A digital rendering of the McAllen Higher Education Center.
By Chad Wootton, Texas A&M University Office of the Provost
Texas A&M University has an
What is the meaning of life for me feels more like a question asking what is the “purpose” of life? Purpose gives us meaning and when we ask “what is the purpose of life?” we gain insights we can u…
Institutions stretched thin should look to ERPs designed specifically for higher ed to help maximize the value of their resources.
The most consequential changes to evaluation and management (E/M) coding in decades are coming soon, and it’s time to prepare now.
Ned Sahin is a neuroscientist and technologist with advanced degrees from MIT and Harvard, and an entrepreneurial background. His latest venture, Brain Power, is working on software and hardware to transform Google Glass into a tool to help children and families quantify and manage the challenges...
The free life, a life for which the open-endedness of knowledge is a central ideal, is one in which the sense of potential—unending potential, unending discovery—is at the heart of one’s being.
The team was happy to be together. Forty-six folks from eight different offices, traveling from all over the world, had come together for…
The Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation offers educators a framework, with criteria and levels of achievement, to assess the suitability of an e-lea
As Choate students, we don't condone the use of derogatory language. We encourage everyone to stop saying "That's so gay". Find a different word.
We all long for a sense of meaning, but does life have a purpose? These thought leaders, authors, philosophers, and theologians examine the meaning of life.
This two-day, in-depth workshop equips you to become a Trained Facilitator for Habitudes content. Each event is limited to a small number of people in order ...
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate count...
In this tutorial video, user experience (UX) pro Jaime Levy walks you through the five steps to identifying and validating a value proposition. For more info...
Universities must embrace action-based learning focused on solving real-life problems.
Do you really believe that watching a lecturer read hundreds of PowerPoint slides is making you smarter? I asked this of a class of 105 computer science and software engineering students last semester. An article in The Conversation recently argued universities should ban PowerPoint because it makes students stupid and professors boring. I agree entirely. However, most universities will ignore this good advice because rather than…
Traditional universities and colleges need to commit to one of three strategies.
Why won’t we do what it takes to respond to the challenges facing our own Christian family?
State university systems have historically avoided getting dragged into politicized battles. No more.