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Investments in digital technologies have helped community colleges across America prepare for the needs and expectations of so-called “millenials,†the name given to the generation of 60 million people born between 1979 and 1994, according to the Center for Digital Education.Read the Full Story
In Texas, that has led to cuts in operating budgets, limited hours, reduced materials budgets, hiring freezes or elimination of personnel, and reduced library programs.Read the Full Story
The Krannert Executive MBA program retained the British publication’s No. 1 in the international course experience category, which the survey describes as “the percentage of classroom teaching hours carried out internationally (outside the country in which the business school is resident).”Read the Full Story
Many of you may remember that in June of 1999 I shared a number of teaching and learning predictions for 2007 with Syllabus readers (“21st Century Teaching and Learning Patternsâ€). Read the Full Story
(St. Albert, AB) — For the second time in two years, Athabasca University’s (AU) Executive MBA has been included on the prestigious list of the world’s top 75 EMBA programs by the Financial Times (FT) of London, England. Launched as the world’s first online MBA in 1994, the Athabasca University program is the only online […]
This appears to be convenient and time efficient for the busy working professional. The views of practising professionals were sought and form the basis of this paper. Primary care physicians at two locations, who actively pursue continuing education, discuss the role of information technology in their daily professional practice and give their views about online […]
In this article, I’d like to continue the discussion and also go further, exploring not only why these two areas continue to be, for the most part, resistant to the changes but also how technology can successfully address these core missions of higher education.1Read the Full Story
Steven Crow is the executive director of the North Central Association Higher Learning Commission, the entity which confers accreditation on colleges and universities, including online schools.Read the Full Story
To address this confusion and deficit in the literature, this research studies how cultural values are reflected in American and Mexican Web sites. A content analysis of American and Mexican Web pages indicates that there are significant differences in the depiction of local cultural values on the Web. Read the Full Story
The second annual edition of the company’s “25 Most Connected Campuses,” issued Oct. 22, examines the technological capabilities of the nation’s higher education institutions and indicates which campuses employ the most cutting-edge tools to enhance teaching and learning. Read the Full Story