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What Is CEDS and How Can Universities Use It?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Data is a language, and getting the world of higher education to speak the same one is at the heart of what the Common Education Data Standards initiative is trying to achieve. It’s an ambitious goal, one that has been in the works for more than a decade inside the National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Education.

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Increasing Investment in HBCUs

Higher Education Today

Title: A Call to Action for HBCU Investment Authors: Andre Perry and Anthony Barr Source: Brookings Institution Attention has focused in recent years on public underinvestment in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). A new report from the Brookings Institution now sheds light on how HBCUs can build wealth from private capital through banks, philanthropies, Read more » The post Increasing Investment in HBCUs appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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How Zero-Touch Deployment Can Help Higher Ed IT Departments

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education IT departments are managing more hardware than ever, with mobile devices, laptops and desktops now essential tools for faculty, staff and students. This is the hardware that powers modern learning, and in order to ensure all student have equal opportunities to take advantage of it, schools increasingly are providing it as well. Shenandoah University gives every incoming student a MacBook, an iPad device and an Apple Pencil.

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“High Impact Practices” Increase Students Civic Engagement

Higher Education Today

Title: The Effects of Community-based and Civic Engagement in Higher Education Author: Jessica R. Chittum, Kathryn A. E. Enke, Ashley P. Finley Source: AAC&U High-impact practices (HIPs) are staples in higher education teaching that can have a positive influence on learning indicators for undergraduate students. In a new report, AAC&U synthesized the literature on the.