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Lessons for higher ed from the ‘Neighborhood of Make-Believe’

sonicseanb | August 22, 2018

Morgan Neville’s documentary Won’t you be my Neighbor? chronicles the first and most famous attempt to adapt video technology to educate. In an early scene shot in 1968, Fred Rogers, seated before a piano, explains the basis of his signature academic video-presentation style—the importance of establishing a dialogue to teach. Due to the limitations of […]

Groundbreakings: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Los Medanos College, Lehigh University

Web Editor | July 31, 2018

Innovation and Research Park Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (Chicago) The first building in what could be a multiphase development will generate an estimated 500 jobs and $117 million annually. Scientists and entrepreneurs will create new treatments for disease based on the university's biomedical research. Size: Six stories; 100,000 square feet Features: Will […]

Rising STEM Star in Northern New Jersey

Web Editor | July 17, 2018

Americans learned from the timeless wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from fiction.” One of the great challenges of Community, Technical, and County Colleges is to provide quality, affordable higher learning […]

How colleges keep up with the changing social media landscape

Web Editor | July 13, 2018

In higher education, social media isn’t a project, it’s a process—a function like customer support, but open 24/7 and always waiting for a crisis to blow up. The strong dichotomy at the core of social media often leads to opposite views and experiences of the channels. There are rarely in-betweens with social media. In the […]

STEM shifts in higher ed

Web Editor | July 06, 2018

What began as a push to increase the number and diversity of students studying STEM has evolved into a full-scale effort to improve teaching and learning at The University of Arizona. In 2013, the college was selected as one of eight initial project sites for The STEM Undergraduate Initiative, a project of the Association of […]

Multipurpose arena at Bentley University

Web Editor | June 28, 2018

To celebrate its bicentennial in 2018, Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, built a 76,000-square-foot arena that meets the needs of its Division I hockey program while also serving the entire campus community. CHALLENGE: The university formed a committee of 10 department heads whose students would use the facility. This group met monthly throughout the 14-month […]

Welcoming higher ed admissions offices wow students

Web Editor | June 27, 2018

Creating a welcoming environment, especially in the form of admissions offices, is increasingly crucial to a university's bottom line as schools are more dependent on tuition and fees as a revenue stream. Thus, new emphasis has emerged on the role of admissions offices. Research indicates that the campus visit is the student's most trusted source […]

If data is the answer in higher ed, what is the question?

Web Editor | June 26, 2018

The January 2018 issue of UB featured its annual list of challenges for higher education, and No. 4 was both clear and encompassing: data analytics is everyone's job. In the survey of administrators, all groups selected "greater emphasis on leveraging data to identify and solve problems" as the top way their roles are evolving in […]

Executive level precon summits headline the opening of UB Tech 2018

Web Editor | June 21, 2018

Two executive-level summits headlined the preconvention action during UB Tech 2018 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Both the Higher Ed and Critical Trends summits featured presentations and professional expertise ranging from accommodating new learning technologies to exploring the latest security trends. The day kicked off with HP’s precon event and “Building the Campus of the Future,” the […]