Dell jumps into lecture capture
The proliferation of online courses and the flipped learning model has created demand in higher education for lecture capture systems, and officials at technology giant Dell said July…
Higher Ed
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…
Online learning platform uses ‘Hollywood Squares’ model to boost engagement
The ever-present temptations of Facebook, Twitter, eMail, instant messaging, text messages, and online shopping are no match for face-to-face-to-face-to-face interaction.
Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model
Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based…
College cost website raises questions about Romney’s higher-ed stance
The for-profit Florida university that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports as a model for holding down college costs is one of the country’s priciest schools, according to…
Colleges join internet goliaths in long-awaited protocol change
June 6 was perhaps the most important day in the history of the commercial internet, and hardly anyone noticed.
University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness
A student’s physical reaction to a classroom lesson soon could be used to judge how successful—or unsuccessful—an educator is in keeping students engaged.
What are college students talking about on Facebook?
General confusion might be the key ingredient to an engaged crop of incoming freshmen on a college or university’s Facebook page.
The top 10 ways college students plagiarize
When it comes to plagiarizing, students who use the unethical shortcut seem to be all in: Copying and pasting a research paper word for word is now the…
Ravitch: Why college-for-everybody is a sham
The corporate reformers like to say that everyone must go to college if they want to have good jobs in the future, says education historian Diane Ravitch for…
Divided sentiments over fitting punishment for webcam spying
As the trial of former Rutgers University freshman Dharun Ravi riveted the nation earlier this year, there seemed to be a widespread consensus that his high-tech spying on…
Court: Schools can publish small excerpts of texts online for students
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‘Brogrammers,’ ‘hogrammers,’ and the gender gap in college computer courses
The rise of the brash, stylish, computer-geek-turned-cool-guy known simply as a “brogrammer” among popular technology startups threatens to further alienate women from enrolling in computer science courses, where…
Feds release blueprint to spur career, technical education
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a blueprint to transform career and technical education (CTE) in order to provide high-quality job-training opportunities for students. These efforts…
March Madness online streaming taxes campus networks
If Marquette University students weren’t on spring break this week, the school’s IT officials would have faced an internet bandwidth nightmare.
Santorum’s views on higher education divide readers
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has criticized President Obama for encouraging more Americans to seek higher education, even going as far as to call the president a "snob."…
Teens given a chance to study at Yale
Bright teenagers from poor backgrounds are to be given a chance to study in the United States, a charity announced on Monday, the Huffington Post UK reports.
Obama urges governors to boost education funding
President Barack Obama on Feb. 27 urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to…
Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music
Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally.
College-bound students flock to universities’ mobile websites
A surge in the percentage of recent high school graduates who use smart phones to research colleges and universities could turn campus web development on its head.
Free textbooks coming for five intro college courses
College students in five of the most-attended courses in U.S. higher education soon will have free peer-reviewed textbooks available to them as a Rice University-based program looks to…
Apple iBooks 2 license agreement gets icy reception in higher education
Advocates for open-license textbooks in higher education, while largely unhappy with Apple’s new iBooks 2 platform, say the technology behemoth has done a favor for their movement: Apple’s…
Antioch College waiving tuition for students enrolling in next 3 years
Four years after Antioch College suspended operations due to financial problems, the private liberal arts institution in southwest Ohio is recharging its system by extending full scholarships to…
Obama unveils plan to stem rising college tuition costs
President Barack Obama is announcing a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don’t control tuition costs and new competitions in higher education…
Colleges join Wikipedia in SOPA blackout protests
Syracuse University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined several of the web’s most visited sites, including Wikipedia, in a partial blackout to speak out against pending…
Are the SAT and ACT overrated?
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Colleges defend humanities amid tight budgets
As states tighten their allocations to public universities, many administrators say they're feeling pressure to defend the worth of humanities.
Rules could prompt colleges to pull online programs from some states
Online college students in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Minnesota soon could have more limited school options as colleges and universities plan to withdraw their online programs from those states…
College.xxx? Schools snap up porn domains to keep them clean
The world is getting closer to the launching of a new internet address system for pornography providers, and there are some eye-opening names being registered. Among them: washu.xxx…
Online learning caucus coming to Congress
Two members of Congress formed an eLearning caucus last month–a much-needed Capitol Hill forum, educators said, after a recent survey showed Congressional representatives and their staffers lacked a…
Report: Mobile app use exploding on campus
Colleges and universities have made significant gains in deploying mobile applications over the past year, according to the 2011 Campus Computing Survey, the largest continuing study of higher-education…
5 new ways colleges are reaching high school students
Each fall, the recruiting season seems to be the same process for colleges and universities: Send recruitment mailers to prospective students who signed up online or at college…
ED proposes teacher prep reforms
To ensure that teachers are ready to enter the classroom, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is proposing a series of initiatives to reward the best teacher preparation…
Earn national recognition through one of our many ed-tech awards programs
To help educators, schools, and even ed-tech companies receive the credit they deserve for their success, we've created a number of awards programs. These programs aim to highlight…
Five reasons to go to college (besides career advancement)
For critics who say a college degree isn't worth what you get in return, the issue begs the question: “Is college really just about finding a good job…
Colleges struggle with students’ data demand
University of Missouri students arrived on campus this fall with a slew of new electronic toys and immediately wrought havoc with the school's wireless network.
Hybrid approach drives retention success
In 2007, when California Lutheran University (CLU) campus leaders noticed a drop in freshman return rates, they charged me with serving as CLU’s retention champion. As the first…
Conservative blogger launches site to reform ‘deplorable’ public education
Public schools and universities soon could face the same intense political scrutiny as left-leaning filmmakers and politicians after internet entrepreneur and controversial blogger Andrew Breitbart said his newest…
College requires fitness assessment for freshmen
During their first semester at Coker College, students this year will take a new required sequence designed to ease the transition from high school, USA Today reports.
CampusSplash aims to ‘close the information gap’ in college counseling
High school students won’t need the best college counseling money can buy when all their questions are answered for free online. At least, that’s the hope of officials…