University Maker Space & Medical Center Network Coordination
Calling All USU Innovation and Maker Spaces! Our friends at dpict—a design and facilitation firm— and The Value Web network would...
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Oct 23, 2017
UCF President Hitt: How We’re Using Digital Learning to Increase Access and Improve Outcomes
This blog was originally published on The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities blog on October 10, 2017 With all of the...
Jun 9, 2017
All Hands on Deck: Partnering with Faculty to Redefine Excellence for Our Students and University
“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...
May 26, 2017
Redesigning Advising? Online Course Provides Opportunity to Learn from Leading Colleges and Universi
This blog was originally published on the EDUCAUSE Review, Transforming Higher Ed blog on April 28, 2017 Last year, as program manager...
May 19, 2017
Collaborating for Change: Flexible Degrees at Portland State University
This blog entry features Portland State University’s Collaborating for Change project efforts. PSU is one of three USU institutions...
Mar 31, 2017
A Boot Camp for Innovation in Bioscience: LABioStart
Entrepreneurs play a critical role in our economy. The innovations they develop have a cascading effect on job creation, standards of...
Mar 17, 2017
USU Heads West: The Frontier Set
What does it mean to be a pioneer? For most, this label conjures up an image of intrepid explorers, leaving behind their known world to...
Nov 18, 2016
“An Unstoppable Force for Good”
“If you want to build a world class city, build a great university and wait 200 years.” University of Texas at Austin President Gregory...
Nov 4, 2016
Cal State Fullerton’s Dash Toward Student Success
Cal State Fullerton has increased graduation rates, improved student persistence and dramatically lowered the student achievement gap...
Oct 28, 2016
Small Changes, Big Results: How “Re-imagining the First Year” Is Changing the Way We View Student Su
The first year of college is a critical period that shapes students’ impressions of the university and their place in the campus...
Aug 26, 2016
From Setback to Success: APLU’s “Turning Points”
Imagine this scenario at a hypothetical university: it’s the early 2000s, and online learning is an emerging concept growing in...
Jun 17, 2016
Success for Adult Learners at University: An On-Line Toolkit
Collaborating for Change, we are releasing a series of resources to advance student success. One of the most under-recognized and growing...
Jun 9, 2016
Revolutionizing the Role of the University: Collaboration to Advance Innovation in Higher Education
Key Lessons The change process is: Student-centered Collaborative, both across campus and between campus and community Enbedded in the...
Oct 6, 2015
Global Macrotrends Shaping Higher Education: The Economist Higher Education Forum
Change in higher education is the new normal. While we have spent a lot of time on this blog discussion innovations within the academy,...
Aug 12, 2015
Building Deep University-City Collaboration: Wayne State’s Warrior STEAM Saturdays
At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...
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