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Uses for ePortfolios that platform providers believe aren’t as common at colleges as they should be

Portfolio providers: What are some uses for ePortfolios that you believe aren’t as common at colleges as they should be? “We’d like to see more colleges...

Higher ed’s digital showcase

Just as websites morphed from digital brochures into versatile multimedia portals, electronic portfolios have evolved from information repositories to robust tools for showcasing student...

Water, water everywhere at Emory University

The landmark WaterHub at Emory University in Atlanta is an eco-friendly water recycling plant that cleanses 400,000 gallons per day of wastewater for purposes...

Breaking down cliches: What service really means

Since most partners promise “great customer service” to the colleges and universities they serve, the term has become something of a clichÁ©. Why does...

Time for liberal arts colleges to help students find their true vocation

Vocation. This is a word with deep and important significance. Liberal Arts. This is an ideal of education with an equally deep set of...

Games promise active, enjoyable learning

Watching preschoolers play on touchscreen devices makes it clear that the future college students of America are of the connected generation. Unfortunately, I fear...

John T. Delaney named dean of American University business school

John T. Delaney is the new dean of American University’s Kogod School of Business, effective July 18. Delaney, recently dean of the Joseph M. Katz...

Trading places

This FutureShock is the third in a trilogy of commentaries on the for-profit (private sector) higher education industry and the implications of an increasingly...

Making today’s classrooms work for current and future students

Colleges and universities have been slowly but persistently transforming their traditional classroom spaces into rooms that facilitate active learning. How should classroom technology adapt...

4 insights on higher ed websites

There’s a special relationship between decision-makers and benchmarking in higher education. Whether in information technology, marketing or even academics, rarely does anything get done before...

Racial tensions still simmer on campus

Two students were expelled and dozens more disciplined when a video emerged last March of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter singing...

What alumni magazines should be about

Alumni. That’s what alumni association magazines should, to a much greater extent, be about. At least they should if we want them to do...

@FinancialAidOffice: Go social!

No one would deny that college students spend a good part of the day with eyes locked on their mobile devices, scrolling through social...

#Winning on social: #Cashtag conversation

Michigan State University Social experiment: Facebook Photo contest Facebook.com/msufinaid/ The idea: To show the positive side of financial aid, Michigan State held a contest that asked students...

Getting carded on campus

At The University of Alabama, football weekends rule. So imagine a student who’s got a big date, a tailgate spot and an electronic ticket...