As The Emoji Movie hits theater screens this summer, a new wave of college-themed emojis is arriving on smartphone screens. Higher ed institutions—capitalizing on the popularity of the digital pictographs—now offer customized sets of emojis featuring school logos, mascots and other themed graphics, such as smiling or winking faces. The emojis allow students, graduates, student […]

The mass digitization of literature is complex. The preservation of books, letters and other historical materials calls for advanced technology and a good deal of manpower. Universities are developing better practices around this process, as well as creating software and databases to make this content accessible and search-friendly. Institutions may be able to secure funding […]

Campuses have already connected a wide array of objects to the digital world, including parking meters, washing machines and library stands that show where books are located. The internet of things technology has the potential to change the way buildings are designed and constructed. For colleges and universities, that could mean enabling people to control […]

D enise Swett has seen the same approach from several different companies when it comes to offering academic-planning solutions: Plenty of promises that do not fit the needs students at Foothill College, a community college in Northern California. "Everyone says they're going to solve our retention problems or graduation problems," says Swett, who has a […]