More than a million. That’s the total number of words that instructors at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, needed to pore through each semester for College Composition I. Approximately 250 full- and part-time students take the course each year at the Arizona community college, which requires students to submit written essays totaling approximately 4,500 words […]
A big deal is made out of video collaboration in the workplace. Columns are written about business’ shifts toward more interactive meetings. Webinars are offered on how to use video collaboration to leverage today’s remote and mobile workspaces. It’s less of a big deal in the world of education in that students are going to […]
Digital signs are being installed at an ever growing rate on many campuses. As educational, administrative, athletic, and informational units see the effectiveness of these signs they want one or more to tell their story. These screen can use multiple forms of digital information from static to dynamic and allow interaction with the viewing public. […]
TechDecisions sat down with John Irwin, Senior Vice President of Government, Education and Healthcare at AT&T, to talk about cyber security considerations for colleges and universities: TD: Why would someone want to steal data from a college or university? JI: If you think about colleges and universities, they host a large amounts of student and […]
Higher education establishments are catering to vast numbers of students and staff in diverse academic departments located in numerous buildings. As Newcastle University discovered, communicating with students, linking campuses and unifying the student population can be achieved through digital signage networks enabling instant news updates and notifications. A member of the Russell Group of leading […]
Being responsible for the physical security of a campus environment can be a daunting task. Campuses may share similarities, but every campus is different and requires a strategy for master planning before going out and wasting a lot of time and money. Campus security departments are usually under staffed, under budgeted and, historically, have had […]
Boon Edam Inc., a global leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors, today announced that in order to maintain an appropriate, safe environment for its educational community, Universidad TECMILENIO has implemented a multi-campus, perimeter security project that enables the institution to offer secure yet convenient pedestrian access to its campuses from adjacent parking lots. […]
It was recently announced that ITT Technical Institute would cease admitting new students, the first step in what will undoubtedly be the school’s eventual shuttering. This was due to a U.S. Department of Education decision to not allow ITT to accept federal funds. There are some who view the for-profit school as nothing short of […]
Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium—the tenth largest on-campus football stadium in the NCAA—is now home to the largest HD video board in college sports. Designed, built and installed by Daktronics, in Brookings, S.D., this massive 197×57 square foot LED video display is accompanied by equally impactful high-quality sound, delivered over IP by a Dante audio network […]
Every weekend in college football is a big deal, especially in the southern half of the U.S., but this weekend featured the undisputed biggest game in the history of the sport. Not only did the Battle at Bristol pit two of college football’s most successful teams—Virginia Tech and Tennessee—against one another, but it did so […]
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