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Extra credit for non-credit

Georgetown University officials had a bit of an epiphany recently about the impact of their noncredit courses. While the offerings had been around since...

It’s electric: Getting started with e-transcripts

Colleges and universities that have not yet implemented electronic transcripts may be selling their students short. Not only do e-transcripts require less staff time and...

E-transcripts accelerate in higher ed

Rather than dealing with the intensive labor involved in sending and receiving paper transcripts—and frustration from students and graduates accustomed to automation—most colleges and...

Life and learning on the fast track

Some see the three year baccalaureate as a fad which will ultimately dilute the depth, breadth, and rigor of the true college learning and...

How colleges and universities can guard against inflation

Monetary policy in the United States took a dramatic turn with the introduction of quantitative easing after the financial crisis of 2008. Although it achieved...

How are students using Social Media?

A graduating senior applying for a position completed a successful phone interview and travelled to a face-to-face interview with the company. Instead of an...

Keeping an eye on the college lock box

Higher education is big business, but many schools are operating with barely more fiscal security than the average kid’s lemonade stand. Thefts from colleges are...

Apps move up on campus

With apps now a fixture on the vast majority of campuses, colleges and universities are no longer debating whether to develop their own mobile...

Collaboration strengthens programs and lowers costs

There have been continuous outcries in recent years for colleges and universities to lower their costs, yet in almost every area those costs continue...

Pros and cons of using social logins on campus

Authentication and identification of active campus network users have always been at the core of the IT applications necessary to run a university. If you...

How Bloomsburg University Achieved Campus-Wide Video Capture

Faculty and students at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania have been using Mediasite technology for six years to record lectures for flipped instruction, classroom projects...

Meeting the New PCI Standards in Higher Ed

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed to encourage and enhance cardholder data security and to facilitate the broad adoption...

Reducing Cohort Default Rates Through Outreach and Education

Student loan default can affect an entire campus, as high default rates negatively impact an institution’s federal funding. Therefore, it is essential to keep...

Creating Effective Default Prevention Strategies

Identifying students who are at risk of student loan default and establishing ongoing communication with those students are two key strategies for minimizing borrower...

New projector technology changes paradigm of classroom AV management

As one of the nation’s largest public institutions, the University of Minnesota includes some 65,000 students on five campuses across the state, with its...