Changes in academic programs are often precipitated by budget crises. But when faced with a 16 percent reduction in state appropriations in 2015, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire took a different approach.  With a goal of keeping degree programs intact, officials eliminated administrative positions, reduced support staff and trimmed back the number of full-time lecturers. Centralization […]

Streaming video – combined with artificial intelligence (AI) – has unparalleled abilities to personalize learning. University Business and Mediasite partnered to develop this 2018 report exploring the use of AI and campus video. The results reveal massive potential in offering Generation Z the Netflix model for learning. Leaders from more than 300 U.S. colleges and […]

The velocity of fundamental change in the world has increased dramatically. Not too many years ago, there was no such thing as social media. But the ascendency of interactive digital platforms fundamentally changed the way we communicate not only in society, but in business. We no longer broadcast to and talk at our audiences; we […]

One of the most fertile areas for collaborative problem-solving between colleges and their K12 counterparts may be the mission they share: education. When edtech developers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania asked K12 teachers to wish for a superpower, the teachers imagined student data hovering in midair before their very eyes. Wish granted. Lumilo, the artificially […]