A handful of campuses teach Native American languages to support the efforts of local tribes to preserve their language and expand their culture's influence on public education, film and other arenas. This semester, Niagara University—located near the famous waterfall on New York's Canadian border—introduced a sequence of three classes in Tuscarora, a dialect of the […]

Purdue University surprised its faculty and the general higher ed sector this spring with its plans to acquire Kaplan University for a symbolic $1 (with a revenue-share plan spanning 30 years). Less noted is the opportunity Purdue has to learn from its new unit. Purdue, an Indiana land-grant institution, will form a new, public university […]

Steve Kramer, Vice President, ACI Worldwide I know the pain Finance VPs in higher education experience. It seems like every day that someone comes to you saying "Our students need new technology. Can we squeeze it into the budget?" I own the P&L, so I get it. Did you know that your university payment systems […]

The interest in live videos across social media platforms has accelerated over the past few months with a series of developments that bring high-quality video broadcasting to the masses. Instagram launched live video in Instagram Stories, an upgrade to the ephemeral format it borrowed from Snapchat. Periscope's live capabilities have been integrated into the Twitter […]