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Coronavirus sparks calls for "universal pass" grading

Matt Zalaznick | March 22, 2020

Many schools have switched to pass/fail to ease the transition online, but some undergraduates say allowing everyone to pass a course is the most equitable solution.

The promise of blockchain and its impact on higher education

UB Custom Publishing | March 15, 2020

Primavera De Filippi, an internationally recognized authority on the challenges and opportunities of blockchains and other decentralized online technologies, will deliver the UB Tech 2020 keynote address.

Coronavirus campus closures top 220—and keep growing

Matt Zalaznick | March 12, 2020

COVID-19 compels higher education to tell students to head home for spring break and engage in distance learning for an extended and unknown length of time.

Coronavirus: Florida orders state universities online

Matt Zalaznick | March 10, 2020

Coronavirus has pushed more than 130 colleges online and the number is growing quickly, ushering in an online education era that came sooner than many expected. Conference cancellations also begin to mount.

Harvard to move online, tells students to go home

Matt Zalaznick | March 09, 2020

COVID-19 forces Harvard University to move to online education and ask students to stay home after spring break.

How women's colleges are breaking down barriers

Elizabeth Meade | March 08, 2020

Cedar Crest College President Elizabeth Meade shares strategies for addressing students' financial burdens—through increased affordability and travel abroad and work-study opportunities for all.

Do you know which colleges have richest 20 endowments?

Matt Zalaznick | March 04, 2020

The richest university endowments grew over the past decade, but not as much as they did in the 1990s, according to new data compiled by DegreeQuery.

7 reasons to be at UB Tech 2020

UB Custom Publishing | March 03, 2020

The countdown is on, and there's much to look forward to at this year's UB Tech conference in Las Vegas.

Women in IT: Research and timing on our side

Elizabeth Clark | February 17, 2020

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.