Wednesday at Educause: Motivation, disruptive innovation, and top IT issues

Get caught up on the sessions and all of the latest announcements from Dell, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and more.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 28, 2015

Caliper Analytics advances next frontier for data

 The new set of standards address a key barrier to holistic data analysis: access.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

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Mental Health and Wellness

This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Study finds troubling disconnect between librarians and faculty

The desire for communication is one-sided;  98% of librarians would like better communication with faculty, only 45% of faculty said they wanted the same.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

Florida task force to present strategic plan for online education growth

The task force has been working for the last year to develop a plan to better meet state workforce needs.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

NYU's engineering school takes flak for donor-requested name change

A $100 million donation will change the name from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering to the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

Ed Department awards more than $3 million to MSIs for STEM

The new grants come through the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program and will help 13 minority-serving colleges and universities strengthen STEM education.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

Southern New Hampshire U partners with Flatiron School coding bootcamp

The partnership includes an expansion of Flatiron School’s online learning program, a 3+1 program starting at SNHU and finishing at Flatiron, and a coding bootcamp at SNHU.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 28, 2015

Flatiron's Enbar talks bootcamp accreditation, jobs, for-profit concerns

The coding bootcamp's 99% job placement rate is verified by an independent audit.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 27, 2015

Impersonal interaction doesn't have to be the standard in digital courses

While putting courses and degree programs online helps increase scale, one program director argues schools should limit the number of students in each cohort.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 27, 2015

Cal State Fullerton professor takes stand against $180 textbook

The math department required the textbook for all sections of a course, but Alain Bourget found a cheaper alternative as equally effective and within his rights to assign.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 27, 2015

Higher ed ranks among highest for incidences of fraud

Higher ed had the fifth highest frequency of fraud based on a 2014 study of 23 types of organizations.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 27, 2015

Florida A&M's governance, financial issues highlight HBCU troubles at large

Heavy-handed oversight by the board of trustees culminated in the chairman’s resignation last week and has some wondering about the root of the problem.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 27, 2015

Over 80 top colleges to accept Common App alternative

The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success will open college planning tools to high school students in April.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 27, 2015

U of Kentucky partners with Echo360 for real-time student engagement data

The university aims to close a gap in understanding student engagement by analyzing real-time data rather than data from past terms.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 26, 2015

Michigan's Hope College highlights importance of UX in higher ed websites

The college created 15 composite profiles using surveys and focus group data to drive a user-centered website redesign.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 26, 2015

Spellings to lead UNC System, but concerns remain over selection process

The board of governors unanimously voted for Spellings to lead the system, ending a search shrouded in secrecy but not its controversy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 26, 2015

Steve Jobs inspires Cal State East Bay user interface redesign

The California State University, East Bay Continuing Education program took on four major projects at once during the overhaul.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 26, 2015

U of Florida maps post-Pearson future for UF Online

The university is plans to incorporate the online program into core university operations.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 26, 2015

Twitter, charters, and STEM: The week’s most-read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on LinkedIn's recent higher ed seminar and more here.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 23, 2015

ACE sponsors alternative credit program with nontraditional providers

The Alternative Credit Project pairs seven nonaccredited providers, including edX, with 40 colleges and universities.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 23, 2015

Can analytics identify key to student success?

Instead of focusing solely on metrics that predict failure, some institutions have turned their research tools to the other end of the spectrum.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 23, 2015

Global survey: Just 5% of grads think higher ed prepared them for career

The survey, conducted by Instructure, found those in the middle of their degree programs are more confident in their career preparation.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 23, 2015

Penn State researchers create algorithm for custom OER textbooks

The technology gives faculty and students the ability to create textbooks using keywords to find, organize, and edit open resources.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 23, 2015

NLRB to reconsider grad student unions with New School case

The National Labor Relations Board last said graduate students could not be considered employees in a 2004 case involving Brown University.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 23, 2015

Online, on-demand tutoring 'the wave of the future'

Kent State University president emeritus and Luvo board member Lester Lefton sees peer-to-peer learning as critical for student success.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 22, 2015