higher education
A Q&A With Paychex’s CFO
Finance teams are leveraging data to increase efficiency. getty The future of work is here. Covid-19 accelerated mega-trends that were taking shape, like hybrid work schedules or virtual customer service. But a less discussed aspect of work is time utilization by high-skilled employees. To find out more about this, I spoke with Efrain Rivera, the …
Pandemic increases use of online technology in schools and creates “a problatunity” for improvements |
When the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a statewide lockdown a year ago, schools and educators scrambled to make a transition to online instruction. Rhonda Rabbitt, the dean of Wilkes University’s School of Education, said the pandemic created what she calls “a problatunity.” “I believe that right now we are in the middle of a probletunity,” …
A long winter vacation and no spring break: Local UNC System schools lay out 2021 plans | Education
UNCG won’t have its traditional week-long spring break “to limit mass movement of people to and from campus, which has been proven to fuel the spread of the virus here and among our home communities,” the university said its Oct. 13 message. “We know that this is disappointing, but the evidence from the fall clearly …
Equity in online learning is about much more than technology access |
Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. But equity in online learning is more than simply making sure students have decent technology and fast internet. Every student — not just the marginalized and disenfranchised …
Coronavirus prompts UT-Austin, others to extend spring break
Nearly a dozen Texas universities announced Wednesday they would extend students’ spring breaks and start switching to online classes, joining a swelling group of colleges across the country taking steps to prepare their campuses for the novel coronavirus. Most Texas institutions extending their breaks said they plan to use the extra time to prepare faculty …
‘We’re at breaking point’: will UK scientists’ big ideas survive Brexit? | Education
Professor Jurriaan Ton, a Dutch expert in plant science at Sheffield University, feels British. His son was born here, his family love Yorkshire, and after more than a decade of producing highly cited research in the UK he has invested “massively” in the resources needed to make his blue skies research a success. But if …
Dr. Jill Biden Talks Health Care, Education and Challenges in One-On-One
Please enable Javascript to watch this video CLIVE, Iowa — With 99 days left until the caucuses presidential campaigns are starting to hit crunch time. At a house party for a “Women for Biden” event Saturday, former second lady Dr. Jill Biden urged voters to commit to a candidate, that candidate being her husband, Joe …
The role of universities in a highly technological age
GLOBAL It has become important to consider the long-term impact and disruption that accelerated technological change and intensified economic globalisation will have on universities, as well as on social and economic life. As the world becomes more interconnected and interdependent than ever imagined, technology has generated enormous amounts of wealth, higher incomes, rapid urbanisation and …