Teenagers spend more of their time watching YouTube video clips than television, according to research from DEFY Media. Yet when they arrive at college, they’re suddenly expected to sit in classrooms, concentrating on 50-minute lectures. The disconnect between students’ digital lives and their classroom experience is narrowing as professors are increasingly embedding video in their […]
Sian Beilock has been named the new president of Barnard College, the women's institution that's part of Columbia University. As executive vice provost at the University of Chicago, she oversaw the University of Chicago Press, building projects and the school's engagement with its surrounding community. Beilock created UChicagoGRAD, an office that trains grad students and […]
Remember Rate My Professor, the website that allows college students to rate faculty performance? While that site isn't tied to any ideology, a new conservative website makes no attempt to disguise its motive. The Professor Watchlist, launched last fall by the nonprofit Turning Point USA, challenges students: "Help us expose and document college professors who […]
Over the last several decades, programs in Health Coaching, Health Advocacy, and Nutrition have gone from rare to a significant number of undergraduate and graduate programs of varying lengths, prerequisites, and professional focus. Duke University’s Integrative Medicine offers an Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program, which features a Foundation Course, focusing on core competencies […]
It may be time to rethink some of our established models of higher education. Let’s consider two classic paradigms. By most definitions, liberal arts education refers to those college studies related to areas such as literature, languages, philosophy, humanities, history, mathematics, psychology and science. These instructional elements are among the most time-honored part of a […]
The Florida Institute of Technology, which serves 16,000 students on main, satellite and online campuses, boosted its global reach with the creation of the Institute for Cross Cultural Management. This applied research organization provides training to prepare individuals and organizations for success in a global environment. ICCM’s research-backed best practices help its clients learn remote […]
Tom Snyder retired in June after nine years at the helm of Ivy Tech, the nation's largest singly accredited community college system. Snyder's coming from a corporate background gave him a different perspective about higher ed in general and community colleges in particular. For one, he realized the role community colleges play in serving millions […]
Today, the mastery of writing is critical for success in school, college, and in the vocational, business, and professional workplace. Teachers in K-12 schools across the nation hear their students express fear and loathing of writing – overwhelmed by the writing process and not knowing where to get started. Simply put, we have a […]
Adaptive learning, which brings the benefits of one-on-one tutoring to large numbers of students with instruction tailored to the learner, has garnered attention since the 1970s. But while it’s a common topic in education circles and technology is now widely available to make it happen, translating traditional lectures to an adaptive learning format takes time, […]
