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CBE Learning Platform Architecture White Paper

eLiterate

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of consulting for the Education Design Lab (EDL) on their search for a Learning Management System (LMS) that would accommodate Competency-Based Education (CBE). It turns out that only a few defining architectural features of an LMS will determine its fitness for CBE.

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Major Campus Construction: Project Management Podcast Now Available

Credo Higher Ed

Major Campus Construction: Project Management Podcast Now Available The second podcast in a series about higher education construction is now streaming!

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Howard University Undergoes Home Restoration of Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“It is an incredible honor to be at the center of such an historic and meaningful real estate transformation,” said Derrek Niec-Williams, executive director of campus planning, architecture, and development in Howard's Office of Real Estate Development and Capital Asset Management. “As

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And campus architecture and design firms are coming up with ways, both subtle and bold, to help first-gen students succeed. But according to Joel Pettigrew, a business development manager at Shepley Bulfinch, an architecture firm that designs academic spaces, “space and design can link students to those resources.”

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Expenses like travel and materials can be necessary to get a new partnership off the ground, but researchers’ existing federal grants don’t always cover them,” said Chris Tysor, ICTAS diversity and inclusion coordinator and program manager at the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership , “This award can fill in the gaps.”

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5 Things Universities Need to Know About Software-Defined Data Centers

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

A traditional three-tiered data center architecture with separate infrastructure for networking, processing and storage remains very much the norm. Software-delivered services can save time and money over physical hardware and are easier to manage… Here are five things to know about SDDCs.

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Meet the AIFS Abroad Green Ambassadors for Summer 2024

AIFS Abroad

Read on to learn more about our Summer 2024 cohort of Green Ambassadors: Mia Henson, Colorado State University AIFS Abroad in Barcelona, Spain | Full-Time Internship Program Major : Interior Design and Architecture | Minor : Sociology “To me, being a Green Ambassador means working everyday to have intention and passion for sustainability.