5 août 2015
5 août 2015
Brazil’s public universities move to Wi-Fi with Ruckus
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. announced that its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology have been selected and deployed across nearly one-third of all public (aka federal) universities in Brazil. More...
5 août 2015
Feds increase accountability for low-performing for-profits
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has taken action to tackle one of the biggest problems in higher education: abusive practices in the career college industry.
On July 1, the Administration’s signature effort to protect students and taxpayers – the gainful employment regulations – go into effect, strengthening oversight that will end the flow of federal student aid to career training programs that leave students buried in debt with few opportunities to repay it. More...
5 août 2015
3 survival questions every institution should ask
By . Increased competition, reduced public funding, demand for non-traditional delivery models, and increased regulatory pressure around student outcomes are forcing institutions to ask fundamental questions about the effectiveness of their current strategies and offerings for engaging today’s students and helping them succeed. More...
5 août 2015
Moving past the myths of mobile learning
By . By now, educators are familiar with the term mLearning, having experienced its rush in classroom popularity starting as early as 2000. But two researchers say it’s now imperative that educators slough off the myths from the reality to avoid ineffective classroom practice moving forward. More...
5 août 2015
High-speed for higher ed
By Katie Kilfoyle Remis. Higher education has a long history of collaboration among institutions. Today, colleges and universities are leveraging the power of that collaborative spirit to bring high-capacity bandwidth to the market’s most insatiable users: traditional college-age students. More...
5 août 2015
Demonstrating the ROI of your degrees
By Bill Berg. A family’s willingness to pay for a college education relies heavily on an institution’s ability to articulate return on investment. Discounting tuition through scholarships and other financial aid is the most common approach to increasing a college’s perceived value, as these strategies reduce the net cost to the family. More...
5 août 2015
Models of Excellence: Student success starts early
By Matt Zalaznick. Today’s progressive student success initiatives start even before first semester classes convene. The colleges and universities honored in the second round of UB’s national Models of Excellence awards program have found that easing students’ transition from high school to higher ed increases the likelihood they will remain enrolled and graduate. More...
5 août 2015
More colleges investing with impact
By Matt Zalaznick. Fossil fuel and private prison divestment may make the biggest headlines when it comes to how colleges invest endowment funds—but it’s not actually that common a practice. More...
5 août 2015
A clearer pathway to student success
By Tim Goral. As I read your suggested reforms, I was thinking, “That piece will work, but only if this piece works.” It’s like a puzzle where you don’t get the full picture unless all the pieces are there.
That’s an accurate perception. One reason we’ve seen so much reform without much effect is precisely because people have been trying to focus on one thing, while other factors thwart that progress. It becomes too complicated, there are too many options, things don’t work together very well. More...
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