Though some instructors think flipping the classroom is as simple as students watching lectures online and doing their homework in class, version 2.0 of the practice is evolving to allow faculty to provide more rigorous, in-depth instruction. About half of U.S. higher ed faculty had taught in a flipped environment as of winter 2014, according […]
What types of people at your school are not saving for retirement? Young employees? Low-income earners? Maybe single parents with children? Several years ago, Linda Nilsen needed to know. As the executive director of benefits and compensation at Princeton University, she analyzed the non-savers—about half of the school's 6,000 employees. To her surprise, there were […]
The U.S. makes up 5 percent of the world's population, yet it consumes 75 percent of the world's prescription drugs. Additionally, 52 million people in the U.S. over the age of 12 have used prescription drugs non-medically in their lifetime. With these statistics working against us, it's no surprise that prescription drugs are being used […]
Today's approach to the complex challenge of ensuring students and graduates are successful is captured by this simple Helen Keller quote: "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." The idea of student success has evolved in higher ed, from a concept focused mainly on academic success and graduation rates to […]
Early-college high schools have inspired a new wave of close collaboration between K12 and higher education as both sides recognize the benefits of better preparing students for the rigors of college life and coursework. High school graduates who've taken college courses and experienced campus life—and who may have collected up to two years' worth of […]
Nicole Nesrsta, Vertical Solutions Marketing Manager, Education, Citrix How are physical learning spaces expected to change in the near future? Computer labs filled with rows of computers no longer work for today's students. Since the average student owns three or more mobile devices, they need anywhere, anytime access to resources and a space to collaborate with […]
When students at the University of Georgia returned from winter break five years ago, they inundated the campus computer network with a wave of electronic holiday gifts—smart phones, laptops, tablets, gaming consoles and mini-computers. Within a matter of days, the students had overloaded the computer system and shut it down. The information technology department quickly […]
Few of us could imagine where we would be in our institutional branding efforts without the internet and its related marketing and public relations applications. These digital tools have become our "digital front doors," granting us the ability to effectively and efficiently share content with those eager to learn more about us. With that said, […]
Who would ever think that replacing simple lightbulbs could end up costing a university hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or that a piece of equipment destined for a building's basement could nearly cause the destruction of an exterior wall, with an associated price tag in the tens of thousands of dollars, because the system was […]
When you watched this year's Super Bowl, did you notice the higher education corporate partnership messaging? We were all witness to a historic NFL football broadcast from the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Think back to other sporting events like National University's 2014 Holiday Bowl game in San Diego and you'll find there […]
