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After transitioning from Fairfield University’s leader of enterprise systems to director of IT strategy and enterprise architecture for the state of Connecticut, Armstrong will return to higher-ed leadership in January. -
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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A new online course aims to train instructors on how to incorporate a growth mindset into existing teaching practices, as it can positively impact student experience and outcomes.
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Growing demand for the popular major has forced the university to create a "direct to major" policy change to relieve frustration and stress among incoming high school graduates.
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The unique learning platform could change the way students learn about medicine.
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The university has been ranked as the number one game-design school on the east coast and one of the top 50 in the country.
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The digital currency, and the underlying technology blockchain, is now part of classroom discussions in colleges throughout Chicago and northern Illinois.
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The competition is centered around using blockchain tech to change the ways taxes are levied.
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The industry is expected to need over 300,00 drone pilots in the next 5 years.
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This past month has revealed the incredible reality that the profession of teaching has entered a new era of embracing innovation and technology.
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The report recommends that colleges and universities consider funneling more resources into computer science departments to address professors' increasing workloads.
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Retired Lt. Gen Ronald L.Burgess Jr. spoke to students about the roles of government, private and public companies and academia in how they can help combat cyberthreats against the U.S.
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Universities have become prime targets for phishing scams due to their abundance of sensitive information and almost nonexistent security systems.
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Organizers say the operation is the first of its kind, a cyber-resource specifically tailored to meet the complex security needs particular to higher education.
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Change is happening in K-12 and higher education institutions — and the Center for Digital Education is keeping an eye on their progress. Here are some of the top disruptions happening throughout the country.
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The definition for disruption is “disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity or process.” Ever since A Nation at Risk was published in 1983, we’ve been trying to disrupt education. This issue of Converge explores a variety of disruptions from instructional disruptions such as blended learning to institutional disruptions like unique mergers and partnerships.
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To be more competitive, higher education institutions are meeting students where they are.
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U.S. News & World Report's most recent rankings moved Carnegie Mellon from No.2 to No.1 as the nation's best graduate program in artificial intelligence.
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Michael Horn wrote the book on innovation in K-12 classrooms. Now he's making predictions about higher education.
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Indiana University's partnership with four other Big Ten institutions is the first of its kind in higher education.
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In 2014, Congress enacted the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, in an ambitious effort to standardize and make transparent governmentwide financial and expenditure reporting.
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