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• Howard University’s Devastating Ransomware Attack Can Teach Other Colleges a Valuable Lesson - JOSEPHINE WOLFF, Slate
  The Howard story is a sobering one for those of us at universities hoping for a relatively smooth return to something resembling normal operations this year. It’s also a stark warning of just how much work all organizations, not just college campuses, need to be doing right now to prepare for the possibility of ransomware […]
• Not All Americans Think College Is Worth It -Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Ed
  Opinions about the value of a college degree also vary by age. About 61 percent of adults born between 1997 and 2012 -- Gen Z -- and 63 percent of adults born between 1981 and 1996 -- millennials -- are more likely to say college is "definitely" or "probably" worth the investment. About 54 percent […]
• Students embrace in-person classes; some miss convenience of online learning - ERIN GESSERT, Daily Vidette
  Online learning was a big transition that the entire Illinois State University community quickly had to adjust to back in March 2020. Starting this semester, students have been transitioning back to in-person learning. For some students, this is their first year of in-person college classes.  However, online classes did benefit students in ways that are […]
• How has the pandemic changed the way you’ll learn? - Rachel Hall, the Guardian
  The main shift is likely to be around how much online teaching you get. Most universities are planning to use a “blended model” that will combine the flexibility of online lectures with more interactive activities in-person, such as labs, seminars, workshops and Q&A sessions. “The reference to some universities talking about ending face-to-face lectures doesn’t […]
• Indian students flock back to universities as visas fast-tracked -TNN, University World News
  The United States mission in Delhi, in fact, had a surprise announcement last week of more student visa applications having been approved in India in 2021 than ever before, through its embassy and consulates, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic. This announcement of more than 55,000 students and exchange visitors visas already issued to students in […]
• Bay View Analytics to Present at Multiple Upcoming Conferences on Online Learning Research - Yahoo Finance
  Bay View Analytics will participate in five upcoming education research and online learning conferences. Our presentations will cover our most current research on distance learning and open educational resources in US K-12 and higher education and offer an overview of trends over the last decade. The presentations reflect work with multiple partners, including the William […]
• Covid long-haulers face new challenges as they head to college. Universities are listening. - Safia Samee Ali, NBC News
  As long-term Covid continues to linger in thousands, young people suffering from its residual effects will undoubtedly return to schools and colleges needing more support and accommodation, but with disability infrastructure being underfunded and not widely understood in many colleges, schools will need to re-examine systems they have in place for these students, disability experts […]
• Tim Collins: A Bearish View Toward Online Education - Eric Reed, the Street
  Online education companies may have had a boost from the effects of COVID-19 on stay-at-home learning over the last 18 months, but sometimes investors miss the real lesson.Collins added "As we've seen from recent IPOs, the reaction can be hit or miss. Coursera grabbed hold of the online education burst because of Covid and rode […]
• Breakthrough achievement in quantum computing - UT San Antonio, Science Daily
   A University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) researcher is part of a collaboration that has set a world record for innovation in quantum computing.Sutherland and his team set the world record for the most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers.Sutherland adds that making the entangling gates in your quantum computer "laser-free" enables more […]
• Higher Ed: Short Term & Long Term - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  We are witnessing the remaking of higher education. Strategies for mainstream colleges and universities must change from the short term to the long term as large-scale collaboratives and huge corporations enter the field.  Now, competition from massive course providers such as Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, Udacity, Swayam, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, LinkedIn and scores of others […]
• Women, in search of jobs and higher pay, are turning to online certifications - Jennifer Liu, CNBC
  Women are increasingly enrolling in online learning courses and earning STEM certificates during the pandemic, according to the latest Women and Skills Report from Coursera. Women now make up 52% of new registered users on the e-learning platform in 2021, compared with 47% in 2019. In terms of course enrollments overall, women have nearly reached […]
• Pandemic has cultivated new segment of online learners - Phys.org
  A newly released report from Wiley Education Services, a division of Wiley, suggests that not only did online learning gain traction during the pandemic, but a new segment of online learners emerged who tend to be younger and largely liked what they experienced. The report, entitled Voice of the Online Learner, lends insight on the […]
• The geography of AI: Which cities will drive the artificial intelligence revolution? - Mark Muro and Sifan Liu, Brookings Institution
  Based on advanced uses of statistics, algorithms, and fast computer processing, AI has become a focal point of U.S. innovation debates. Even more, AI is increasingly viewed as the next great “general purpose technology”—one that has the power to boost the productivity of sector after sector of the economy. All of which is why state […]
• Florida’s Board of Governors discuss post-graduate needs and budget approvals - Kayla Ortiz, UPress Online
  Some of the issues graduates are experiencing when entering the workforce after obtaining their degrees from Florida universities are public speaking skills,  “I think that one of the things that we all need to strive to do better at is to try to give them more real-world experience prior to graduation,” said Mas. Mas also […]
• Why Designing for Accessibility in E-learning Matters - Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
  As we have made technological progress, we see incredible new ways of completing tasks in a far more efficient way come about. Many different aspects of our society have been revolutionized and changed for the better thanks to various breakthroughs we’ve made as a civilization. Education is a prime example that has seen many benefits. […]
• Online Classes Divisive but Growing at Michigan Universities - Kim Kozloski, Gov Tech
   Officials say offering fewer in-person courses is part of the future for some higher education institutions, a change that is being driven not just by the pandemic but by student demand. Virtual classes for the fall semester vary widely across Michigan’s 15 public universities, from 3 percent at Michigan Technological University to 56 percent at […]
• How to Make the Most of Online Courses to Boost Your Career - Lucy Caso, Wired
  “Many job seekers focus on getting degrees that take significant time and money,” says Madeline Mann, a career strategist and founder of Self Made Millennial. “What is better in today’s world is to take online classes for the sake of building highly marketable skills.” The first step is to create a career roadmap, where you […]
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Online learning revolution - Stewart Watts, Open Access Government
  According to a recent report by the British Council, and authored by the Association of Colleges, it is unlikely that colleges will ever return to pre-pandemic teaching and learning practices. In fact, based on research across five countries, the report revealed that six per cent of global technical and vocational education institutions will maintain purely […]
• As COVID-19 outbreaks arise, colleges move swiftly to online learning - Chris Burt, University Business
  “As we have seen nationally, colleges and universities remain susceptible to COVID-19, even in spite of a high vaccination rate,” Interim President Tim O’Shaughnessy wrote to the La Salle community. “We have experienced a concentrated increase of positive cases within the last 48 hours and, coupled with the high travel volume of the holiday weekend, […]
• Could Coursera Become as Prestigious as Harvard? This Expert Thinks So. - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge
  Big changes are coming to higher education, and those changes will be bigger and more disruptive than many college leaders realize as online education grows in both size and prestige. That’s the view of Arthur Levine, in a new book called “The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future,” which he co-wrote with […]