“5G is coming.” We’ve heard it repeated by telecom giants and smartphone OEMs for years now. The fifth-generation network promises lightning fast download speeds, an IoT revolution, and rapid streaming with essentially zero latency,…
Two private colleges have distinctly different plans for…
Last week, two of America’s leading liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin and Middlebury, announced their fall reopening plans. It’s hard to imagine how, faced with the same facts, they could have come to such different conclusions…
“It’s As If They Just Disappeared.” The Challenge…
I am a proud educator of the California Community College District. While many turn their noses up to the community college system, I have always ...Read more: edsurge.com
Make Success Possible
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Although it’s always true that my posts here reflect my own opinion, and not those of my employer, it seems worth reiterating in this case. This is my personal…
How Community Colleges Solve Remote Learning Challenges
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S., and it became clear that it would require a massive shift in day-to-day life, higher education responded quickly. Most colleges and universities quickly extended spring breaks, evaluated…
Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher…
CDC Issues New Guidance for Colleges May 20, 12:41 p.m. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance Tuesday for colleges on slowing the spread of coronavirus. The guidance describes behaviors colleges can promote to…
Supporting Motherscholars During COVID-19
Blog: University of VenusAcademic workplaces are on the verge of becoming more inequitable for mothers. Here’s what they can do. During the time of coronavirus, mothers are essential workers taking on additional roles and a major mental load. For…
Cross-Cultural Design
When I first traveled to Japan as an exchange student in 2001, I lived in northern Kyoto, a block from the Kitayama subway station. My first time using the train to get to my university…
AI Pores Over Old Scientific Papers, Makes Discoveries Overlooked…
When AI isn't busy taking our jobs, it's making brand new scientific discoveries that our clunky human brains somehow overlooked. Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory trained an AI called Word2Vec on scientific papers to see…