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A survey undertaken by the University Professional and Continuing Education Association and online learning producer MindEdge found that two-thirds of respondents in colleges and universities have seen growing interest in alternative credentials among students in recent years, and nearly half would call it "significant growth" in interest.
05/15/2020
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A fully virtual esports tournament at the State University of New York is in its last week. Awards from the $20,000 pool will go to the student emergency funds for winning teams’ respective schools.
05/14/2020
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Zoom Video Communications has acquired Keybase, a secure messaging and file-sharing service.
05/14/2020
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The OmniSOC security operations center exchanges security data and best practices with institutions throughout the higher education sector.
05/14/2020
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A nonprofit maker organization is working with a company that creates computer kits to encourage people to make respirators for their communities.
05/13/2020
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Google has just made premium functionality in its online video meeting software freely available to anybody with a Google e-mail account.
05/13/2020
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College students are now feeling much more enthusiastic about the prospect of returning to school in the fall.
05/13/2020
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From determining a remote learning strategy to planning for the new normal and enabling standards-based practices, these five phases describe the progress institutions are making toward excellence in teaching and learning online.
05/13/2020
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This fall, California State University will be keeping most of its institutions' courses online, in response to the ongoing health and safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
05/13/2020
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Western Governors University has teamed up with a bootcamp provider to convert credentials into credits. WGU is working with Kenzie Academy, which runs year-long online and in-person programs in software engineering and user experience engineering.
05/13/2020
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Four university systems have been accepted into a program that will deliver professional development to their faculty as part of improving student achievement.
05/12/2020
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While many students have lost their internships for the summer over COVID-19 closures, a group of companies has come together to put coding students to work. Major League Hacking and GitHub have announced a remote internship program to support young developers by getting them involved with coding projects.
05/11/2020
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The University of Arizona plans to resume in-person classes this fall, after the state began statewide antibody testing with help of the university.
05/11/2020
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A new set of guidelines from the American College Health Association has provided a run-down of key considerations for safely reopening institutions of higher education as the COVID-19 pandemic slows.
05/11/2020
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Upcoming events include TDWI Virtual Summit, SANSFIRE 2020, and OLC Innovate 2020.
05/11/2020
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Does research at your institution have the visibility and impact it could? A new class of open source tools can be used to create a modernized, 21st century 'digital research ecosystem' that will help faculty and graduate researchers advance their research objectives and gain recognition for their work.
05/11/2020
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College and university advancement teams are evolving their strategies to help their institutions persist through uncertain times. Here are five examples to learn from.
05/08/2020
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When the University of Pennsylvania moved to virtual instruction for all classes and provided students with a pass/fail option, it turned to business process management software from BP Logix to automate the resulting workflow change in the registrar’s office.
05/08/2020