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UCLA's mobile app aims to replace campus climate surveys

Gauging how students feel on campus is often the job of annual campus climate surveys, but a research and development unit at the University of California, Los Angeles, wants to change that. The unit, called BruinX...
White House merger plan reignites debate on education, training

A White House proposal to merge the Departments of Education and Labor has reignited a long-running debate about whether the worker training and education functions of the federal bureaucracy should be distinct or part of...
Big racial and sectoral gaps in student loan default rates mostly persist even after controlling for wealth and income

Federal data released last year revealed a student-loan default crisis among borrowers who are black or who attended for-profit colleges, with roughly half of both groups defaulting within 12 years after first enrolling in college. Borrowers often default...
Rider signs deal to sell Westminster by July 2019

The controversial sale of Westminster Choir College took another step forward Thursday, with Rider University trustees signing a purchase and sale agreement calling for the choir college in Princeton, N.J., to be transferred to a...
Colleges start new academic programs

Lynn University is starting a bachelor's program in cybersecurity. Northern Virginia Community College, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, is starting a cloud computing concentration in an information services technology associate degree program. Oakland University is starting...
New scrutiny on donor influence in Australian higher education

Most university donors expect to have some influence on how their gift is spent -- but when does this cross the line into interference with academic autonomy? And are there some topics that are so...

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Today's TILT Tip, from Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies: Are you inundated with requests for extensions and excuses for late work? You're not alone. Read a recent study about missed deadlines and the ways instructors handle them: https://t.co/3GhlKSaoD9 .

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Today's TILT Tip: Class discussion comprises much of a course lesson plan, so why not get the most out of that time? Check out this list of discussion strategies arranged into low-prep and higher prep categories: https://t.co/CvvupHwmqn .

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Today's TILT Tip, from Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies: A recent study shows that using student-generated test questions in college courses can positively impact learning and improve critical thinking skills. Find out more here: https://t.co/O837fk2HQj .

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19 Jun

Today's TILT Tip, from Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies: Ilos is an easy way to record and post videos to your online courses. Learn how to use Ilos by watching this short training video by TILT's Nathan Riedel: https://t.co/n4Ab8lMb7W

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