By Eric Stoller. The EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT Issues List is a must-read for higher education CTOs/CIOs. This year's list focuses on the “student genome.” The idea being that the central focus for university IT revolves around the student experience with a special emphasis on student success. More...
By Eric Stoller. The first talk that I gave at a UK higher education conference was quite instructive. After sharing something that I thought was relatively humorous, the audience barely made a sound. Coming home on the train, I was a bit concerned. As a speaker, audience engagement is everything...and apparently I wasn't funny in the UK. More...
By Eric Stoller. Are SA pros supporting not just campus-based students, but the ever-rising tides of online learners?
How, after years and years of online learning programs/degrees and millions of online learners (e.g. there are 30,000 online students just at ASU!) are we still having this conversation about online education? It's not a new phenomenon. It's not an emerging trend. It's not the future. It's just tiring how online learning continues to be framed as a fringe activity. More...
Making peace with the realities of life and career.
Last week, I went to the hairdresser determined to make the most dramatic change in my appearance since, well. . . ever. More...
For book lovers, reading to their children may seem obvious. Why would they not want to pass on their love of literature? However, researchers have shown there are more benefits for both adult and child that come with reading than just building a bond – particularly when it comes to education. More...When we started our blog here at UVenus, we were really focused on the experience of being the next generation of female managers, Gen X women working among Baby Boomers and a few Traditionalists. As the years have gone by, a new group, the Millennials have joined us in the workforce (and even a handful of Generation Z student workers). More...
Recently, researchers studying the effects of female-only networks on women’s professional development and job placement revealed that these networks are essential to the success of women leaders. More...
Nigeria’s education system is based on the (1)-6-3-3-4 formula: one year pre-primary education, six years primary, three years junior secondary, three years senior secondary, and a minimum of four years tertiary education. More...
By Joshua Kim. How to feel smart while avoiding the work of getting smarter. More...
By Joshua Kim. Rebranding and rethinking remote academic work.
Remote workers are like politicians. Most folks don’t think so highly of politicians in general, but they seem to like their local representatives. Many higher ed people will have critical (even negative) views about remote work, but they will then tell you that they have remote colleagues in their group and that things are going wonderfully. More...
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