Enrollment rates in online education classes are still climbing, despite the fact that overall higher education enrollment rates are declining. The Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education Enrollment Report 2017 shows a “year-to-year increase of 226,375 distance education students, a 3.9 percent increase over rates recorded the previous two years.” Why? According to David Daniels, managing […]

Pressure from parents. Pressure from peers. Pressure to keep scholarships. Today’s high school students face massive amounts of pressure to do well so they can get into a good college, then to do well in college so they can have a sturdy, competitive career afterwards. Some students will go to any length in order to […]

Social media seems to have a hand in everything these days, and it can be a powerful tool for businesses or academic institutions. Most companies now have at least one person solely dedicated to managing their social media in order to create new leads, drive sales, answer customer inquiries or promote new products. Schools can […]

There are said to be four different learning styles. Developed by Neil Fleming in 1987, VARK encompasses these different styles which include: visual, aural/auditory, read/write, and kinesthetic. Some people have more dominant styles than others and can also develop new styles — It’s not necessarily a fixed thing. Just as life has many modes and […]

“Michigan State researchers found that interruptions as short as 2.8 seconds can double the rate of errors in a sequence-based text,” according to eLearning Industry. Since eLearning students can be easily distracted when left to their own devices, how do institutions hold these students accountable and interested in the course materials, especially in this digital […]

Veterans are an integral part of our country as well as our education system. Recently, Education Dive reported on a couple of higher education institutions that are taking measures to provide veterans with tailored experiences while they are completing their education. There is an encouraging “renewed national commitment to supporting active duty and discharged veterans.” […]

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The Times Higher Education is warning that the extreme potential economic and social benefits of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, may be squandered if colleges do not prepare their students with knowledge about AI competencies and limitations. “We need workers who understand how to make the best use of the power that AI automation can bring […]

Education Dive reported recently that South Dakota’s Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) has been doing very well in the areas of graduation and retention rates. Currently, they have a 74 percent degree completion rate, an 80 percent retention rate and a 99 percent postgraduate job placement success. “LATI joined Broward College and Indian River as […]

There are certain trends on the horizon in higher education that we should be expecting and embracing. Jim Hundrieser, associate managing principal at the Association of Government Boards, explains that cutting costs to meet budgets is only a temporary fix and not a long lasting solution. He suggests, rather, that institutions embrace the natural direction […]