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Budgets, Moody’s and SEL: The week’s most-read education news
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By Roger Riddell • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Bay Area college starts STEM coaching program in effort to close income, diversity gap
The College of San Mateo is trying to improve retention and graduation rates for STEM students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds by offering more hands-on services.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Trendline
Emerging Technology
As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances.
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Quality digital tools and services enhance the student experience, boost recruitment efforts
Technologies that are complicated to learn and use take away from the overall campus experience. Demanding products that meet users' expectations, and involving students, can help alleviate these issues.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Office Hours: 'Hip Hop Prez' offers tips on building a personal brand
Dillard University's Walter Kimbrough shares his insights for building a public profile in a 2-minute video.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Oberlin's budget woes should worry all of higher ed
Officials at the elite, private institution are struggling to close a multi-million dollar budget deficit following a dip in enrollment this year.
By Patti Zarling • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Rutgers School of Business: diverse faculty key to student success
Efforts to recruit and retain faculty reflective of the population of Newark helps recruit students of color, diversifies research focuses and promotes a stronger workforce.
By Patti Zarling • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Ann Arbor, Rexburg, ID top list of best college towns
Colleges and universities can leverage these rankings in their marketing to students.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Report: How to cut building maintenance costs
For many institutions, maintaining buildings and campus amenities is costly, but there are ways to preserve assets more proactively and sustainably.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Data is key to improving campus outcomes — but infrastructure challenges are holding it back
A new paper from the American Council on Education lays out the case for higher ed executives to prioritize the creation of a campus-wide analytics culture via data collection.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Record number of college presidents earning over $1M per year
Newly released data shows 66 college presidents made more than $1M in 2015, a record number which included 59 private institution chiefs and seven from public schools.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Instances of sexual harassment in academia are widespread
The institutional structure of academia can make it easier to commit sexual harassment and abuse, some experts say.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 13, 2017 -
House panel calls for greater transparency around student data
Republicans, like House Education and the Workforce Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx R-NC, have repeatedly cited concerns over privacy and data security.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Report: Assaults on scientific learning and research threaten academic freedom and national security
Scholars are worried policies from the Trump administration could promote anti-science.
By Patti Zarling • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Framing 'failure' as a necessary educational experience
Educators and researchers must consider how students react to failure and how the experience could be better used as a facet of learning, according expert panelists at a Columbia University event.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
DACA, sexual assault remain top policy concerns for higher ed leaders
One year into the Trump administration, higher education officials are still trying to reconcile how to best serve undocumented students while dealing with, among other issues, sexual assaults on campus.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Here's why graduate student enrollment may take a hit
A House tax bill to tax student tuition waivers as income, coupled with federal caps on student loan financing, means graduate education may come with greater barriers to entry.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 12, 2017 -
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Oklahoma State University streams to Facebook Live and YouTube with Monarch HDX
Oklahoma State University uses Matrox Monarch H.264 encoders to simplify live streaming of events to Facebook Live & YouTube.
Dec. 12, 2017 -
Moody's: Higher education sector outlook negative
The credit-rating agency downgraded the outlook of the higher education sector from stable to negative.
By Shalina Chatlani , Pat Donachie • Dec. 11, 2017 -
Report touts need for accessible and equitable high school college credit classes
States need better measurements of the success of such classes, a working group finds.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 11, 2017 -
Students want outside-classroom learning, marketable and flexible workforce skills, survey shows
Insights from a Codeacademy analysis of its students' learning habits shows schools could benefit from partnering with alternative instructional organizations for enhanced student ROI.
By Shalina Chatlani • Dec. 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
What higher ed leaders need to know about what's going on in Washington
Advocates discuss the big issues on Capitol Hill and how institutions will be impacted.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 8, 2017 -
Future of higher ed could depend on servicing post-traditional learners, report finds
Institutions must respond to the needs of adult students and other post-traditional learners to counter the expected decline in the number of traditional age students.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 8, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Leaders dissect the partisan divide over higher education's value
Experts debated the growing conservative vs. liberal chasm on postsecondary education at the Higher Education Government Relations Conference in San Diego Wednesday.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Dec. 7, 2017 -
"Pop-up" courses offer primers on relevant issues
An institution in Vermont is providing "pop-up" courses to offer students learning on hot topics and career skills.
By Pat Donachie • Dec. 7, 2017 -
Sponsored by Matrox
Indiana University selects Matrox Monarch LCS and Kaltura for its classroom lecture captures
Matrox and Kaltura enhance the learning experience by combining an easy to use schedulable lecture capture appliance with powerful video management system
Dec. 7, 2017
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