Being recognized as a "beautiful campus" goes beyond just having curb appeal. In fact, institutions that are consistently chosen for so-called "most beautiful college campuses" rankings put a lot of resources and effort into demonstrating a correlation between campus aesthetics and academic reputation. For many, that commitment is paying off. The allure of an attractive […]

From stand-alone help desks to spaces in bookstores and other high-traffic areas, technology services are becoming more visible on college campuses. With more students carrying laptops and tablets rather than textbooks and notebooks, there's a greater need for assistance buying and setting up new devices, and troubleshooting problems with old computers, says Julie Simonson, director […]

Online learning, specifically MOOCs, has inspired many doomsday forecasts regarding the fate of traditional higher education—which, of course, has yet to collapse. But the predicted death of MOOCs—due to erratic completion rates, lack of formal student support and concerns about the financial returns for institutions—hasn't come true either. In an effort to add quantifiable worth […]

Higher education institutions consistently face pressure to satisfy the computing, storage and network requirements of their campus power users, the research scientists. A variety of technological trends are also putting added pressure on an institution's infrastructure. With the advent of cloud computing, and public infrastructure as a service offerings available with the swipe of a […]