Intentional design and construction that curate these spaces better align with higher education's changing landscape and prepare the next round of doctors and scientists for a wave of innovation.
Higher education administrators face a common dilemma. In the face of resource constraints and siloed departments, how does a campus improve processes and provide service as efficiently and smoothly as possible? And can the improvements benefit everyone involved, including students, parents and authorized users, campus visitors, as well as staff? The College of Charleston strives […]
In partnership with educational virtual reality developers VictoryXR, Morehouse created a virtual space where students could congregate for class remotely. Using a virtual reality (VR) headset, students first "spawn" into the digital twin campus, a familiar environment that "makes them more comfortable with the fact that they're in new and emerging technology," says Morris. In the […]
Increasingly, colleges and universities are limiting cash on campuses and seeing a variety of benefits, including reduced administrative workloads, modernized operations and improved efficiency. An environment that prioritizes cashless transactions also better meets the expectations of students, parents and campus visitors, who overwhelmingly no longer carry or use cash. Download this eBook to learn more […]
Today's campuses are complex ecosystems of sensitive financial data that can be difficult to secure, and higher ed institutions have increasingly become targets for hackers and cybercriminals. Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards were developed to regulate security measures for merchants that process, store, or transmit credit or debit card transactions. Compliance is not optional, and […]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Melissa Nobles on diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system. As the United States Supreme Court considers the role of race in college admissions, we explore the many challenges facing education with the first African American woman to lead one of the world's highest-ranked institutions. The alumni and faculty […]
Prisoners who enroll in postsecondary education programs are 48% less likely to be reincarcerated than those who do not, according to the Journal of Experimental Criminology.
The 27th time was not the charm — and for one Chinese man it could mark the end of a lifelong quest to make it to university. Liang Shi, 56, has tried for 40 years to get a satisfactory score on China's national college entrance exam, known as the gaokao. Regarded as one of the […]
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is a leading four-year public university with 20,000 students that has been completely cashless since 2017. In this TouchNet podcast, Beth Hardcastle, assistant controller for Student Business Services at EMU, discusses how going cashless, closing the in-person cashier's office, and implementing payment plans have positively impacted their financial operations over the […]
