[ad_1] Dive Brief: Lincoln College, a small, private nonprofit institution based in central Illinois, will close in May, citing a recent cyberattack and pandemic-induced challenges that worsened its financial position. The 157-year old college said it pursued fundraising efforts, employee consolidation and the sale of assets to try to stabilize its finances, without success. It…
[ad_1] BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections, an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration. Vernier Connections emphasizes fun and interactive investigations and projects, and it gives educators the ability to assess…
[ad_1] We’re familiar with the higher education headlines. Growing student debt, declining college enrollment, faculty layoffs and department closures, to name a few. The world’s complexity has been catapulted to a new level, and higher education is feeling the repercussions like never before. In 2015, I wrote a book responding to the declining-enrollment crisis faced…
[ad_1] Being a woman in academe has its challenges. Research shows that women are paid less than men are, perform a disproportionate amount of service work, struggle disproportionately with work-life balance, and have especially done so during the pandemic. In addition, women navigate a tenure system in which it’s already difficult for them to succeed.…
[ad_1] Discover Data, developed in collaboration with the Nielsen Foundation and the National AfterSchool Association, offers exciting, relatable resources to introduce middle and high school students across the country to the power of understanding data. Why, you ask? Data Science is one of the twenty fastest growing occupations in the world, according to the U.S.…
[ad_1] “Experience,” Oscar Wilde quipped in in 1892 comedy Lady Windermere’s Fan, “is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” Well, in my administrative roles I’ve made many mistakes and perhaps as a result I did pick up a few bits of hard-earned wisdom. As the City University of New York tries to create an in-house…
[ad_1] Rahul Singh is the Head of the EdTech Business line at the Harbinger Group, a global provider of software products and services since 1990. Rahul joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about emerging trends in educational technology including AR/VR and the Metaverse, AI, Robotics, and the Blockchain. We reference several of Rahul’s articles including…
[ad_1] Over the past few years, virtual field trips have proven themselves to be a game-changer. Not only do they fill in for real field trips when our current reality prevents them; they also open doors to places that would have been inaccessible even in normal times. (Note: For anyone who needs it, YouTube offers…
[ad_1] As corona cases continue to rise in Delhi, Delhi University’s Mansarowar hostel has asked students to vacate the hostel within one week. With the ease in lockdown restrictions all educational institutions are advising students to return to their hometown for their own safety. The Provost of Mansarowar hostel, in a circular, said: “This is…
[ad_1] The company running the national tutoring programme (NTP) has been axed and funding will go directly to schools instead after the government was forced into a climbdown over its flagship scheme, which will now be overhauled. Labour accused the government of wasting millions of pounds of public money, and said the NTP revamp announced…