From the Academic Esports Guide, simple strategies such as learning the lingo to the games being played can get educators into a space enjoyed by so many students.
If the pandemic is eliminating the full college experience, should students continue to pay for it? questions UB guest columnist Mike Brown, of LendEDU.
Higher ed leaders and educators: A pandemic is no time to abandon the idea of community. In fact, it should be a time to double down, says UB guest columnist Scott Mobley, who is executive director of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Colleges and universities considering launching an esports program must complete a long checklist of items. One of the most important is finding a dedicated space for an arena on campus.
University of Michigan's equity initiatives are expanded by academic diversity officers who develop goals for all 50 schools, departments and divisions.
Today's move toward 'labs without boundaries' requires maximizing efficiency, making a cultural shift and focusing on teamwork, says UB guest columnist James B. Hill, who is with BSA LifeStructures Laboratory Planning.
Building support through research and gaining traction from the #MeToo and Time's Up movements will help level the playing field for women leaders in higher ed IT, says UB guest columnist and UB Tech featured speaker Elizabeth Clark, who is deputy CIO at Harvard Business School.
Community college leaders are finding that esports raises the academic enthusiasm of current students and attracts more new full-time students to campus.
