Higher Ed: Page 284
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Study shows students benefit from interactive elements of MOOCs
The research comes out of Carnegie Mellon following up on a study of students who took an intro to psychology course.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015 -
Smaller colleges feeling financial stress of lower enrollment
Moody's called the industry as a whole stable, but that obscures colleges at the lower extreme, which are often smaller with minimal endowments.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 17, 2015 -
Texting could help students in the transition from high school to college
A new book shows how texting programs benefit college preparation.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Accelerated learning program to offer computer science training for teachers
Flatiron School supports idea that training teachers in computer science is easier than training programmers to teach.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Rosemont College to join schools lowering tuition to attract students
The Philadelphia college's 43% price drop will reduce aid disbursements.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
University of California policy against intolerance meeting resistance
The policy has been criticized by First Amendment advocates and by those who view higher education as a place for open discourse.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Dean's resignation points out difficulty of personal relationships among faculty
Some policies ban or manage romantic relationships between faculty members and supervisors.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
2015 college access index unveiled at NYT Schools For Tomorrow Conference
The University of California System dominates the top 10 in the Upshot's annual ranking of institutions based on how well they serve low-income students.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Georgia Regents becomes Augusta U with name change
The university was only called Georgia Regents since 2012, when Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences consolidated.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Nation's oldest existing HBCU struggles to stay afloat
Amid enrollment declines, financial mismanagement, building deterioration, and unstable leadership, some wonder whether Cheyney University should be allowed to fail.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
How liberal arts colleges can prove their own effectiveness
While these colleges have not historically prized systemic assessments of student growth, one analyst argues a shift in culture is necessary.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
New Penn State department separates cybersecurity from IT
The Office of Information Security will be led by a CISO and will be tasked with protecting the university from the millions of hostile cyberattacks it fields on an average day.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Obama speaks out against oversensitivity on campuses
The former law professor joined the conversation about how college students are being 'coddled.'
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2015 -
Deep Dive
What are the 'most innovative' schools doing to earn their titles?
For the first time, the US News & World Report rankings included a look at the nation's most innovative schools, as nominated by higher ed administrators.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
U of Iowa's no-confidence vote in new president backed by other state schools
The board of regents hired a businessman with no experience in university administration to lead the university in what faculty argue was a breach of shared governance.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
U of California regents appeal campus sexual assault ruling
The July ruling reversed a UC San Diego suspension order levied after finding a male student in violation of the university’s sex offense policy.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
What institutions should know when considering an innovation space
These spaces should accommodate makers, hackers, and coworkers from a central location that encourages cross-disciplinary interest, but starting small is OK.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
Levine: Competency-based education not a fad
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation president argues the rise in CBE reflects the transition out of an industrial economy.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
U of Florida re-evaluating Pearson's role in UF Online
The university signed an 11-year contract with the vendor to launch the program, but with out-of-state enrollment low, it is reconsidering the terms.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2015 -
Sponsored by Ellucian
The cloud can be a powerful means to an end, but how well defined is your end game?
Implementing cloud technology is an effective way to modernize your campus, but keeping the end goal in mind is necessary.
By Jeff Ralyea, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Ellucian • Sept. 15, 2015 -
For higher ed, big data brings big potential — and pitfalls
There are concerns that collecting and analyzing big data is cost-prohibitive, time-consuming, and risky when it comes to false positives.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2015 -
Federal changes mean FAFSA will accept two-year-old tax data
The move is the Obama administration's response to years of pressure to allow students to start their federal aid applications earlier in the college search process.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2015 -
New research offers insight into student behavior in MOOCs
Based on 13 interviews with MOOC participants, a paper in the British Journal of Educational Technology discusses student connections, note-taking, and course design.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2015 -
Uber's raid of Carnegie Mellon robotics department has its limits
Silicon Valley interest likely will never eliminate the role of university research, as industry has historically shied away from pure research with no immediate application.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2015 -
Obama administration unveils College Scorecard to praise and criticism
The long-awaited data dump has some cheering for the college research tool and others railing against its lack of context for students and families.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2015
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