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BISG has learned how to pack enriched expert presentations into a 3-and-a-half-hour session that provides useful perspectives, allows for productive networking and a savory luncheon, and for the rest of the day to catch up on business. Pitched... The focus on etextbooks continues as even the federal government makes major strides into taking the school textbook into the 21st century. ![The Higher Education Bubble [infographic] | Alison Pendergast | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/zbHUW5O5pAf4cj7eypPRGDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Student loans are one of the biggest problems facing our country at the moment. Thousands of students attend university and even if they drop out, students still end up with mountains of debt. This debt can follow them throughout their life. 
Research Question 4: Critical Challenges What do you see as the key challenge(s) related to teaching, learning, or creative expression that learning-focused institutions will face during the next 5 years? 
Colleges have always been a venue for the latest and greatest in technology to not only be used, but often created as well. Today’s and tomorrow’s college students are “ultra-connected” and many do not even know what life would be like without constant contact with the internet, their friends and family, or the devices that bridge the real world to the virtual existence that often lives in our pockets. This infographic explores the way that American students and the colleges they attend have integrated technology into education in ways that were unfathomable just a couple of decades ago. 
The digital age has changed more than how we learn. It’s changed what we need to Learn." |
This is what I see when i think about higher education in this country today: Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough to forget isn’t it. The formula for the housing boom and bust was simple. A... 
// An info-graphic for thought... This info-graphic comes from CollegeOnline.org and helps put the value of a college degree into perspective. 
Amidst a down market and a struggling education sector, Archipelago Learning is taking off. And the Obama No Child Left Behind Waivers might be the catalyst. 
The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults. What will you remember from 2011? Techies will no doubt focus on the iPad 2, iPhone 4S, the Kindle Fire, and the rest of the new Kindle family, and all the new apps for smartphones. 
Employment rates are higher for recent college graduates than for those with less education, but job prospects vary by major, according to a report released on Wednesday by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce.
Justin Fritz describes how the growing quantity of students getting their degrees online doesn’t mean the shrinking of a quality educational experience.
Nice letter to customers from Ray on his focus this year at BlackBoard.
01/10/2012 A Letter to Our Clients Over the course of the year, I enjoy a large quantity of anecdotal feedback on how we’re doing – emails, client meetings, Tweets, etc. – but it’s our client satisfaction surveys that give me the best overall view of our progress. These are the numbers I look at to see how well we’re doing. In the spirit of 2011 review, I’ll share news of the direction in those surveys, alongside a couple of key milestones we reached this year in the digital content and open education areas. I’ll also preview some of the news you can expect from us in early 2012. |
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