Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California, needs more space. Students learn in makeshift classrooms at a local medical center and lack a campus to call their own. More...
When any debt (including college debt) is too much
There’s no question that recent graduates are leaving college with more student loan debt. More students are taking out loans and they’re borrowing larger amounts. But apocryphal stories about students owing $100,000 or more coming out of college don’t represent the reality for most borrowers. More...
Higher ed student success: Web registry gives greater clarity to credentials
The development of career-oriented academic programs will, in the coming years, increasingly rely on collaboration between institutions and industry. More...
Higher ed finance: Getting money in, controlling money out
Evolving tech transfer activity: Colleges find success beyond revenue
Public universities are evolving their technology transfer activities but must take additional steps to address the demands of the innovation economy, according to a recent report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. More...
The future forward higher ed classroom
Transforming a dinosaur on campus
Remember the language lab? That room outfitted with rows of massive carrels, microphones, recorders, and an elevated teacher console? Its usefulness has been contested many times during its nearly 100-year history. More...
Take action: Selecting a vendor for a shared LMS initiative
In California, it was crucial to include student representation in the statewide committee that examined various LMS candidates, says Jory Hadsell, executive director of California Community Colleges’ Online Education Initiative. More...
Gender Equity in Statues at French University
By Scott Jaschik. A sculpture of a clitoris has been installed at the University of Poitiers, in France, Times Higher Education reported. The statue was donated by a feminist group called Friends of Women and Liberation. The group commissioned the statue to act as a balance to a large statue of a penis that has been on the campus for decades. More...
United we learn
As colleges and universities find new ways to partner with each other to improve services and reduce costs, the idea of sharing an LMS is starting to gain traction. More...