By . This year’s World University Rankings by Times Higher Education include only one Arab institution, the University of Marrakesh—an institution many academics outside Morocco may not have heard of—in a list of the world’s best 400 universities. More...
By . It’s not a new revelation that STEM industry jobs need skilled graduates; but again, it’s not a new issue. And according to recent data from 2014, it seems that though more students want to find a job in high-profile STEM jobs, they’re still not getting them. More...
By Bruce Maiman - . Wikipedia is starting to lose it’s notoriety in education thanks to academic contributions.
A trusted bromide in academia is that you become a better student when you become a teacher. Something like that is happening at Wikipedia. More...
By Jason Shueh - . The Learning Shelter began as an idea – to provide those in need with tech tools, mentors and coaching. And it turned into a “what if?” — a conjecture that asked, “If the homeless had hireable industrial tech skills, would they still be homeless?”
For Founder Marc Roth, personal experience tells him no, and he’s putting this to the test with the official launch of the Learning Shelter, a 90-day live-in tech education program for the homeless with classes that will start in the first half of 2015. More...
By - . Every September, over one million newly minted high school grads load up the family car with their possessions and head to State U or a private liberal arts college to spend the next four years coming of age in a cozy campus environment. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . The future of higher education and what it may look like in just 10 years from now is a discussion on many tables, with everyone from concerned parents to university presidents trying to predict how institutional models will rapidly evolve in the next few years–not an easy task. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . Technology and its potential to simplify life for its users can be a beautiful thing, which can be seen in the example of providing online learning for students. But, unless you have the right technology to streamline tasks and aid in learning, going online for education can also be a nightmare. More...
By Meris Stansbury - . “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but higher education is in the user experience industry right now,” said one big-name vendor during EDUCAUSE’s annual conference in Orlando. “It’s the first time anyone’s ever really seen this level of dedication to the ‘customer,’ as they like to call it.” More...
By . For years students flocked to schools run by Corinthian Colleges (COCO), one of the largest for-profit education companies in the U.S. Attracted by late-night TV commercials and Internet ads for vocational certificates and online business degrees, they enrolled on the promise that the extra career training would give them a leg up in the job market. The marketing worked: At its peak, in 2003, the publicly traded company was worth more than $4 billion. About 72,000 students attend Corinthian’s three chains—Everest, Heald, and WyoTech. More...
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