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Ep. 83 – Student Mental Health as a Priority in Higher Education with Daniel Eisenberg

Daniel Eisenberg talks about student mental health as to learning, retention, belonging, and the future of universities. ...
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Facing University with a Chronic Illness

Being a college student with a chronic condition can feel like a constant struggle: you against the world. However, when you prioritize developing a balance ...
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Opinion | Receiving and Being Well Received: What Human Element Is in Play in Virtual Life?

Is it possible to look at each other in the virtual world? In remote conferences, we certainly see each other's eyes. But is that a ...

UAM Knowledge: The Importance of Communicating

UAM Knowledge is a platform where the research produced at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) moves beyond classrooms and laboratories to become stories, analyses, and ...

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Amazon will put 1,600 Echo Dots in ASU’s dorms

The Amazon Alexa team donates 1,600 Echo Dots to Arizona State University as a part of a voice-technology program that aims to improve student experience ...

University alliance offers financial aid for students at risk of not completing college

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a consortium of 11 public research institutions, announced a new initiative designed to support students that face financial pressure at ...

Task-based goals improve course performance

A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that students that stablish task-based goals get robust positive effects on task completion, which ...

A new cloud-based platform will help track and manage student data based on blockchain technology

A new cloud-based platform that uses blockchain-will allow learners to carry with them a digital, trusted record of their achievements that can be easily and ...

California State University drops placement exams and remedial classes

The Chancellor of California State University, Timothy P. White, signed an executive order directing the institution to eliminate placement exams for math and English and ...

Modern States Launches “Freshman Year For Free”

A new project aims to provide “a path to college for all kinds of learners” with a catalog of tuition-free online courses allowing students to ...

Coursera launches new Deep Learning Specialization, taught by its founder, Andrew Ng

The online education platform Coursera is launching a new Deep Learning Specialization that will be taught by its cofounder, Andrew Ng. The aim of the ...

Harvard and 2U partner to offer program in analytics

Harvard Business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will partner with digital ...

Study shows “weak” evidence of ROI for alternative credentials

Alternative pathways and credentials have proliferated over the past 15 years, however, a new study shows that evidence of their actual efficacy and return on ...

National University launches tailored educational support system

National University is launching a new project that will combine personalized learning, adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics to identify new educational models to ...

Vermont Medical School will completely ditch lectures by 2019

Two years from now, the Larner College of Medicine will completely eliminate lectures from its curriculum, adopting a new trend that could transform medical education: ...

Codecademy launches ‘Codecademy Pro Suite’ a paid membership that promises “job-ready outcomes”

Codecademy is rolling out a new set of pro memberships “to help anyone learn resume-ready skills to advance their career,” with the help of human ...

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