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Architecting for Learning Analytics: Innovating for Sustainable Impact

In light of the significant investments that some colleges and universities are making in their analytics infrastructures, how can an institution architect itself to tackle substantial, strategically important teaching and learning challenges? How can an institution innovate learning analytics for sustainable impact? EDUCAUSE Review 

The hidden architecture of higher education: building a big data infrastructure for the ‘smarter university’

Universities are increasingly organized and managed through digital data. The collection, processing and dissemination of Higher Education data is enabled by complex new data infrastructures that include both human and nonhuman actors, all framed by political, economic and social contingencies. HE data infrastructures need to be seen not just as technical programs but as practical […]

Leading with digital in an age of supercomplexity

Across education all aspects of practice, including teaching, research, public engagement and administration, are taking place increasingly against a digital backdrop. As digital becomes widely recognized as both key element of enabling institutional change, and creating challenges for all institutional activities, Jisc have developed a digital leaders course to engage delegates with their own digital […]

UofL [University of Louisville] expands online learning with five new degrees to meet growing demand

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 23, 2018) – The University of Louisville is making strides in expanding online education options for students. UofL’s College of Arts & Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences and Kent School of Social Work have launched completely online degrees in Biostatistics, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies. […]

Transaction complete for Purdue Global [Officially acquired Kaplan University]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— Purdue Global, Indiana’s newest public institution of higher education, has officially acquired Kaplan University after Thursday’s (March 22) closing of the transaction with Kaplan Higher Education. As part of the acquisition, which entailed receiving Kaplan University’s institutional assets and operations for $1, Purdue University Global has entered into a long-term operations support […]

Big Ten universities team up for first-of-its-kind cybersecurity collaboration

OmniSOC, a cyber-intelligence service, will protect five universities in the Big Ten by acting as a “neighborhood watch” for the internet. edscoop  

Artificial intelligence: Enhancing learning or threatening the academy?

We need to view artificial intelligence as a way to make individuals and groups more effective; here’s how eCampus News

Online, Cheap — and Elite

Analysis of Georgia Tech’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale. But will other colleges follow? Inside Higher Ed

Confusion Over Distance Education Rules

Colleges seek guidance about looming federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether academic programs meet licensing requirements in their home states. Inside Higher Ed

Download Report: Stronger Nation Report 2018

Stronger Nation Report 2018  Post-high school attainment update shows progress, but many are still left behind Stronger Nation, the signature report from Lumina Foundation used by policymakers and media organizations across the country, has some good news and not-so-good news this week: The country is making steady progress in education and training after high school, […]