A new 656-bed, five-story building offering Wi-Fi access and HD cable now stands near the center of Boise State's campus in Idaho. The 236,000-square-foot facility serves as a residence hall for first-year students and as a space for honor students—with classrooms, study lounges, honors department offices and dining facilities. CHALLENGE: The university needed additional housing […]

In the fall of 2015, Muhlenberg College President John Williams asked if I would teach a copyright law course to interested undergraduate students. While at Harvard Law School, he and his wife Diane had taken an online course titled CopyrightX, the brainchild of Harvard professor Terry Fisher. President Williams was very excited about the course, […]

The development of career-oriented academic programs will, in the coming years, increasingly rely on collaboration between institutions and industry. Rio Salado College, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, has, for instance, worked with Kroger Foods to create credentials aimed at the continuing education needs of the multistate grocery chain's current and future employees. "It's going to be […]

The majority of college students are not aware of any cybersecurity breaches at their institutions despite most IT departments on campuses reporting such incidents, according to a recent report from CDW-G. A survey of 250 higher ed IT professionals and 300 students reveals that 91 percent of IT professionals who have experienced a cybersecurity breach […]