Charting the Future of Higher Education
Here are a collection of insightful videos from The Charting the Future of Higher Education event in Washington DC on September 15, 2011. Tweet
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The Higher Ed Bubble
At The College of 2020 we love how infographics present data in creative ways. Below is one of the better ones I have seen about higher education and it aggregates a large amount of reputable data. Tweet
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Entrepreneurship and Creative Lifestyle Design
The students of the future won’t get normal jobs or have normal careers. Instead many will focus on creative lifestyle design – finding ways to craft the type of lifestyle they want with supporting jobs and non-traditional careers. The traditional path of getting an entry-level position, climbing the ranks, and devoting a career to one company has become a thing of the past. Climbing corporate ladders doesn’t look attractive for a number of reasons. Pensions have disappeared and employee loyalty…
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Digital Textbooks in South Korea
The College of 2020 in South Korea will be online and accessible through tablet computers nationwide. In what now positions South Korea at the forefront of digital education initiatives, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in South Korea recently announced it would invest more than $2 billion in digital textbooks for students nationwide. South Korea is not wasting any time moving towards a digital education – in less than four years it will have all textbooks digitized. At that point,…
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The Faces of Higher Ed: Part-Time Student
This is the first post in an occasional series on the Faces of Higher Education. These are the stories of students, faculty, and administrators within the United States Higher Education system. Each person will be presented through interviews, profiles, or stories. So often when thinking about higher education we look at statistics, trends, and institutions, but rarely do we look at the people. The faces and stories within higher education often highlight the issues better than any chart or data…
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The Mobile Campus: Stanford App
This is the fourth post in a four part series on The Mobile Campus. This series examines how students are using smart phones and the impact on higher education. To read the first post on mobile application use click here. To read the second post on Foursquare for universities click here. For the third post on iPad textbooks click here. For the last post in The Mobile Campus series I wanted to focus on university mobile apps. Several universities have…
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College Pays The Bills: The For-Profit Cover Up
Westwood College has a new guarantee for its students. If you don’t get a job within six months it will help pay your bills. And they are advertising it heavily – I stumbled on the pledge through a paid banner on a news website. Founded in 1953 and based in Denver, Colorado, Westwood College has 17 campuses across the country. Westwood College is a for-profit college that offers bachelor and associate degree programs in business, design, technology, industrial services, justice…
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The Mobile Campus: Textbooks for iPad
This is the third post in a four part series on The Mobile Campus. This series examines how students are using mobile devices and the impact on higher education. To read the first post on student mobile application usage trends click here. To read the second post about location based application Foursquare’s partnership with universities click here. Backpacks will be a lot lighter this fall when student’s head back to class at some colleges. Inkling, a San Francisco start-up has…
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The Mobile Campus: Foursquare For Universities
This is the second post in a four part series on The Mobile Campus. This series examines how students are using smart phones and the impact on higher education. To read the first post on mobile application use click here. Last week it was announced that Texas A&M is an exclusive launch partner for the Foursquare for Universities 2.0 program. The next step in the evolution of location based mobile applications on campuses, allows users to get special university sponsored…
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