Students and parents increasingly press colleges and universities to demonstrate that multidisciplinary education provides employable skills that result in meaningful careers. They want to know that broad-based curricula will facilitate
Field placements and experiential education are core components of many professional degree programs. These placements offer students a unique experience to obtain practice skills and professional development not easily gained
Driven by the Industrial Revolution, the 19th century saw seismic advances in science and technology that have continued to this day. The establishment of specialized institutions focused on scientific inquiry
In higher education, a common scenario plays out at institutions across North America. A problem is identified, a committee is formed, good work goes into developing a well-thought-out solution, changes
At one time virtually every zipper in the world was manufactured by the Talon zipper company in Meadville, Pennsylvania. This handy replacement for the button closure originally was invented and
In part one of this series, we established the groundwork for this follow-up that fulfills the commitment to apply AI to improve course design. As design occurs for on-ground, hybrid,
It’s been five years since colleges and universities moved learning online because of the pandemic. Although that experience marked many institutions’ first and final taste of online instruction, for some
Prensky’s seminal work on digital natives posited that students who grew up with digital technology were naturally digitally skilled and literate (Prensky, 2001). This assumption has been widely debated and,
It’s happened. You are now in charge of your college’s zero textbook cost (ZTC) pathway program. There are early steps every leader should take to create a scalable ZTC program.
At about this time last year, I argued that one strategy to use to help combat the loud and negative public attitudes toward higher education might be to employ a
