s secure cloud communication system available to students and faculty of UCLA at no charge. This program is in response to steps the UC leadership has recently taken to begin monitoring student and faculty web and email activity. More...