What college students are learning—and how—has become a mainstream talking point across the political spectrum. Much of this talk concerns dollars and cents—namely, cost and payoff. As a result, 2015 may be a year in which many institutions do a gut-check of their own value propositions, as pressure to increase affordability—and return on investment—pervades all […]
A National Council on Teacher Quality report citing a lack of rigor and grade inflation in teacher preparation courses is being disputed by the organization that represents college and university education programs. The November report, "Easy A's and What's Behind Them"—which is based on graduation data from 500 institutions surveyed—found that students graduate with honors from teaching […]
If the 10 years I've spent observing and analyzing the industry since I started my blog are any indication, there's one prediction I can make with complete confidence: The new year will have its share of surprises and challenges. Keep these five trends in mind. Predictive analytics Reporting on past performance and monitoring real-time activity […]
Kris Alban, Vice President of iGrad What trends related to financial literacy are emerging? Financial literacy will likely become a mandatory initiative for colleges in the near future. We expect the next higher ed reauthorization to require financial literacy initiatives for student loan borrowers. Many students taking out loans right now don't understand enough about what they're getting into. They […]
Albert Einstein once said, "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." If he had spoken these words today, one might think he was speaking about deploying digital signage on the campus of Princeton University. Unlike other investments in technologies that may provide a campus with ubiquitous wireless […]
USA Funds and Truckee Meadows Community College in Nevada have partnered to promote a holistic approach to student loan debt management. The partnership has included implementing a financial literacy curriculum and peer counselors for TMCC students, communicating to student loan borrowers to promote successful loan repayment, applying analytics to better target outreach to borrowers, and […]
What does the typical student of today look like compared to the student of five or 10 years ago? Who is the new "traditional" college student? The non-traditional adult learner is now more prevalent than the traditional college student who comes straight from high school. This is where the market is growing, and the colleges and universities that are successful […]
What is the value to institutions in making energy efficiency a priority? At the Lone Star College System, we have made it a priority to be as energy efficient as possible for a few reasons: We believe that if we can have the budget stability and predictability that results from being more efficient, we can […]
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in North Carolina has undertaken an ambitious technology strategy across the institution to simplify the student experience, increase access to technology for students regardless of socioeconomic status and enable access to multiple tools that students will use later in the workforce. Key to these initiatives has been implementing Google Apps for Education […]
Linda Ding, Education Program Strategist, Laserfiche As institution leaders look to leverage technology to impact student success, what role will enterprise content management (ECM) play? ECM gives academic officers an easy way to access information as they help students achieve success. Colleges and universities are infamous for their information silos. However, through ECM, a complete set of […]
