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    December 7 2021
    Here are ten tips to encourage your tech adoption to support remote learning.
    October 12 2018
    A partnership of five colleges and universities in North Carolina, announced today, will launch a new initiative focused on helping students transition successfully to college life -- and cope with...
    September 12 2018
    With Attendance Tracking you can assess your programming, track student involvement and collect precise data faster than every before. These insights will help administrators better understand...
    May 25 2018
    For most students, starting their first higher education degree can be an overwhelming experience. Yet for international students, that feeling can be compounded by additional unique stressors and...
    April 20 2018
    Thanks to updated methods of data collection and analytics, the landscape of higher education is shifting. With more and more tools becoming accessible, campuses across the country are adapting to...
    February 7 2018
    Missed Part I? Read it here. Even to this day, the college residential learning model retains its gold standard status in the minds of most, but shifting realities are quickly eroding its limited...
    January 17 2018
    From Stability to Mobility: An Emerging Paradigm for Higher Learning Carney Strange, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Bowling Green State University From simple beginnings centuries ago, the roots of today’s...
    November 29 2017
    If you look up "what are student services" you will be directed, firstly, to its definition, followed by a list of higher ed institutions that offer these services. There is no question that most (if...
    November 28 2017
    Students Don't Check Email. Student communication is often decentralized on many campuses. Each department plans and manages their own programming and is responsible for communicating this...
    November 16 2017
    Earlier this month we sent several members of our team to Philadelphia to attend Educause: an annual conference that brings together many of the brightest IT minds in higher ed. Being true believers...
    November 9 2017
    Ready Education partners with Instructure’s leading learning management system to integrate course content and schedules into streamlined, mobile-friendly student portal
    November 2 2017
    For some, going away to college or university may be the first time they find themselves navigating the world on their own; away from the support of their parents, expected to be truly independent....
    October 30 2017
    Mobile technology has fundamentally changed how students engage with their institutions and with each other. Today’s students are a mobile-first generation who see their smartphones as the primary...
    October 17 2017
    Oral Roberts University Launches Mobile App to Help Students Navigate Campus Life and Connect to Important Services Recognized higher education innovator partners with Ready Education to develop...
    October 4 2017
    Eastern Michigan University’s Edge Program Rolls Out Mobile App to Better Connect Students to Academic Support, Improve Engagement and Retention
    October 2 2017
    Working with over 200 partners, we've been able to compile a list of some of the most popular and engaging events across college campuses in the US and Canada. The events are broken up into two types...
    September 14 2017
    Survey Results Full Infographic: Download
    September 6 2017
    Modern college and university students are faced with a difficult reality: simultaneously developing their tenuous sense of self while trying to establish their life goals in a society that is...
    August 24 2017
    Student retention is a pressing issue for almost any higher education institution – and it’s easy to see why. Retention is both a measure of quality, as well as a financial concern, and something...
    August 11 2017
    The incoming class of 2017 is the last one born in the 1990's. That is a quirky statistic, aimed at pleasing instead of illuminating the mind. Behind it lurks a larger trend, however: in two years,...
    August 3 2017
    Youngstown State Launches Mobile App to Engage Students and Build Community on Campus Youngstown, OH – Aug 3, 2017 – Youngstown State University, today, announced that through a partnership with...
    July 13 2017
    Partnership with Ready Education’s popular student affairs platform will help students navigate the complexities of campus life SAN JOSE, CA – July 13, 2017 – San Jose State University today...
    May 29 2017
    With Student Affairs being comprised of a multitude of diverse roles, providing a one-size-fits-all account of how the pros go about their day is simply not realistic, or even possible for that...
    May 29 2017
    It seems as though the U.S. Department of Education is in the spirit of giving second chances in 2017. At least, as far as the renewal of year-round Pell Grants is concerned. As reported by Inside...
    May 29 2017
    There are benefits in choosing to partner with a mobile platform provider over building a mobile app in-house; however, it is also important to be able to differentiate mobile partners that...
    April 26 2017
    It has long been known that engagement is a critical component of student success and retention. While institutions have spent significant time and resources creating programming, events and other...
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