higher education
EdTech
Four University Technologies That Will Become Obsolete by 2020
By: Jason Konesco. While technologies that currently work on college campuses should be enhanced, integrated and supplemented with modern tools, here are four that will see extinction in the coming years.
Place Based Education
HigherEd Approaches to Empowering Students
By: Jeffrey Partridge. Often in higher ed, place-based pedagogy implementation is left to individual educators. However, here are several examples of colleges that make place-based education central to their identity, and an exploration of the benefits they have discovered from doing so.
Leadership
Tel Aviv University: Addressing Social Challenges with Online Learning
Yuval Shraibman, CEO of Israel's TAU Online, shares more about how he and other education leaders in the country are working to find ways to bridge inequity and help all students succeed.
Leadership
EdLeader Advice: Get Serious About Goal-Setting
University Academy’s board sets specific, clear and measurable goals each academic year to ensure they continue working toward the founder's vision of it becoming the best K-12 college preparatory charter public school in the country.
Leadership
Three Steps to Better Engage Higher Education Students
By: Jerry Dilettuso. Despite our best efforts, retention rates at postsecondary educational institutions haven’t markedly improved in more than eight years. Here are three steps for improving higher education student engagement.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Innovation for Equity
To continue the buzz around innovation for equity recently generated at the iNACOL Symposium and Educause conference, this week’s top ten represents innovation in classrooms and campuses across the nation.
Leadership
Reengineering HigherEd: Student-Centered Learning at Olin College
By: Tom Vander Ark. Olin College was designed to be different. Here are nine things that stand out about Olin that other higher education institutions could consider implementing to innovate programs and graduates.
Leadership
Pennsylvania Charter Emphasizes Liberal Arts for Success
We recently had the opportunity to visit Renaissance Academy, a K-12 public charter school in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, that focuses on liberal arts to prepare students for college.
Leadership
Changing University Culture to Transform the Student Experience
By: Catherine Georgeoff, Todd A. Hitchcock & Shane Keene. In order to create university environments that provide students with a positive experience both on campus and online, an overall institution culture change is needed. Here are three strategies to begin that transformation.
Difference Making
Setting First-Year, First-Generation College Students on the Bridge to Success
By: Nicole Howard. Summer bridge programs fill in the gap of being college ready, helping first-year, first-generation or any student looking for extra support in a new environment start out on a successful path.