Technology
The 5 Secrets for Marketing and Enrollment Growth: Your Website (The Second Secret)
Joseph Sallustio | Chief Operating Officer, Claremont Lincoln University Jay Casper, Clarence BowmanIn the first installment of this article series, we discussed the importance of data-driven decision making in higher education marketing. The second secret is about bad websites. Not all websites…
How University Partnerships Can Support Employer Competitiveness
Betty Vandenbosch | Chancellor, Purdue University GlobalAn increasingly competitive labor market and concomitant talent shortages have led to innovative partnerships between higher education and industry. Employers are finding greater value in upskilling their current workforce than…
Can a Machine Imitate an Academic Adviser? The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education
Jennifer Varney | Senior Associate Dean of the COCE, Southern New Hampshire University Christina DumengThe Fourth Industrial Revolution has impacted many areas of our everyday lives. Artificial intelligence (AI) is thriving across many industries, increasing efficiency and boosting productivity. Machine learning and other aspects of…
Are Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Social Sciences Truly Diverse?
Keith Ludwick | Doctoral Faculty in the School of Security and Global Studies, American Military UniversityBefore entering academia, I served for almost 23 years as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. One of the many enjoyable aspects of the FBI was working…
Towards An Ecosystem of Platforms: The Critical Importance of Interoperability
Matt Lisle | Director of Digital Learning Technologies at the Center for 21st Century Universities, Georgia Institute of Technology Yakut Gazi | Associate Dean of Learning Systems in Professional Education, Georgia Institute of TechnologyWhen a new online degree program is announced in the press, the program title is followed by a platform partnership. We often hear about Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science…
A Story of Change: The Benefits and Sacrifices That Accompany Change Management
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State UniversityI have worked in higher education for over 20 years and in that time, I have come to realize that, like it or not, I naturally gravitate to being an…
A Collaborative Approach to Cybersecurity is Higher Ed’s Best Shield
Luc Roy | Chief Information Officer, Laurentian UniversityCybersecurity is a top of mind issue for all CIOs, and higher education is no exception. As in other sectors, cyber-attacks in higher education are directly and indirectly related to…
The Catalyzing Impact of Blockchain Technology on Higher Education
Christine Shakespeare | Vice President of Program Strategy, 2U Inc.Over the past few months, there has been a good amount of writing on blockchain technology and its potential application to higher education. These three articles are worth reviewing because…