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Not everybody is cut out for coding. Two universities have begun collaborating with a consulting company to teach their graduates and alumni skills for working in technology without forcing them learn how to program.
01/22/2020
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More than half of faculty prefer using a blended environment with their students, which includes both blended and in-person elements, but nearly three-quarters would choose a completely or mostly face-to-face approach for most elements involving interaction with students, according to a survey from the Educause Center for Analysis and Research.
01/22/2020
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Education firm EAB has introduced a new "playbook" of strategies for improving student outcomes and institutional sustainability in higher education. Its goal: to highlight changes that colleges and universities can make fairly easily to achieve real results.
01/21/2020
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A recent report issued by Ithaka S+R has explored the challenge of how states can expand pathways for college enrollment and degree attainment, especially among non-typical students — such as those who start out at community college and working adults returning to school.
01/21/2020
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A two-year campaign is being undertaken by the Flipped Learning Global Initiative and Teachers Pay Teachers to develop high-quality flipped learning resources for the classroom.
01/21/2020
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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has installed a new supercomputing cluster that will offer campus researchers five times the compute performance of the institution's previous setup.
01/21/2020
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Upcoming events include the LearnLaunch Across Boundaries Conference, SANS Security East 2020, and 2020 ITC Annual Conference - eLearning.
01/20/2020
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The Education Commission of the States has released a rundown on state efforts to tie education with workforce development.
01/17/2020
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Google has introduced a new Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate, a program designed to provide job-ready skills in Python, Git and IT automation in under six months.
01/16/2020
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The University of Pennsylvania is upgrading communications across all departments with a cloud communications solution from Vonage.
01/16/2020
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Blockchain is the hard skill employers most want in potential hires this year, according to an analysis from LinkedIn, while creativity is the most-needed soft skill.
01/15/2020
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Virginia Commonwealth University is using an automated grading tool to give students the coding practice they need without overwhelming instructors.
01/15/2020
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed 700 middle and high school students to participate in its annual New Jersey Science Olympiad. Participants competed in teams on 19 activities designed to test their STEM skills.
01/14/2020
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Online exam security and identity management company ProctorU is merging with Yardstick Assessment Strategies, a provider of psychometrics and computer-based exam administration for professional testing organizations.
01/14/2020
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Richard Garrett, chief research officer at higher education research firm Eduventures, has released three predictions for 2020 and at least two of them expect innovative education to beat out traditional — at least by some counts.
01/14/2020
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The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and CollegeSource will be co-launching a policy portal intended to help people in higher education research and compare policies from multiple institutions.
01/13/2020
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A new program at Beloit College called Channels is encouraging students to explore the connections between their curricular agendas and their co-curricular learning and passions — ultimately benefitting their future careers.
01/13/2020
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Upcoming events include the Association of American Colleges & Universities 2020 Annual Meeting, LearnLaunch Across Boundaries Conference, and SANS Security East 2020.
01/13/2020