education: Leadership
How To Close Gaps In Campus Apps
To close the programming applications gap on campus, you often must close several other gaps first.
Should All High School Students Learn Programming?
Google, Microsoft, Oracle and other tech giants propose that computer science become a required proficiency in Massachusetts public schools to...
When Colleges Use Twitter As Help Desk
Education IT leaders, your users are turning to Twitter to complain about the campus network and IT services. Are you responding effectively?
Why Young IT Pros Should Consider Higher Ed
In the battle for tech talent, small colleges and universities have a lot to offer Gen Xers and Millennials.
Where Do Higher Education CIOs Come From?
Higher ed technology leaders are still most commonly hired from within academia. Take a look at some interesting demographics.
Higher Ed CIOs Can't Ignore MOOCs Or Politics
Now more than ever, a higher education CIO's job hinges on both surviving the academic politics of the institution and mastering bleeding-edge...
Boosting The ROI Of Your IT Degree
A technology-focused master's degree can be the key to a better job.
Education CIO Profile: Yale's Len Peters
Yale University's CIO discusses his career path, disruptive forces in education technology and more.
Can Colleges Tame The Bandwidth Monster?
Not likely. But OpenFlow and other new networking technologies provide some hope.
Big Data's Opportunities, Responsibilities For Education
Microsoft's CTO for U.S. Education outlines what he believes technology companies must do to protect students.
InformationWeek Education: Your New Guide To Higher Education IT
Even if higher education is an industry and calling like no other, it must grow and evolve with its tech-literate clientele. Or it will whither.
Big Data Education: 3 Steps Universities Must Take
How can universities help meet the growing demand for data scientists? Consider this advice from a professor working in the trenches with...
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Microsoft, Virgin Media Back U.K. 'Digital Maker' Initiative
June 17, 2013Microsoft links its Kudo game developers' site to U.K. IT educational initiative Make Things Do Stuff; meanwhile Virgin Media, others help create...
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How To Close Gaps In Campus Apps
June 17, 2013To close the programming applications gap on campus, you often must close several other gaps first.
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MOOCs: Interesting Legal Territory Ahead
June 14, 2013Massive open online courses have the potential to change higher education, but people and schools implementing MOOCs face some emerging legal...
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Should All High School Students Learn Programming?
June 14, 2013Google, Microsoft, Oracle and other tech giants propose that computer science become a required proficiency in Massachusetts public schools to...
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When Colleges Use Twitter As Help Desk
June 04, 2013Education IT leaders, your users are turning to Twitter to complain about the campus network and IT services. Are you responding effectively?
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Demand For IT Apprenticeships Outpaces Opportunities In U.K.
June 03, 2013With 17 applicants for every available IT apprenticeship position in the U.K., government leaders encourage employers to add more opportunities.
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Big Data Drives 'National Day Of Civic Hacking'
May 31, 2013Nationwide hackathon this weekend encourages coders to use publicly available data to tackle problems ranging from poverty to poultry handling.
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Website Aims To Inspire Digital Makers
May 30, 2013Non-profit educational group Nesta addresses U.K.'s fading IT heritage through Make Things Do Stuff, a website that offers British teens online...
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Why Young IT Pros Should Consider Higher Ed
May 23, 2013In the battle for tech talent, small colleges and universities have a lot to offer Gen Xers and Millennials.
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New Imaging System 'Reads' Ancient Scrolls
May 16, 2013X-ray-based imaging system uses computer modeling to create virtual versions of ancient scrolls, allowing researchers access to never-before-seen...
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