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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of students, faculty and staff alike. But IT in particular has borne the brunt of keeping institutions' technology infrastructure afloat through relentless change, often in the face of budget cuts and staffing shortages. Here are ways to help mitigate stress and better support IT teams during this challenging time.
08/26/2021
- Features and Cover Stories
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Educause has created a new self-assessment tool to help colleges and universities better understand how their analytics capabilities can enhance teaching and learning practices, improve student outcomes and advance institutional goals.
08/24/2021
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A California University has just received a $2.4 million grant to draw Black and African American girls into robotics and engineering. The funding from the National Science Foundation will enable the University of California Davis to do outreach through its Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM).
08/24/2021
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A community college collaborative formed earlier this year to develop shared services expects to launch its first programs shortly. The Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS), which was started by five schools in New Mexico, announced that it is working with Workday's suite of applications, which includes enterprise planning, financial management, human capital management and student services.
08/24/2021
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The University of Tennessee Knoxville is working with AT&T to build out a 5G+ presence on campus. That project will incorporate a testbed to allow university and company researchers to understand how 5G and 5G+ technology can address unique communications challenges.
08/23/2021
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At Indiana's Butler University, construction is set to begin shortly on a new facility for esports and technology. The 7,500-square-foot Butler Esports Park was originally announced in 2019 but placed on hold due to the pandemic.
08/23/2021
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Now in its 25th year, Internet2 serves the higher education community with many important programs. NET+ is one we know well. Here, CT asks Internet2 NET+ leadership for some reflections and an update as NET+ reaches its own 10-year anniversary.
08/23/2021
- Features and Cover Stories
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Education technology company Cengage is adding more than 100 new employability modules within its Cengage Unlimited course materials subscription service.
08/23/2021
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A new offering from study tools platform Quizlet provides step-by-step guidance to assist students with problem sets from popular textbooks.
08/23/2021
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The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is working to help first-time student loan borrowers stay on track to complete their degrees.
08/20/2021
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A statewide initiative in Idaho aims to train and certify 2,000 Idahoans in cloud computing over the next two years.
08/20/2021
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A new grant opportunity from Achieving the Dream and Lumina Foundation is targeting community colleges that are increasing the enrollment and success of adult learners (aged 25 and older), with a particular focus on Black, Latino and Native American students.
08/19/2021
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In a recent global survey, two-thirds of school and college facilities managers (65 percent) were more likely to invest in smart building solutions now than they were pre-pandemic.
08/18/2021
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A new study of data generated by an education platform has found that college students and other adults spent at least some of the pandemic rethinking their career plans.
08/18/2021
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In a fall 2020 survey of institutions piloting adaptive courseware in gateway courses, 96 percent of faculty agreed that the technology helped them improve student learning, and allowed them to better monitor student progress and hold individual students accountable for engaging in class.
08/13/2021
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Online education company Noodle has introduced a new platform to help universities engage their students in lifelong learning programs.
08/12/2021
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As students return to school this fall, colleges and universities must optimize campus environments while decreasing operational costs. Here are planning and funding strategies for making safe, connected and energy-efficient campuses a reality.
08/12/2021
- Features and Cover Stories
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In 2019, the University of California Merced kicked off an initiative intended to replace its existing legacy finance applications with a new Oracle Cloud application. And as of earlier this year, Merced has gone live with what it calls "Alpha Financials."
08/10/2021