By Larry Gordon. The Obama administration on Dec. 19 is releasing the rough outlines of a much-anticipated college ratings system that may grade schools on such factors as graduation rates, loan repayments and post-graduation income. Many details remain to be decided over the next few months, with some wary colleges and universities sure to protest any measurements that might hurt their reputations. More...
By Jimmy Dun. Digital signage screens are becoming a popular and integral part of the university campus visual communications. However most of the screens are not being utilized efficiently or effectively due to the lack of a cohesive campus-wide system and content strategy. More...
By . A text message can have a profound effect on the ability of students to learn, according to some researchers at Hardin-Simmons University. More...
By . Preparing students for careers in (STEM) is one of the biggest challenges facing universities today, and one way faculty and administration are attempting to continue to meet the needs of their students for years to come is by designing future-proof STEM education buildings. More...
By . According to innovative universities, it’s not the mobile devices and software that are key to building the “soft skills” so valued by today’s workforce—it’s the interactive learning spaces part of building design. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . IT experts are calling it a super storm of forces that’s changing the way a campus ecosystem operates. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . The brief, “Common Core Goes to College: Building better connections between high school and higher education,” by Lindsey Tepe, program associate on the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program, begins her brief with a powerful metaphor, linking the blunder of Chicago’s underground tunnel to what’s currently happening with the Common Core. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . Not all trendy terms are created equal, explains an industry whitepaper, with the aim of helping educators differentiate seemingly similar concepts in order to more effectively implement them. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . According to a new report published in the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, instructor-generated video can have a positive influence on student satisfaction with, and engagement in, online course. More...
By Matt Symonds. Everyone is looking to start-ups in Silicon Valley to find the next big thing in the business world, but what if the next big thing in business education isn’t coming from a start-up or even a big name school in the US, but from established institutions in Europe.
I was fortunate to run a session at the latest EFMD conference in Grenoble on how business schools are facing global challenges. The session, and the conference itself, gave me the chance to talk with business school directors and administrators about what is keeping them awake at night and where the future of the sector lies. More...
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