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Arne Duncan: College completion–not simply access–critical to nation’s future
Making higher education the norm for everyone in the nation—and ensuring that people have not just access to higher education, but also the support to complete that education—is…
5 essentials for an active learning classroom
The traditional classroom model has been turned on end, with the arrangement of desks and front-of-the-classroom focus becoming obsolete and unnecessary. In its place are dynamic, flexible, and…
vFairs Offers Immersive Virtual Graduations to Schools and Colleges
Graduation season is rapidly approaching, and continued restrictions against social gatherings to combat the coronavirus are still in effect in ... Read more
Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks
Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium’s NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make…
Senate rejects GOP bid to overturn net-neutrality rules
Senate Democrats on Nov. 10 turned back a Republican attempt to repeal federal rules designed to prevent internet service providers from discriminating against those who send content and…
How to use higher education’s ‘new toy’: Social media
Campus technology officials in charge of social media efforts have come to a consensus: There are no social media experts, so keep experimenting with your school’s tweeting, linking,…
Year of the smart phone on college campuses?
An international market research firm predicts a 55-percent jump in smart-phone sales this year—a projection that could lead to an unprecedented increase in internet-enabled phone use during colleges’…
Ed-tech grant program aims to boost college readiness
A new initiative will dole out grants to education-technology projects aimed at improving college readiness, especially among low-income students.
College IT officials: Show us the money … please
Technology funding in higher education will remain flat or decrease for the “foreseeable future,” according to an annual education technology report released June 10, as campus IT officials…
Could net-neutrality ruling hinder online education?
A federal court threw the future of internet regulations and U.S. broadband expansion plans into doubt April 6 with a far-reaching decision that went against the Federal Communications…
Report details coming trends in campus technology
Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational…